I'm thinking about buying an electric leaf blower to assist in drying my black P car.

Any suggestions/comments appreciated.

TIA

 

I have used a gas powered back pak version for years on my cars and motorcycles and it works great getting most water off and out of hoods etc.
Then I use a waffle towel and just lightly wipe down.

 

It's great. Neighbours think you're nuts but it's really good geting the water out from all the little spots you'll never get them ith towel.

 

Having done this on several occasions, it's awesome!!! You'll get the best dry ever!!

 

Suggest you get at 50cc 2-stroke with a tuned pipe. Saves time.
Alternatively, I use my Aircompressor and a air blow nozzle.

 

A word of caution to those that live up north and deal with road salt. Using an air blower for those first couple of washings in the spring, will drive any salt in solution into lots of little places you would rather not have any salt. Years ago car window pillars would rot out partially because the car wash blowers would blow the salt solution up into these areas.

 

I use a California Drying Blade, works great but I think I'll try your method!

 

You could always just get one of these and then there is no reason to dry your car....no water spots at all.
http://www.crspotless.com/
IIRC, they do offer a small discount to PCA members.

One of the winter projects is installing one of these with a hard plumbed line outside, right next to the hot/cold outdoor faucet.

 

I would watch out for sand blasting effect!

My office park has SOB's that blow the sidewalks and parking areas every Monday morning, I have to run out there and tell them everytime to NOT BLOW THE STUFF OF MY CAR, I will take care of it later.

My neighbors think I am lunny when I go over the car with a "California Car Duster"

 

Yesterday I bought a Toro electric blower/vacuum for less than $70.00. it is light weight and puts out 250 MPH volume of air.
I'll try it later this week and keep you posted on the results. Its not that loud and has a two year warranty.

 

How about performance mods?? Any good chips or header systems. I fear with a thread like this Pandora's Box has been opened.

Let the fun begin!!

 

Let us know whether that blower works well. Ben used to use one on his CGT after washing btw and I thought it was silly but it did get the job done.

 

A slightly more expensive solution is to get a water softener system (Kinetico is what I prefer) and then have them drop a soft water tap in the garage.

Works beautifully in terms of not leaving streaks.

 

Or you could use your air compressor to do the same thing. I find this works better for me as I can get the air into some of the smaller cracks. It works awecome on the wheels and in the door seals.

 

I've used both a California Water Blade and an electric Toro leaf blower. I prefer the water blade. By the time I get out the leaf blower, extension cord, etc., it's just faster to use the water blade. The leaf blower tends to blow the water around while the water blade misses some spots--about a wash, no pun intended. I have to hand wipe in either case afterwards.

Also, I use a water softener. A water softener does not produce pure spot-free water. It leaves spots just like hard water. The difference is the spots are salt (or potassium chloride) versus other minerals, so the spots do not build up. I cannot see how the link above claims to produce a spot-free wash. Looks like a scam to me. Also, the water would not be in contact with the resin long enough for proper ion exchange. YMMV.