Are Chamois really the best thing for drying?
10-30-2001 | 11:23 PM
#16
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by JackZ.Twenty8:
I used to use a leaf blower, and they work great, but over here, it's a hassle. You have to plug the extension cord into a transfomer, cause the voltage is 220, and then plug that into the wall. Now I just use the Absorber, and it works awesome!
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I used to use a leaf blower, and they work great, but over here, it's a hassle. You have to plug the extension cord into a transfomer, cause the voltage is 220, and then plug that into the wall. Now I just use the Absorber, and it works awesome!
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11-05-2001 | 07:26 PM
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I use the absorber for what the water blade doesnt get. Those small spots. I lost a water blade over the summer and was too lazy to go get another. I HATE TOWELS and even the absorber for doing the entire car. takes forever.
Ryan
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02-04-2003 | 04:26 PM
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Is a CHAMOIS the same thing as a SHAMMY? My friend said the a 'shammy' works better than a 100% cotton towel and The Absorber to dry cars, especially black ones. I didn't even know what the hell a Shammy was, I've never heard of one before.
02-04-2003 | 09:47 PM
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I use the absorber and a water blade. Works pretty well...the water blade makes a BIG difference in drying time.
Do any of you guys wash your absorber? I usually just wring it out a bit and then put it back into the tube.
Do any of you guys wash your absorber? I usually just wring it out a bit and then put it back into the tube.
02-07-2003 | 11:39 PM
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I wash my Absorber in our washing machine.
The Absorber works much better than a regular chamois. However,I still haven't found one that really dries the car all the way. It just seems to scoot water around instead of drying it.
It looks like you would use tons of towels if you dried the car that way.
The Absorber works much better than a regular chamois. However,I still haven't found one that really dries the car all the way. It just seems to scoot water around instead of drying it.
It looks like you would use tons of towels if you dried the car that way.
02-09-2003 | 02:39 AM
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I just use a Chamois to get most of the water and then use the absorber to get the rest... Imho the absorber, is the biggest POS when it comes to drying any car... I used to have a Black GMC 1500 LWB P/U and you can see that the Absorber did not even get all the water off just kind of made water streaks.. next time I wash my car I will try out the Leaf Blower... and see how that works...
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