Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

[davey g-force]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

Question I have is how do you Wash the paint? What products and what materials as well as what process do you use?

Do a search for "Mike Philips two bucket method"

[ARodriguez]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

Question I have is how do you Wash the paint? What products and what materials as well as what process do you use?

[davey g-force]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

Not as far as I know...

[ice_manxxx]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

Yeah... Mine too...

and after using different ww towel..
It's no leaving scratches...

Where is the meguiars chamois ?? Is it discontinue?

[davey g-force]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

I reckon he'll be fine.

It's more about the technique than the towel anyway.

[Eldorado2k]

Oh man, I ordered a Water Magnet on the Bay [should arrive tomorrow]for a co worker who just got his car re painted and was looking to keep it swirl free from here on out.

I use a different waffle weave but the seller is currently sold out of the 1 I use.

I've never tried it myself, but I figured the Water Magnet was a foolproof towel to recommend.. But reading this thread has me worried a bit. I don't want to be the guy who gave bad advice to a friend and be responsible for the towel I said would be perfect causing swirls on his paint >.>

[turbo_911]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

What do you think about Uber towels? Also what kind of absorber do you use?

[Blue Apollo IV]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

Does anyone besides me use cotton? I have been using plush cotton bath towels for drying for many years, never have had a problem.

I use big microfiber towels...along with the absorber for my drying purposes.

[Sandiegonick]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

Does anyone besides me use cotton? I have been using plush cotton bath towels for drying for many years, never have had a problem.

[Blue Apollo IV]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

I decided to give a try to Meguiar's Water magnet drying towel, and to tell you the truth, at first I liked it but then not really. Once it gets wet, it doesn't absorb water and leaves streaks.

This water magnet is one of the worst products by Meguiars...I bought two of them a while back based on all the ranting about how great they are...I used it once and it was terrible. I threw them both in the trash at the local car wash and went back to the absorber. That product is quality!

[turbo_911]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

either your paint is extremely soft or there is dirt on the towel. other than that there is no way a microfiber towel would mar up paint like that.

To tell you the truth, that towel is like super hard, it is not soft at all, and doesn't look like microfiber towel.

I used other off brand microfiber towel that's a lot softer and here's what I got






There were no scratches after I washed it, I checked it. They appeared after I wiped the car off.
I wasn't pressing too hard and you can see some really really tiny scratches from towel. I guess clear coat on my car is just super soft

[kenji815]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

either your paint is extremely soft or there is dirt on the towel. other than that there is no way a microfiber towel would mar up paint like that.

[wifpd4]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

No recommendations from me. I use several Meguiar's, but no problems even on my own Lexus which is very soft clear coat.

I did glance at your web page and you can see some befores that look similar. Escalade 10-11-12 of 31. Nice work on the afters by the way!

Oh no, Escalade came to me like that (before pictures is when I got the car, before I washed it) and those are rotary buffer trails on hood and some sides and of course some are from towel or whatever they used to wash it with.

Yep, I understand the befores are before you started. Is it possible the defects are not being completely removed in your process or that one of your products is hiding the defects and washing exposes those defects? Did you use an IPA wipe down before waxing? Obviously not required, just helpful revealing defects not removed in the buffing process.

From what I see in the photographs, the marks are 1/8 to 1/4" wide with swirls running perpendicular to the direction of travel of the marks. Seems like a buffer trail. If the towel was making the marks, wouldn't the swirls be parallel to the direction of travel? Of course I wear bi-focals!!

As I said, the afters look nice.

[ffboy]

Re: Meguair's Drying towel leaves scratches/spyderweb.

I would say ease up on the pressure and try using detail spray when drying.

I use an electric leaf blower to dry cars and then a waffle weave towel for the left over.

Could it be that any fillers or polishing oils in the products you are using are being removed by the wash and dry with the towel?

Good point. Fillers could have been present before the car wash and wipe down, and "light pressure" is a relative term. Light to others may actually heavy to some, to minimize any need to wipe, I also use the flood rinse to make drying faster then spray the panels (even while wet) with a quick detailer. Doesn't necessarily have to be megs, but doing so makes drying faster and adds a bit more shine. Sometimes even very light pressure can still inflict those swirls or marks.

[Meticulous-Detail]

I would say ease up on the pressure and try using detail spray when drying.

I use an electric leaf blower to dry cars and then a waffle weave towel for the left over.

Could it be that any fillers or polishing oils in the products you are using are being removed by the wash and dry with the towel?