[Nahlem]

Originally Posted by JDUNITNOW

I have a leaf blower and use the blo for tight areas like door jambs engine compartment and trunk lid.

This one is awesome and worth the price for it, i have two of them at home best spent money when it comes to drying that and a huge as microfiber towel.

Places where water always gets in that causes water spots/marks after a wash if you dont blow the water out and dry it.

-Side view mirrors run off along the cars side.
-Tail lights the new ones accumulates so much water behind them :S
-Head lights the amount of water getting stuck in there is mind boggling.
-Behind the numbers plates of the car.......
-Behind the BMW badges :S
-Rims around the bolts, lung hole the smal canals behind the spokes.
-The tires them self inside the patterns.
-Inside the freaking grills making the car look like alice cooper if you don't blow it out.
-Handles you have lift up the handles just before the line where the door opens and blow it out there.
-Around all the black trims surrounding the Windows of the car.

If only BMW could make all the water canals go under the car and not on the side of the car that would be awesome

[dudley@07726]

Originally Posted by Nahlem

This one is awesome and worth the price for it, i have two of them at home best spent money when it comes to drying that and a huge as microfiber towel.

Places where water always gets in that causes water spots/marks after a wash if you down blow the water out and dry it.

-Side view mirrors run off along the cars side.
-Tail lights the new ones accumulates so much water behind them :S
-Head lights the amount of water getting stuck in there is mind boggling.
-Behind the numbers plates of the car.......
-Behind the BMW badges :S
-Rims around the bolts, lung hole the smal canals behind the spokes.
-The tires them self inside the patterns.
-Inside the freaking grills making the car look like alice cooper if you don't blow it out.
-Handles you have lift up the handles just before the line where the door opens and blow it out there.
-Around all the black trims surrounding the Windows of the car.

If only BMW could make all the water canals go under the car and not on the side of the car that would be awesome

I use a leaf blower as well. Works great and is powerful.

[dreamingat30fps]

I dunno. I have a master blaster at the house in FL and I love it. However in NC I try using my leaf blower, both an old corded cheapo one and my cordless ryobi which I use for actual leaf blowing and it's just not the same. I'm not sure if it's the power or the fact that I don't have a nozzle for them or the lack of heat... but it's night a day between the blowers and my master blaster. In fact I was just going to look for a smaller master blaster style blower to take up to NC this summer.

[Brokenbones]

Bought a posh dog blow dryer. Does both cool and slightly warm air. Works great, still get some hard water stains (water here is horrendously minerally) but so damn fast compared to wiping and wringing constantly…

And my wife can use it to blow dry our doodles. If she wanted. If I let her.

But it looks similar to a bunch of car detailing blowers…. And cost less than a third. Maybe there’s some difference but honesty? Good enough

[Game]

Just picked up my BLO air dryer s...that small thing packs a punch. I imagine with a coated car drying a car will be a literal breeze.

[RichF90M5C]

Originally Posted by Game

Anyone try the Airforce blaster sidekick compared to the Blo Air S?

Looking for something small.

I had the airforce blaster, but sold it and bought a sidekick, as I wanted something more compact. It’s great for getting the bulk of the water of the car and bikes, just a wipe with a microfiber afterwards gets rid of any drops it doesn’t shift. I tried using our cordless leaf blower, but that was crap, in comparison.

[grannyknot]

Here's my blower, Stihl BR600 gas powered leaf blower, car is dry in seconds.

[D10]

So about this I have a Stihl BR600 I use for my lawn and driveway. I also use it on my cars. It’s like going through as touchless car was at the end 😂

[D10]

Originally Posted by grannyknot

Here's my blower, Stihl BR600 gas powered leaf blower, car is dry in seconds.

Glad I’m not the only one 😂

[BobsM3Coupe]

Originally Posted by grannyknot

Here's my blower, Stihl BR600 gas powered leaf blower, car is dry in seconds.

My neighbor used to use one of those Stihl blowers and it always would spit some 2 stroke oil/maybe some fuel on the car. Not good.

[grannyknot]

Originally Posted by BobsM3Coupe

My neighbor used to use one of those Stihl blowers and it always would spit some 2 stroke oil/maybe some fuel on the car. Not good.

The air flow of the blower is a completely separate system from the exhaust.
The fan pulls air from the side next to the operator, the exhaust shoots straight away from the machine in the back.

The older machines and older oil technology needed 30-50 : 1, the newer machines and modern synthetic 2 stroke oil is now 100:1 ratio fuel to oil so is much cleaner.
My Z4MC is black and would show the petroleum rainbow easily, never seen it on my car.

[FrankMstein]

This thread...my leaf blower blows better...

[Tejas1836]

Originally Posted by FrankMstein

This thread...my leaf blower blows better...

I have a vacuum cleaner that sucks

[BobsM3Coupe]

Originally Posted by grannyknot

The air flow of the blower is a completely separate system from the exhaust.
The fan pulls air from the side next to the operator, the exhaust shoots straight away from the machine in the back.

The older machines and older oil technology needed 30-50 : 1, the newer machines and modern synthetic 2 stroke oil is now 100:1 ratio fuel to oil so is much cleaner.
My Z4MC is black and would show the petroleum rainbow easily, never seen it on my car.

Good to know. I'll have to ask him how old his Stihl backpack blower is.

[skyline408]

I use the EGO 765 CFM blower with stubby nozzle. It's nice to get the windows, grill, and nooks and crannys, but i still need to lightly dry big spots with a towel.

[Jambo1]

In addition to my Milwaukee blower, I have the Master Blaster Revolution, with a retrofitted BigBoi 30ft hose which is far superior to the Metrovac hose.

[Pprior]

Originally Posted by davidmct-M3

I toyed with the idea of a blower rather than microfibre towels to dry the car. In the end I went for purified water as last rinse then air dry.

https://raceglaze.co.uk/shop/race-gl...lter-14-litre/

I put a splitter with valves on my tap to allow flow to this plus my pressure washer.

Wait, so you rinse with this and then don’t bother to dry at all??

I was toying the the idea of buying an air blower, but I -HATE- loud noise. Getting a new Z4 and will have PPF/ceramic on top, already have a nice pressure washer but looking to reduce the drying hassle.

If I could just do a final rinse, pull it in and let it air dry without any noise that would seem much better than using a loud blower.

Please elaborate!

[grannyknot]

Originally Posted by Pprior

Wait, so you rinse with this and then don’t bother to dry at all??

I was toying the the idea of buying an air blower, but I -HATE- loud noise. Getting a new Z4 and will have PPF/ceramic on top, already have a nice pressure washer but looking to reduce the drying hassle.

If I could just do a final rinse, pull it in and let it air dry without any noise that would seem much better than using a loud blower.

Please elaborate!

Deionized water is what you are looking for, no spots after the car air dries and no swirl marks from towels. These guys https://crspotless.com/ make a unit for retail sale but you can put one together yourself for a lot less.

[davidmct-M3]

Originally Posted by Pprior

Wait, so you rinse with this and then don’t bother to dry at all??

I was toying the the idea of buying an air blower, but I -HATE- loud noise. Getting a new Z4 and will have PPF/ceramic on top, already have a nice pressure washer but looking to reduce the drying hassle.

If I could just do a final rinse, pull it in and let it air dry without any noise that would seem much better than using a loud blower.

Please elaborate!

Exactly unless i am topping up the ceramic coat when I do use a micro fibre towel to remove water. Works perfectly. I use the 14 litre one. https://raceglaze.co.uk/shop/race-gl...lter-14-litre/

What I do is rinse each section after power hosing off the soap. I also rinse any spray over onto previously rinsed areas. Works a treat.

I also occasionally measure the water mineral quality to check still 0ppm.

[Housekeeping]

A leaf blower will never work as well as a Master Blaster. I have the latter and it’s great.