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Ram79

Posted 20 September 2004 - 02:09 PM

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Any tips or advice on the best wash cloth or wash pad/mitt? And a
recommendation for a good chamois for drying as well. I've seen those
Meguiar's wash mitts and chamois but they seem too expensive, about RM40-
50.

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azbro

Posted 20 September 2004 - 04:17 PM

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I use salleys cloth to do washing and Kanebo chamois to do the drying.

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Ram79

Posted 20 September 2004 - 04:20 PM

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I think I've seen those Selley's cloth, it's those shiny ones right?
Anyone tried using those wash mitts? Are those any good?

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sherwin

Posted 20 September 2004 - 09:59 PM

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I've tried many of the cheaper so-called cloth/micro-fibre for drying the
car and many leave tiny specks of the cloth fibre.



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mooncake2

Posted 20 September 2004 - 11:01 PM

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My accessories shop recommend me a synthetic chamois to wash my car with.
Is this ok? or is chamois only to dry the car?

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popiah

Posted 21 September 2004 - 05:36 PM

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chamois is ok. Just make sure it is clean. This is because, the cahmois
absorbs water pretty well leaving the paint surface dry. So if your chamois
is dirty, when you pull it across the paint, it might cause scratches.

It all depends on what condition you would want to keep your car in. If it
is totally scratch free, then the measure is to take extreme care when
drying a car, either with a chamois or a microfiber. Hav lots of dry clean
cloth. Proper cloth care is important, and is something I have yet to
learn. Sigh.

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Maximus808

Posted 21 September 2004 - 08:31 PM

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I have used waterblade, synthetic and leather chamois. All those I retired
coz I found a better alternative, a waffleweave microfiber. it soaks up
water like there's no tomorrow, doesn't leave streak too, good stuff.
http://www.autogeek....arcobwafwe.html , maybe you can find them locally

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CARZ

Posted 21 September 2004 - 11:43 PM

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Maximus808,

Where did you buy the WaterBlade and how much does it cost ?
Isn't WaterBlade easier to use since you just push water off the car,
whereas with "waffleweave microfiber", you still need to wring the cloth
when it is soaked with water ?

Does WaterBlade cause any scratches ?

Thanks



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bfs621

Posted 22 September 2004 - 12:49 PM

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Max
how long ur waterblade last? i saw specr waterblade sell at Rm 15.90 donno
can last or not.

it look like wiper blade but without the steel part.
microfiber cloth got alot diferent type some shop sale the pattent
diferent 1. i belive got a lot "china make" lousy product availbale around.
so becare when u chose.

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Maximus808

Posted 22 September 2004 - 02:56 PM

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Mine is the Autoglym hydra flexiblade, if I'm not mistake I got it around
$30 +, I got it sometimes early this year. Sometimes I take it out to
'sweep' away the water from the windows,windscreen and rear screen. Yes,
it'll cause scratches if you are not careful. I saw a long scratch on my
hood, the only cause I can attribute it to is from the use of this blade. IT
WILL NOT TOUCH my car's body ever! The blade is silicon and it'll definitely
last a long time, it's very good for flat surface and it's not very
effective on curvy surface like the fenders or cars like beetles.

I like wwmf a lot because there's no wringing needed at all, no 'lint' as
well (make sure you do not wash it with clothers or other towels), no water
streak as it's very absorbant. If you sheet most of the water on the car,
this will leave very little water and one wwmf can even dry two medium size
cars :). Another good thing about it is, it has a little margin of error,
say you got a tiny weeny bit of dirt, it'll draw it in and away from the
surface so you are not rubbing it 'ON' the paint when you dry the car. I
used the dabbing method instead of rubbing the paint to dry the car. Since
it's very absorbant no need to rub the carlah.


waterblade for $15.90? , hmm make sure it's not sqeegee k, those are for
windows like they use in hotels/restaurants not for car paint. The blade is
rubber which will harden overtime so not advisable getting them

The mfs I have are from Korea, but I know a vendor that has mf's from China,
and the quality is comparable to Korean make.