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ed monahan Prowler Junkie Posts: 33595 |
posted 03-20-2002 06:35 PM
Sam's Club is now selling the Cal. Water Blade for about $13. They work great. ------------------ |
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Voodoo Prowler Junkie Posts: 216 |
posted 03-20-2002 07:07 PM
GOT TO HAVE IT. It cuts down on a lot of the drying time. Voodoo |
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BeWare Prowler Junkie Posts: 18511 |
posted 03-20-2002 09:07 PM
Used mine this weekend to get the rain water off quicks after a brief storm. Love it. ------------------
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WPG Prowler Enthusiast Posts: 841 |
posted 03-21-2002 07:16 AM
I started using the California Water Blade after polishing out the swirl marks on my car to avoid new swirl marks when washing the Prowler. I was skeptical before using it, but it definitely makes drying the car easier and quicker. Now I use it on all of my cars. $13 is a great price. ------------------ MTD Prowler Intake System 2.2 |
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PROWLER-KEITH Prowler Junkie Posts: 1243 |
posted 03-21-2002 07:58 AM
I use the water blade to works great Ed I paid 28 and 2 seal pelts for mine so just 13 was an exceptional deal, What cloth or method do you guys find works the best after using the water blade to get the remainder of the water off? PK |
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Voodoo Prowler Junkie Posts: 216 |
posted 03-21-2002 08:08 AM
I found a micro-fiber cotton polishing rag in Pep Boys. It comes in yellow or green. It feels like a cotton ball it is so soft. Works great. Soaks up the water and you just ring it out and it is dry again. Since I started using it I haven't had any more swirl marks added. I plan to use the Zanio products to take the ones I have out this spring. I will look and see if I can find the name of the company that makes the rag. Voodoo |
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WPG Prowler Enthusiast Posts: 841 |
posted 03-21-2002 08:10 AM
PK, I use 3-4 white 100% cotton fieldcrest large bath towels remove the remaining water drops after using the water blade. It is important to make sure that the towels are 100% cotton and usually made in the United States, with an exception being Egyptian towels. This is because some cotton towels using non-cotton stiching, which can scratch the clear coat. What I did to my towles was cut off the edges of my towels to remove the end seams to help prevent any unwanted swirl marks. It may be a little excessive, but I would rather do that before hand than to have to remove swirl marks later. |
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ed monahan Prowler Junkie Posts: 33595 |
posted 03-21-2002 10:25 AM
Actually Sam's has the micro fiber cloths, too. I think it was a 3 pack but I really didn't paymuch attention to it. It might be in with a chamois, also. ------------------ |
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ProwlerOrange2001 Prowler Junkie Posts: 336 |
posted 03-21-2002 10:51 AM
I can't help but think that the water blade could end up scratching the prowler. I guess if you do a good job washing the car and take care to clean the blade before each use it won't. But I guess if Bill uses it, it must be ok. I don't know anyone else that obsessive compulsive about swirl marks. ------------------ |
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WPG Prowler Enthusiast Posts: 841 |
posted 03-21-2002 11:10 AM
quote: You have no idea how bad my car was. I didn't even really know how bad it was until I pulled into a gas station at night under the flourescent lights and saw how badly swirled the finish was. I wish I would have taken some "before" pics. During the day it looked fine, except when the sun light hit it just right and showed every single scratch. But under the gas station lights, it looked like hell. It looked like someone had dumped buckets of rocks all over the car. It was mostly likely caused by my previous poor washing habits and my cheap car cover. Now that I don't drive my car as much, I can take better care of it. I wanted to start fresh, so I decided to take the plunge and remove all of the swirls. That is why I was hesitant to use the water blade at first. Why would I want to basically rub a plastic/rubber tool over my car? But surprisingly, if you have a well waxed/polished finish, it works very well. It works as the same principle as a squeege, only the water blade is made of surgical silicone blah, blah, blah.... Now I would really be obsessive if I pulled out the leaf blower to dry the car. This message has been edited by William Gallagher on 03-21-2002 at 11:11 AM |
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WildCat Prowler Junkie Posts: 6862 |
posted 03-22-2002 06:21 PM
The water blade is made out of sugical silicone. It is said to be 15X less friction than cotton towels. I have used one for the last 3 years. I always check to see it is clean and no imperfections in the edge. If I drop it, which I do almost every time, i wipe it off with a clean towel. I use a 100% terry cloth towels or chamey, OK I KNOW I CANNOT SPELL, to finish up. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME or anywhere else. I seen a guy in a Corvette take a black squeege, like at the gas station to clean windows, go over his car. What a fool ------------------
This message has been edited by WildCat on 03-22-2002 at 06:22 PM |
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Just kidding Bill. If I had to take out all the swirl marks like you did, I'd be cautious too.
