Civicnoobie

Should we manually dry our cars with towels right after a car wash to prevent rust in the long run? I always leave the water on my car after each wash, didnt think it was bad.

intrance9

haha my solution is driving FAST!


but ya if you wanna polish it up and shine her, then ya that's a good idea for sure.

7genmarathon

iTrader: (1)

I let mine sit a BAKE in the sun while I have a cold one in the shade.

intrance9

that sounds good to me

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

i dont know about rust, but i think its more to prevent water spots.

marccayen

I dry it. Probably does prevent rusting in spots where the water gets to sit without sun drying on it.. I open up all the doors get the bottom of the doors open the truck get the water around the edge etc.. I mainly do it for hard water marks tho.. white stains on a black car show.

iSharix

I always dry my car. Dark color + water spots = do not like .

DarkSouljur

I just drive around for like 10 mins and it's mostly gone...

SpeedDownZone

I dry with cloth. Driving after wash leave water spot that i hate and even worst sometimes they pick up dust then they are dust spots.

lowlife9

i use a synthetic chamois called The-Absorber this thng is amazing i dry my entirecar in about three minutes it holds so much water and it doesn't scratchthe paint they sell them at most auto part stores i won't use anything else.
http://www.the-absorber.co.uk/

TDC2001civic

get a quality paste wax and you should be fine without getting water spots, also don't wash under the sun

kalderman

I turn my water hose to a very low pressure. I have a shutoff valve at the hose end. I wet one section at a time. Soap, then rinse, then towel dry. When I rinse, I make sure the water does not get on another section. Repeat for next section (hood, left fender, left door, etc) Takes longer but no spots and great results.

You see in movies where they have the hose wide open and spraying everywhere. Really inefficient way to wash a car.

lowlife9

that must take hours. i just mix soap and water in a spray bottle spray the car then wash it i can wash and dry my car in 15-20 minutes.

04 Honda Civic

iTrader: (2)

Use a leaf blower. Non gas is better.

sdaidoji

iTrader: (1)

the small hair drier is best, but takes an afternoon to dry out the wheel wells and trunk (What? i need new seals in the trunk!) .
Need to negotiate with the wife to use.