Water Blades?

[Nebdingo]

Anyone use them? anygood?

Linkage!

 

[Rich]

Not used one on my 182. Use one all the time on my 306.

Fine if you use with care.

 

[Nebdingo]

Use with care?

I'm guessing you just "glide" it over with no pressure?

 

[C.slicker]

Is the only advantage that they are quicker?

Sam

 

[FiDoDiDo]

If I bother with mine it's only on the windows.

 

[Rich]

Use with care?

I'm guessing you just "glide" it over with no pressure?

You need to wipe the blade after each pass and make sure the car washed and rinsed very well.

 

[Martin-182]

Scratches Paint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[briny182]

they are fine - i use mine to get the majority of the water off, then use a chamois for the rest of the car.

The only way you'd cause any scratches with one is if you hadn't washed and rinsed the car well enough - there is no other reason, grit is a lot less likely to stick to silcone than a chamois!

best to go over the missed bits with a chamois just to give it a nicer finish, you might leave small streaks if you only use the blade.

Nick

edit - and to answer the main question, I use mine everytime i wash my car, which doesn't even have any paint swirls on it, let alone scratches that the water blades "cause"

 

[MRBILLYUK]

I've used one for years , never had a problem , cuts down the dryin time by hell of alot , then just finish with a waffle weave towel .

 

[Fred@BTM]

when will you lot learn??

130mph down a junction on the motorway, saves the effort LOL

 

[john182rs]

dont bother with the blade thing mate someone washd my car so called "Professionally" an nw i need some one to PC it again...........

 

[Brand86]

dont bother with the blade thing mate someone washd my car so called "Professionally" an nw i need some one to PC it again...........

Again, used with care they are 100% fine.

 

[al]

Just say no!

 

[cleanyourcar]

I personally wouldn't bother.

You'd be amazed at the number of cars I've seen that have been treated with lots of care that still have damage inflicted from waterblades. It only takes one tiny bit of grit to be loosened during the rinsing process or slashed back onto the car to cause some quite impressive damage.

Even the F40 we did in the gallery suffered from these

 

[Nebdingo]

when will you lot learn??

130mph down a junction on the motorway, saves the effort LOL

Dude!!! thats a MUCH better idea!!! :rasp:

dont bother with the blade thing mate someone washd my car so called "Professionally" an nw i need some one to PC it again...........

Charmed fan are we??

 

[Mike_182]

Yup, I now use two Sonus drying towels on mine - one for a quick once over and this ends up thoroughly soaked, and a second for the final drying to make sure it's all nice and dry and spot-free...