Blow Drying
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oke:Boyo said:Just to bear in mind a leaf blower won't dry the car as it doesn't have the facility to warm the air it is blowing out. Depending on weather conditions, it may take a while to blow all of the residual water off a car even if it had a ceramic coating. A benefit of using a dryer with a long flexible hose is that the main unit rests on the floor and it's easier to work all around the car, including the roof. You are also less likely to accidentally knock the blower against the paintwork.TitanTim said:Thanks for the replies and suggestions
Pretty much narrowed it down to this Milwaukee,
https://www.toolden.co.uk/gardening/gardening-sale/milwaukee-m12-bbl-501x-12v-cordless-blower-with-1x-5-0ah-battery/#description-link
Tim.
Oh really, I hadn't realised that
I was primarily looking at a cordless blower simply as more of a faff with a corded one, extension lead and all that. Luckily haven't ordered one yet. Now you've mentioned it I'll revisit some of the suggestions previously mentioned. Thinking about it, might be a good idea to try a corded one as they are cheaper and see how I get on than spending over double
Thanks for the advice
Tim.
Did you go for the Milwaukee in the end Tim? When I first got my Z4MC I tried my Stihl petrol leaf blower that I’d always used for drying my mountain bike. However, I soon realised that the 2 stoke oil droplets in the exhaust fumes decorated the Saphire Black paintwork with thousands of oily ring marks!
I then looked at the cheap pet dryer options but thought they’d take too long to dry a whole car. In the end I found a reasonably priced used professional ‘BigBoi’ car dryer and I’m very happy with it. It’s amazing how much water gets trapped behind badges, mirrors and number plates etc. It amuses my neighbours no end but it’s a lovely feeling putting the Coupe in the garage knowing it’s properly dry
I then looked at the cheap pet dryer options but thought they’d take too long to dry a whole car. In the end I found a reasonably priced used professional ‘BigBoi’ car dryer and I’m very happy with it. It’s amazing how much water gets trapped behind badges, mirrors and number plates etc. It amuses my neighbours no end but it’s a lovely feeling putting the Coupe in the garage knowing it’s properly dry
+1 for the Big Boi dryer. Had mine for 3 years now and it's a great bit of kit.MikeyP said:Did you go for the Milwaukee in the end Tim? When I first got my Z4MC I tried my Stihl petrol leaf blower that I’d always used for drying my mountain bike. However, I soon realised that the 2 stoke oil droplets in the exhaust fumes decorated the Saphire Black paintwork with thousands of oily ring marks!
I then looked at the cheap pet dryer options but thought they’d take too long to dry a whole car. In the end I found a reasonably priced used professional ‘BigBoi’ car dryer and I’m very happy with it. It’s amazing how much water gets trapped behind badges, mirrors and number plates etc. It amuses my neighbours no end but it’s a lovely feeling putting the Coupe in the garage knowing it’s properly dry
I am located in the US and a lot of people use gas leaf blowers myself included. I have run it for 15/20 minutes on white paper at a constant full throttle with no problems. Some people see oil etc. on the paint, I have not. It blows the water off the car, not touching the paint.(always at constant full throttle) I feel the less you touch the paint the better off you are. Any thoughts about this process? Always willing to learn.
It works really well with the soft green band preventing scratches on the car. I got mine from Amazon. But look carefully. The one I bought included a plastic bracket to hang up the blower plus plastic brackets for two batteries. That one was £27.00. You can buy them without the brackets for about £20.00. However, if you try to purchase the brackets separately they are inordinately expensive and can only obtained from the USA. Postage alone for three small bits of plastic is £14.00.pvr said:Now you made me look at the stubby attachments :?:lol:
I have actually ordered the OEM one from the USA, reason being that I would need to swap the tubes around regularly as I use the blower for gardening duties as well (as the Stihl backpack I have is so much more work to get ready each time).
The reviews I read about the copies (I think you have the same name but different brand AST2000?) are that they sometimes are difficult to get off, which is not a problem if you never do that, and secondly that they "lose" a bit of air around the base. For the same of £35 for a genuine one, I thought I would go that way. The OEM one has a rubberised tube, but obviously not as nice as the rubber band one that comes with the copies. You can buy the rubber band seperately, but that is £25 by itself.
The reviews I read about the copies (I think you have the same name but different brand AST2000?) are that they sometimes are difficult to get off, which is not a problem if you never do that, and secondly that they "lose" a bit of air around the base. For the same of £35 for a genuine one, I thought I would go that way. The OEM one has a rubberised tube, but obviously not as nice as the rubber band one that comes with the copies. You can buy the rubber band seperately, but that is £25 by itself.