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Chamois v's towel drying?...
« on: May 15, 2009, 01:31:54 am »
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I have used Autoglym's Aqua Dry synthetic chamois ever since I can remember however getting back into my cars I notice that towel drying is popular now.  Please can anyone advise why this has happened, if the chamois way has any negatives etc?

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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2009, 09:04:01 am »
i still use a leather chamois too mate, but i know it's frowned upon by the shiny brigade  :ashamed:

but i've tried all the others with no real success so always gone back to the leather, oldskool

but it will be interesting to see the replies

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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2009, 09:18:04 am »
I had a 3M synthetic chamois for many years and swore by it! Now use an MF drying towel and find it more than up to the job and safer for my 'shiny' paint!  :wink: :happy2:

The only downside is the MF towels aren't so good for the windows as they tend to leave fibers all over the window!  :angry015:

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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2009, 09:28:41 am »


I just use a normal chamois but find that it leaves loads of orange fibres all over the car so I will be interested to see where this thread goes too. :drinking:

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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2009, 09:28:49 am »
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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2009, 09:49:00 am »


I just use a normal chamois but find that it leaves loads of orange fibres all over the car so I will be interested to see where this thread goes too. :drinking:

so you dont use a leather one then?

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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2009, 10:03:54 am »
i use this and would highly recommend it to anyone think its fantastic and doesn’t leave any bits on your paint :) works best when it is damp.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washing-and-drying/miracle-dryer-ultra-plush-25-x-36-/prod_362.html

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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2009, 10:14:25 am »
The miracle dryers are great towels, but one thing we've found with them is that they tend to lose their absorbency and start to streak a bit after being washed a couple of times.

Basically the reason that chamois are now frowned upon is that they tend to hold any small dirt or dust particles left behind on the surface, which are then dragged across the paint and therefore inflict swirl marks and scratches.

The idea behind a microfibre drying towel (and why they are more highly recommended) is that the thick fibres take any dirt and dust particles deep into the towel, holding them away from the paint surface preventing the scratches and swirls that are so easily generated by the chamois.

The Sonus Der Wonder towels are a great option.  Personally, when Detailing we go round with an Autoperfection Super Plush Drying Towel, which are double thickness and super absorbent, then we go round again with the Sonus towel just to remove any excess water that is left behind.

Hope this helps  :happy2:



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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2009, 11:08:06 am »
Thanks very much for your replies, I think I'll be visiting your site mate! :)

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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2009, 11:18:57 am »
Thanks very much for your replies, I think I'll be visiting your site mate! :)

you going for the sonus!?


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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2009, 11:20:54 am »
Thanks very much for your replies, I think I'll be visiting your site mate! :)

you going for the sonus!?

Yeah I think so, just going to go have a look now...

However I will add when using a chamois I always keep it well rinsed with a clean bucket of water so to avoid any contamination!  :happy2:

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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2009, 11:51:50 am »
I got 2 sonus towels off Jim the other week and they are tops :happy2:

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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2009, 12:00:56 pm »
Do you know when you'll be getting the big towels back in stock please Jim?

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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2009, 12:20:47 pm »
Thanks J5BWS - we're just literally putting the final touches to our brand new shop so we'll let you know the new address once it's gone live!

Glad you're pleased with the Sonus towels Gaz  :happy2:

We've got the Super Plush towels in now - they arrived yesterday so we're just taking new photo's of them and getting everything sorted to put them on the shop.

Unfortunately we've had to put the price up to £10.95 because our supplier has had to put the costs up for us, but would it be of interest to people if we ran a group buy for them and did some sort of deal?



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Re: Chamois v's towel drying?...
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2009, 12:36:36 pm »
Thanks J5BWS - we're just literally putting the final touches to our brand new shop so we'll let you know the new address once it's gone live!

We've got the Super Plush towels in now - they arrived yesterday so we're just taking new photo's of them and getting everything sorted to put them on the shop.

Unfortunately we've had to put the price up to £10.95 because our supplier has had to put the costs up for us, but would it be of interest to people if we ran a group buy for them and did some sort of deal?


I'll look forward to seeing the site site before I put my order in!

Count me in for the towel group buy too! :)