yonkers

I have a CR Spotless but ever since I put in my home water softener I've just been using that. Seems to work well enough.

Team Plutonium

I just realized that I haven't washed my car since June. I also never give it much thought when I do, I haven't checked but I'm sure I have swirl marks and water spots galore. Don't care...

LonnieR

Don't you know that a clean Porsche is much faster than a dirty one?

008

You probably wash and dry the car with towels sewn from only the softest pubic hair from a unicorn... I know I do.

chuck911

Lonnie, your location shows Boca Raton-Santa Monica. Both locations have a lot of very highly mineralized water. Well water in general is awful. Probably posted this already. Oh well. The guys saying don't worry or just dry it off probably have no idea how bad water spotting can be. I was down by Santa Monica on a trip and could not believe how bad spots would form even while I was still washing. This was during the Historics and there was a line of cars at a dealer offering free deionized water washes. Being from Washington state I thought it was a waste of time. Not any more. Not with that water. Enjoy your deionizer. Its practically a requirement with the water you have.

991TurboS

Here is the perfect complement for your deionizer from Costco:

https://www.metrovacworld.com/Air_Fo...B-3CD/overview

Wayne Carini uses in on Chasing Classic Cars, so you know it has to be good!!!!!

carrerapete

You're correct about using seasoned, cotton bath towels: they dry the car just fine as long as you keep them grit free and use a proper drying technique.

I personally use an electric leaf blower and avoid wiping the car with towels.

Water spotting becomes problematic when attempting to wash a car in direct sunlight, which is a no-no.

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apias

40-50 ppm is not exactly considered hard water, not even moderately hard. In fact, it's in the soft range.

bboerit

As I've posted before, the CR Spotless plus the Master Blaster are the two best purchases I've made since getting my C2S. I always keep it Zaino'ed and with the Master Blaster, I've never needed to towel the car... Finish is 100% scratch free... I could not recommend enough...

m33porsche

Totally agree - although I use a Chemical Guys Hot Air Dryer

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Harold1898

Bought my car new in June 2013 and have only ever washed it once. Don't want to wear out the paint!

Ish993

So i guess your friend only drives his car in a zero gravity / particle free environment !!!! :-)

LonnieR

The Master Blaster looks great. Presently I use a Leaf blower that can generate 200mph air stream. I've had not issues with it doing any damage to the paint.
Again, one of the most important things NOT to do in keeping your car clean is to do "touch up" spot cleaning, It's very tempting to want to clean a small area that gets dirty when the rest of the car is clean, DO NOT DO IT!. Better to wait when you are cleaning the whole car. The only exception is if you decide to clean a small section of the car solely with liquid polymer in a small amount of deionized water. Then dry with a microfiber towel.

To those who don't care about swirls, small scratches, etc. With a black car all of those blemishes tend to make the finish look very cloudy and the paint loses a lot of its luster. Looks like s...t.

996AE

I see most of you are all doing this all wrong.

1. I only use imported my water from a Monastery in Tibet - It's the only factory approved water
2. Towels are hand made in an India village from Lama's specifically breed for their unique coats
3. Air dry is an ancient ritual (I have been sworn to secrecy) that I learned only after an extensive vetting process that Porsche allowed me to attend

eisenb11

Been using a cr spotless for years and they're great. As long as you keep the car wet so the water doesn't dry and leave behind hard water stains, you can use it for just the final rinse so it lasts longer. As for drying, I use a Toro electric leaf blower. I look like an idiot while using it, but it beats using towels and such.

I also have a water softerener as well, but you still want to use the deionizer because the water softener ion exchange process introduces sodium into the water.