After using my chamois and letting it dry it feels really hard and rough. If I use it do dry my car will it scratch it. I strerch it out before I use it but it still has rough spots. Also what else is good for drying. Thank's

 

Mequairs Drying Towel $24.95, soaks up water really well. MEGUIAR's Canada - My Car or Meguiar's USA - My Car.

 

Where can I get those?

 

I am not a fan of a Chamois, because it has no "nap" to it, no cushion to the paint. I would use a plush microfiber or 100% cotton toweling to dry with. Even better would be an electric leaf blower, that way nothing touches your paint but air.

 

Bath towels get the nod from me.....just make sure it's not the cheap polyblend - 100% cotton - works great!!

Of course, use stealth and don't let the wife catch you heading to the garage with her good towels

 

skip the over priced dry towels in the automotive dept. you can get white 100% cotton bath towels from Target for about $1.50.

 

i'd say forget all that and go with some of the real stuff that detailers use.. meguiars microfibers or water magnet as posted in rrobello's thread sticky. its cheap insurance against swirls.

 

Another vote against the chamois -- it's a great way to introduce spiderwebbing as well as strip the wax from your vehicle.

I like a large quality waffle-weave microfiber towel for "pat" or "lay&drag" drying (large enough to fold into multible layers), and a small waffle-weave for wheels & jambs.

Mothers sells a good foam-core waffle-weave drying towel, but it's pretty much only available online.

You could also use a large plush microfiber for regular drying, but the waffle-weaves seem to grab lots of water a little better.

You can get quality microfibers if you look hard enough (don't go too cheap). But even the high-end plush towels at Target are fairly respectable and reasonably priced if you you get desperate for sources.

 

I've always used 100% cotton bath towels to dry my car. I use three or four. I do the whole car with the first one. Then I switch to the next one and again go over the whole car. I do this until the car is dry. And you finally wind up working with a towel that is pretty dry on the last go around. Seems to work great for me and we have hard water!

 

hold on.........................I don't have a wife At least not yet!!

 

That's my type of thinking right there Neil