Car wash tips

[Savage160]

Along with becoming absolutely obsessed with tinkering on my truck after getting my Ranger, I’ve become pretty consumed with keeping my truck clean, inside and out. I was wondering if you guys had any best practices for washing the truck?

My current struggle is figuring out how best to dry my truck. I don’t enjoy using drying towels especially because it’s been so hot that the water dries before I can get to it with the towel and then I have to deal with the water stains… I’ve been curious about using a blower and have seen some videos about people using the Wolfbox blowers to dry their cars, but I didn’t know if that was an internet fad or if it’s legit. Anyone have experience with using something of this nature? Or is towel drying the best approach?

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[CACTUSGREYFX4]

I use the Wolfbox to blow the excess off. Use to use a leaf blower but this is way smaller and easy to get in tight places.

 

[Savage160]

Nice! Which one do you recommend? I just looked and it seems like there are a lot of options haha!

 

[stemplar]

I also struggled with water spots from water drying before I finished washing. I now use a "spotless" water filter system and that solved the problem, but it wasn't cheap. I got the dic-20 with resin bypass from crspotless.com and use it everytime I wash a vehicle, including my motorcycles, trailers, etc. I run the hose to it, and a short connector hose from it to my power washer with foam canon. I bypass the spotless resin (edit: bypass with the dic-20's built-in bypass valve or switch) while washing then switch to resin-filtered for rinsing and it works well. I use my leaf blower to get most of the water off, and quickly finish with soft towels. I'm able to store both the resin filter and the power washer near my garage door so it's really easy to roll them both out and use them.

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