The best soap and cleaning towel
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The best soap and cleaning towel
I have heard that zymol makes the best car wash soap, but I would like to get more peoples opinions. Also, what cloth do you use to get the car dry; I have heard that the absorber is good, and that an English cod tanned chamois is the best. I appreciate your input. Regards
#2
The Absorber is the best thing I've used as compared to natural chamois, cotton towel, or micro fiber towel. Takes off a lot of the water, easy to wring out, simple to store. And cheap too!
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I did an experiment where I took the Big Blue drying towel and The Absorber and soaked them for a sufficient amount of time, fully immersed in water. Then, I hung each product to drip dry for about 5 minutes and lightly shook, until no more drips were coming off the products. Then I weighed them both and subtracted the original "dry" weight from the final "wet" weight. Here are the results:
DRY weight
The Absorber - 6.2 ounces
Big Blue - 7.7 ounces
WET weight
The Absorber - 13.70 ounces
Big Blue - 35.50 ounces
Weight of water absorbed:
The Absorber - 8.4 ounces
Big Blue - 27.80 ounces
"Absorbtion factor"
The Absorber - 1.35x absorbency by weight
Big Blue - 3.61x absorbency by weight
If you do the math - the Big Blue towel absorbed OVER ONE LITER of water!!! Case closed.
There's a new sheriff in town now - no need to overpay anymore:
Big Blue drying towel - Under $18
P21s Bodywork Shampoo
DRY weight
The Absorber - 6.2 ounces
Big Blue - 7.7 ounces
WET weight
The Absorber - 13.70 ounces
Big Blue - 35.50 ounces
Weight of water absorbed:
The Absorber - 8.4 ounces
Big Blue - 27.80 ounces
"Absorbtion factor"
The Absorber - 1.35x absorbency by weight
Big Blue - 3.61x absorbency by weight
If you do the math - the Big Blue towel absorbed OVER ONE LITER of water!!! Case closed.
There's a new sheriff in town now - no need to overpay anymore:
Big Blue drying towel - Under $18
P21s Bodywork Shampoo
#6
Yes but does that towel ring out to fully dry and do it over again?? I personally have over 5 absorbers and I LOVE UM, work VERY well...
I also use the Meguires (sp?) car shampoo, stuff works GREAT!!
Evan
I also use the Meguires (sp?) car shampoo, stuff works GREAT!!
Evan
#7
Originally posted by AMG ETR
Yes but does that towel ring out to fully dry and do it over again?? I personally have over 5 absorbers and I LOVE UM, work VERY well...
Yes but does that towel ring out to fully dry and do it over again?? I personally have over 5 absorbers and I LOVE UM, work VERY well...
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Originally posted by Vrm_Vrm
Actually, yes, it wrings out great - but I normally only wash one car at a time and I can do my whole roadster without wringing out ONCE, so it's moot!
Actually, yes, it wrings out great - but I normally only wash one car at a time and I can do my whole roadster without wringing out ONCE, so it's moot!
Evan
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I have never used soap, just plenty of warm water (it can be cool here in England), panel by panel, rinsing well.
As for drying, I have used loads of chamois over the years and like most work on the principle that you get what you pay for. So I brought the best I could find.
After meeting a very good detailer and Zymol dealer, he told me the first thing he learnt was to work with synthetic - not leather, only due to leather taking so long compared. This was only a month ago, I would not go back.
But, I don't know any brands, The Absorber and Big Blue sound good I will have to pick one up when I'm next in the states.
As for drying, I have used loads of chamois over the years and like most work on the principle that you get what you pay for. So I brought the best I could find.
After meeting a very good detailer and Zymol dealer, he told me the first thing he learnt was to work with synthetic - not leather, only due to leather taking so long compared. This was only a month ago, I would not go back.
But, I don't know any brands, The Absorber and Big Blue sound good I will have to pick one up when I'm next in the states.
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