California car Dusters - Safe to use?

[Junkman2008]

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Hey, I'm just keepin' it real baby!

[Fly Bye]

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I even keep my truck looking good while camping

You're hardcore dude

[Bill Davidson]

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I've been using a California Duster for a couple of years now and they work great. I just let it glide across the surface with no downward pressure at all, keep in mind you're removing dust, not dirt.

That's a good point Bobby. Along that line, the duster is quite harmless if used correctly and it is only used to remove light amounts of dust. You pretty much need to use the thing once or twice a day if it's truly "dust" that you are removing. Guys at car shows are dusting their vehicles with California dusters several times per day.

Anything more than a days worth or dust on your vehicle and you had better set the duster aside and use something with lubrication. ie. soap and water, or Quik Detailer.

What I like about about the duster is it literally only takes 2 minutes to dust the entire vehicle. If you do this a couple of times per day, you can go WAAAY longer in between washes. It's a huge time, labor and money saver.

Bottom line: they are good when used often, bad if vehicle is dirty.

[BobbyG]

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I've been using a California Duster for a couple of years now and they work great. I just let it glide across the surface with no downward pressure at all, keep in mind you're removing dust, not dirt.

[Bill Davidson]

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I use a California Duster and love it. I also have the California Dash duster that I keep inside the center console of my truck.

I'm not sure which one I like better, I love them both. One thing the dash duster has going for it, is I always have it in the vehicle. So the odd time if I'm camping etc. it comes in handy.

I'm pretty sad, but yes I even keep my truck looking good while camping

[captaincog]

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I have used California Car Dusters for years. My only concern is the residue a new one can leave behind becuase of the treatment on the fibers of the duster. No big deal when followed up by detail spray, but there nonetheless.

[Fly Bye]

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The next best thing since sliced bread baby, right there...aight

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[Barry N]

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Have used the CD for 10 years with no problem. I have even done things that they say not to do in the video,and still had no problems. My routine is that I dust the car in the direction of air flow over the car.

[swcarter]

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My Truck Sits outside and gathers light dust every night and I dust it off with a CA car duster and have had no problems with it at all. You just lightly glide it across the surface and it picks up all the dust. I shake it when I'm done to get any loose dust off.

Agree, agree. The CA duster is a godsend here in St. Louis during the spring pollen season.

[Malo83]

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Super Duster is my favorite, more strands so it can be rotated and clean more surface

http://www.calcarduster.com/superDuster.asp

[bmrfan]

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Davey,

I also shake it out after every panel - better safe than sorry!

^^ Agreed.

I might be overdoing it, but I shake it out really well after every panel - just to be safe.
No problems with it to date.

[davey g-force]

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^^ Agreed.

I might be overdoing it, but I shake it out really well after every panel - just to be safe.
No problems with it to date.

[jreblackGT]

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I use one daily on my black car and it works as advertised.

[mb911]

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Fantastic.

My California Duster arrived today ($15 from Amazon).

I'm so glad I asked you guys about this.

I know you're suppose to sit it out, but I sat it out 6 hours, and then just tried it on the hood (I'll let it sit the other 42 hours now). It light dusted the hood almost as well as quick detailer.

The GREAT thing, I was then able to quick detail, and get virtually *NO* dust on my towel.

And to remove the dust with the California Duster, I barely had to have it touch the paint like the sample video.

Why didn't I know these were so great sooner?

It's going to keep my car cleaner, keep my towels cleaner, and keep more swirls out of my paint (by not having to QD with perceptual levels of dust on the surface).

I can't wait to really go at it more once it airs out fully.

The only thing is it's a bit hard to do it on the vertical surfaces, the fibers want to fall (like on the side of the car), so it's harder to do it super gentle, but I'll just do my best.

Thanks all for the suggestion! What a great $15 spent!! About the price of UQD, and this will last a long time, and make me use less UQD, since by removing a lot of dust with duster, you don't need as much UQD (I previously used extreme amounts trying to protect paint).

[Woodie6250]

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I have both a California Duster and a lambswool duster, and use them both on a regular basis without any problems.

I think the secret is knowing the product's limitations (light dust removal only) and correct technique (lightly allowing the tips to brush across the surface). It's better to go over the area lightly several times than trying to remove all the dust in one sweep.

In cases where I'm planning to use a QD, I always dust first.