Whoa...I thought this was a joke. Yall are really serious. My neighbors would really think Im nuts with a leaf blower strapped to my back trying to dry my car. LOL. Its bad enough they always see me out there once or twice a week washing my car.

 

i seriosly thought it was a joke too untill i saw this post.

 

this is the ... ok why would you blow dirty air that is sucked through the blower on your car if your worried about spots you should dry with a absorber or microfiber then use some spray detailer to remove any water spots i use Malco Showroom Shine it works very well with paint,windows,chrome,polished wheels and such i would never use a leaf blower on my car if your going to blow it off id use a compressor

 

dont compressors blow out some oil from the compressor too?

 

no because i use a inline filer so i dont get oil or water in the lines

 

I don't need a leaf blower for anything else so I'm not buying one to dry my car. After a good wash on my slick finish most of the water runs off quickly with a good sheeting rinse, the rest gets dried with a WW. If I'm leaving soon or polishing i'll blow the nooks and crannies out with my air compressor.

 

I don't want to judge or anything, but the idea of using a gas/electric blower to dry a car sounds just a bit extreme. I use an absorber for my 2IS and it seems to work fine. Well, whatever works for you.

 

I've recently gotten used to using the leaf blower for the majority of the water, then using the Absorber towel to complete the job. What I like about the leaf blower is using it around the side mirrors, door handles and gas tank cover. This prevents the constant dripping. The other reason, is that before this, I only used the leaf blower one or two weekends in the Fall. Now I use it every one or two weeks. Seems to justify the cost. I don't know if this saves me any time, but it beats ringing out the Absorber numerous times during the old-style drying process. When you typically do 3 cars a weekend, I like the reduction in the actual towel time.

 

I used to help a friend do auto detailing a while back, and he used a Metro Vac N Blow vacum. It doubles as both a vacum and a blower to dry the car, which I thought was pretty cool...and it was as easy as changing the hose from one side of the machine to use as a blower, and the opposite side for a vacum. It worked great for drying the cars we did back then...

 

doesnt compressed air from an air compressor for air tools do a much better job?

thats what my friend uses and prefers over his gas leaf blower

 

Oum,

I'm guessing you don't own a black onyx car. If you did, you'd understand better.