classic scooby

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as above REALLY??????
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kent-Car-C...item43acd263a1
What the hell is so special about it!!!!!!!

scoobynewbie72

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they will have no stock but it saves them re listing it when they do have stock.

zip106

Who the Hell uses a chamois nowadays anyway?
Worst things ever for drying a car.

ScoobyDriverWannabe

Made from the skin of a unicorn

fitzscoob

The cost of raw material has gone up some simply because here we want regular sizes. Go back a few years and you'd get all sorts of sizes sold in the shops, but as we're so fussy now and only want regular sizes, a lot of the crust has to be cherry picked, so the prices have gone up as more work is involved in selecting and there are loads of waste.

Having said that, I'd be flipping amazed of the raw material cost more than £6 a square foot, so unless that is made out of unicorn skin as mentioned above, it looks like a lot of hefty margin.

Maz

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Really? I thought it was an effective and quick way of drying a car. What process do you use?

LSherratt

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Just use a drying towel specifically designed for cars. Much quicker and easier, and less likely to scratch the paintwork.

Example:

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...owel-cat5.html

alcazar

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Less likely to scratch paintwork how?

A chamois leather has NO pile to speak of, so no grit can get caught.
Those things have LONG pile.......

DYK

This is the part i hate is drying my car,i have briefly read through a page on car valeting,how too properly dry your car.Sometimes i just wash it and let nature dry it.
Turtle Wash and wax has became popular with me too.Still got my autoglym wash and wax pack from Christmas with all kinds of goodies in it,decided last week to use the autoglym glass cleaner.Now my rear window wiper gave an awful screech sound when i used it.After using the autoglym its now screech free

Maz

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That's what I was thinking Geoff. Furthermore the natural oils in a chamois provide lubrication whilst you're drying the car. Also the absorption ability of the chamois is excellent enabling one to dry a car with a small piece.

Leslie

Has anyone noticed that the thinner the material in a chamois, the more absorbent it is?

Les

skins

Only 4.98 on amazon bargain lol.
Asda blue drying towels are not bad at all, £5 for two last time I looked

zip106

This.

I had my metallic paintwork detailed a few years back and afterwards ditched the chamois for waffle towels.

The difference is amazing - no swirls or scratches that I'd get with a chamois and one towel will just about dry the whole car.

Bung it in the washer and start again.
No lubrication is needed if the cars well polished.

I just find chamois old fashioned, like everything - there's a new kid on the block

scoobynewbie72

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there are drying aids about to take the stress out of drying it, Demon shine is a cheap drying aid thats good.

DYK

Nice one

Had a look and got some good reviews,will get some tomorrow and try it.
Halfrauds are doing it £4.79 for a spray litre bottle.Or i could buy a 5ltr and use my own spray bottle.

LSherratt

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I don't know how it works but all the professional detailers use drying towels designed for cars instead of the leather because they are much less likely to cause swirl marks.

Have a look on detailingworld.co.uk

The Pink Ninja

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Yep same here, Changed from a chamois to a drying towel a couple of years back after getting this advice from a detailer

scoobynewbie72

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2 for a fiver in Asda on friday use your own spray bottle

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[QUOTE=LSherratt;10516608]I don't know how it works but all the professional detailers use drying towels designed for cars instead of the leather because they are much less likely to cause swirl marks.

Have a look on detailingworld.co.uk [/QUOTE

Ultimately you don't want to have to touch the car at all to dry it if it can be helped - so a water filter comes in really handy here and some form of air blower....but if you do then a towel is your best bet....

A towel does have long pile and it's because of this that your less likely to cause swirls or RDS's as any small pieces of dirt trapped will get lost in the towel instead of sitting at the top touching the paint work...where as with a chamois your more likely to drag any particales over the paint...with the right technique a towel should dry the car in one go without having to twist it dry...