Caring for a black car
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you guys suck. I want to wash me baby now... But I'm in college, texas tech.
If anyone knows where that is... it basically rains dirt here. I'm not even kidding. I can wax and clean my car to my heart desire, but in 2 seconds of parking it at my dorm it's brown. Plus I don't have alot of free time to clean it at school, I have to go home to clean it.
/sigh stupid dust
If anyone knows where that is... it basically rains dirt here. I'm not even kidding. I can wax and clean my car to my heart desire, but in 2 seconds of parking it at my dorm it's brown. Plus I don't have alot of free time to clean it at school, I have to go home to clean it.
/sigh stupid dust
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Eeek...I wouldn't touch the Cali Water Blade if somebody paid me. Too much risk. All it takes is one piece of contaminant to get picked up, them bam, your scratching your finish with every swipe. I've seen countless stories of people using these things and wondering why they have these long, trailing scratches all over their cars.
Scratches, for the most part, are caused not during the washing stage of cleaning a car, but in the drying. The safest way is to use something like the absorber or a Waffle Weave MF Drying Towel, and blot dry the paint. This way, you aren't "dragging" anything over the paint, just lightly dabbing it as the towel absorbs the water. Then you don't have to worry about a stray contaminant being dragged across the paint.
Everyone has their own method, and maybe the Water Blade works well for you, but to each their own. Just don't expect me to be singing its praises
Scratches, for the most part, are caused not during the washing stage of cleaning a car, but in the drying. The safest way is to use something like the absorber or a Waffle Weave MF Drying Towel, and blot dry the paint. This way, you aren't "dragging" anything over the paint, just lightly dabbing it as the towel absorbs the water. Then you don't have to worry about a stray contaminant being dragged across the paint.
Everyone has their own method, and maybe the Water Blade works well for you, but to each their own. Just don't expect me to be singing its praises
The water blade has worked extremely well for me if you make sure to wash it down( i use the Blech White) stuff after you use it to get the contaminents off. When i first got it and didn't know how to use it it left some "Fake scratches" that were white and quite large across my car, they rubbed off, it was from hitting the side of it, but it's never caused clear coat scratches for me, but i keep mine clean.
I do, however, suggest you get a terry drying cloth, they work much better than a water blade in my opinion and now i only use the water blade for my windows.
I'd never use the brush again after using it once, i used the one at a public car wash, i figured soaping it up, pressure washing it out, and soaping it out again would make it clean, i was wrong, those things must have dirt implanted in them. NEVER use them, ever. I learned after having to spend hours buffing out the swirls
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