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what are your thoughts on these?
- Thread starter kevin.s
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ibiza cupra
sorry im a f**king idiot. what i ment was are these any good http://www.i4detailing.co.uk/acatalog/I4D_Uber_Premium_Drying_Towel_1.html#aUBERDRY
are they better than what i use already or is there no difference really lol. god im thick
are they better than what i use already or is there no difference really lol. god im thick
182 Cup
Excellent answer. I was thinking more along the lines of why would a well respected car care business sell products that will scratch your car? Surely selling such a product would tarnish their reputation. Or is it simply a myth that they will, or that inproper use will cause damage?
The product itself won't scratch, but if a piece of grit gets caught between the blade / leather and your paintwork it'll get pushed across your paint.
Drying towels are more absorbant and have a thickness to them that can keep any possible pieces of grit away from the surface. Also, being so soft means they won't induce swirl marks that can come from the hard surfaces of blades and chamois'.
Drying towels are more absorbant and have a thickness to them that can keep any possible pieces of grit away from the surface. Also, being so soft means they won't induce swirl marks that can come from the hard surfaces of blades and chamois'.
clio 182
I see a purchase coming up
Just cleaned my new 182 and was looking for something like this
ibiza cupra
i think if you use a cheap blade then it will scratch the f**k out of your paint work but i cant say ive noticed this with an auto glym one. if you get a bit of grit between anything you clean your car with it will scratch it so not sure that it would be that reason but i only really use it on the main parts of the panel to remove the majority of water other than that it is leatherd.
Bus w**ker
Sarcasm fail PMSL.
Where did you hear that load of s**t? MFs are used as the deep pile draws any contaminants still left on the paint work away and so reduce the chance of additional swirl marks. Where as a chamois leather doesn't have pile so you simply move the contaminates around the paint work inducing swirls, just the same as if you use a flexi blade or a sponge.
Yeah using the wrong product can marr the paint work but that's different to a swirl or scratch.
All said and done, people will use what they want to use. But detailers will use tried and tested products and methods to ensure that they reduce the chance of paintwork damage as much as possible...plus a good quality MF, like the ones suggested in this thread, will soak up 10x its on weight and as a result the car will get dried quicker than using a flexi blade or chamios.
Where did you hear that load of s**t? MFs are used as the deep pile draws any contaminants still left on the paint work away and so reduce the chance of additional swirl marks. Where as a chamois leather doesn't have pile so you simply move the contaminates around the paint work inducing swirls, just the same as if you use a flexi blade or a sponge.
Yeah using the wrong product can marr the paint work but that's different to a swirl or scratch.
All said and done, people will use what they want to use. But detailers will use tried and tested products and methods to ensure that they reduce the chance of paintwork damage as much as possible...plus a good quality MF, like the ones suggested in this thread, will soak up 10x its on weight and as a result the car will get dried quicker than using a flexi blade or chamios.
hahaha your not wrong there mate!
I've always been told that you shouldn't tumble dry an MF towel or cloth. :S
The very simple answer to those points is not everyone is a car detailer.
Think how many people out there want to wash their cars. Now think how many are bothered that there are scratches in the paintwork that can only be seen in direct sunlight and under certain lights . . . not many.
If the whole of the general public wanted their cars to look just detailed, I would be a very rich man right now, working away in my garage, not sat at my desk at 8.30.
Destroys the weave and also kills the charge (static charge helps dust etc to stick to the cloth, making the cloth lift up the contaminants rather than push them about).
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Towels + water magnets are the way my boy!
Towels + water magnets are the way my boy!
I LOL'D when i read what he put, i thought it did summat along those lines. Shrinks the fibres doesn't it?
sym0n i agree drip dry FTW!
It actually breaks the bonds that create the static electricity, thereby destroying the effect.
That is true of fabric that towels are made of, not MFs
Hand wash, hang to dry. It's bloody boring but worth it.
Don't be so silly. I burn £20 notes. £50's make me look cool on a night out with my hoes and bros. Innit. (I really cannot pull that off haha!).
Oh hai, single yet?
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