How do you dry your truck?

Bottom line... The less a cloth has to touch your paint the fewer marks you will have.. It doesn't matter how soft it is. Use forced air and follow up with spray on detailed to remove any water marks etc. I've moved to this process and rarely find swirl marks anymore... If you 4wheel all the time then prob not worth the effort

 

New cloths for each quarter of the vehicle. scrubbing/polishing away with the same cloth inevitably picks up grit.

I really don't worry to much with it now days,,because I wheel my truck and it has scratches already.

Regardless of what you do,,you will scratch the paint washing your truck/vehicle. No way around it no matter how nit picky you are or what method you use.

Pressure washer?? You just sandblasted the surrounding area with grit as you moved along.

 

I do 99% touch less washes with a foam cannon, other 1% is two bucket method.

For drying I use a 8 HP Metro Air Force Master Blaster.

 

I dry my truck at 150mph.

 

I discovered the leaf blower technique, and am sold.
Bought an inexpensive electric Troybilt on sale, just for this use.
Then follow up with a clean micro fiber.
Mine is white, so I do understand the aversion to micro fiber by the darker color owners.[Q

 

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I use a California Blade squeegee, and then get all of the leftovers with an Absorber. It seems to work pretty well.

 

I crank up the Air Compressor and away I go…..