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Originally Posted by Nick M3
Decided to give the AM Details Quick Detailer Plus a shot with the laziest technique possible: Mist it on before drying.
So far, it feels very pleasingly slick. Will be interesting to see how it does. Of course, it doesn’t have to be *that* durable if I can reup easily every time I wash the car.
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Originally Posted by Nick M3
As a side note, the autofiber dreadnought drying towel in absolutely incredible.
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So, you wash and then spray the QD while drying with the towel (which generally how you're supposed to do it)?
I've experimented with a few different quick detailer/drying aids lately.
I used Sonax Brilliant Shine Detailer for much of the summer and it worked well, but I wasn't wild about the amount of water spots I was left with that often took a second round of "drying" to get rid of. It certainly helped maintain the hydrophobic PNS properties, though, so kinda worth it.
Later in the fall, I got a gallon of Superior Products Formula 4 Spray Wax which is intended for commercial car wash applications as the extra charge "wax," but I'd seen a lot of people talking about being a really drying aid when diluted down to 10:1 or so. I was happier with it in terms of "drying" without water spots than the Sonax, but I'm not totally sure how it does in terms of helping ensure water beads or sheets.
I started using it with at the end of the first application of PNS when water wasn't blowing off very easy to begin with. Then, I changed the car wash product I had been using because it was about the same time as getting the pressure washer and foam cannon. That was Chemical Guys Honeydew Snow Foam. When washing, it felt like the wash mitt had more drag. After a couple washes with the Formula 4, it seemed like the PNS performance was severely degraded as water did not blow off like expected from the first application. I had similar experiences with those products on my wife's RAV4, so I'm hesitant use either of them again, but I will.
Today was the first wash after polishing and reapplying PNS a couple weeks ago. I went back to washing with the Sonax basic car wash shampoo that I had been using (it works with the foam cannon...it's just not as foamy). This time I used "OG Drying Aid." Obsessed Garage is a company that sells mostly very expensive stuff that's run by a guy with a significant OCD that he's channeled into detailing.
He does a lot of Youtube videos. He's kind of insufferable, and he's not-quite-right about a lot of stuff, but his obsessiveness is helpful if you get into this stuff.
The stuff he sells generally isn't cheap and almost nothing is his. He combines and/or configures stuff, and sells some products that are generally commercial and not sold at retail. He buys a bunch and then resells to his disciples, basically. Anyway, he had a decent Black Friday sale and I bought some of his closeout stuff at nice discount and to add a couple more bucks to the order and get free shipping, I bought a gallon of his "OG Drying Aid" which is actually P&S Bead Maker without the dyes and perfumes. Bead Maker is supposed to be super hydrophobic. Even without the BF sale, it's a tad bit cheaper than Bead Maker, too.
Will post how that performs once I know, but the application was good. And the car looks fucking amazing. Wish there was some sun today after I finished, too.
