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Cleaning Car: Getto Style #1260728 04/27/05 09:52 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 937 T TronX OP Veteran CEG\'er
OP TronX Veteran CEG\'er T Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 937	Tip #1 Electric Powered Leaf Blower & Spot Free Dry. I was cleaning the roof of my house with an Electric Powered Leaf Blower. After getting junk all over my car the idea came to me. So I washed the car as normal and at the very end I turned on the leaf blower for a spot free dry! The guy next door was looking at me funny like I'd lost my mind. But how many times have you washed your car only to have water spots? How many times have you used the wrong soap in a Mr.Clean Spot free spayer only to end up with a sticky mess on your hands? Well, then what you need is a handy-dandy Electric Powered Leaf Blower! -Jared (TronX)

Re: Cleaning Car: Getto Style #1260729 04/27/05 09:54 PM
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OP TronX Veteran CEG\'er T Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 937	I own a Toro 215 Mph Electric Blower 51591 from Lowes. The same could be had for around 59$ at Sears. It really does not matter what you get so long as it has power and is light enough to pickup.

Re: Cleaning Car: Ghetto Style #1260730 04/27/05 09:58 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 297 Bothell, WA D DDV CEG\'er
DDV CEG\'er D Joined: May 2003 Posts: 297 Bothell, WA	Yup; one of my brother's neighbors details cars at his home and that's what he uses for a spot-free wash and dry. (They live in Arizona.) If you go to the commercial car washes down there, they use pressurized air to blow off the excess water as a final detail. Maybe the leaf blower isn't as elegant, but it does the job!

Re: Cleaning Car: Ghetto Style #1260731 04/27/05 10:03 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,086 Ashland, Ohio M Mystique97 Hard-core CEG\'er
Mystique97 Hard-core CEG\'er M Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,086 Ashland, Ohio	A gas one would work best, more power. Jason G. 1997 Mercury Mystique GS ZETEC ATX Born: 11/96

Re: Cleaning Car: Ghetto Style #1260732 04/27/05 10:15 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 563 D dsickles123456789_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er
dsickles123456789_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er D Joined: May 2002 Posts: 563	Originally posted by mystique97: A gas one would work best, more power. this was discussed somewhere awhile ago, it was conculded that the gas blower would leave gasoline residue all over the car. 1994 Volvo 850 Turbo 1992 Bronco Eddie Bauer 5.8 E4OD 1998 Contour GL 2.5 CD4E 2001 Montero Sport Limited 3.5 Auto 2002 IS300 3.0 Auto See My Cars

Re: Cleaning Car: Ghetto Style #1260733 04/27/05 10:19 PM
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OP TronX Veteran CEG\'er T Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 937	Originally posted by mystique97: A gas one would work best, more power. LOL.. More power is good.

Re: Cleaning Car: Ghetto Style #1260734 04/27/05 10:24 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 68 Kennesaw, GA S SVTDarin CEG\'er
SVTDarin CEG\'er S Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 68 Kennesaw, GA	More powerful than most gas blowers. 51591 and 51598 both under $100.00 I use my 51591 every time I wash one of our cars, but just to get the water out of the nooks and crannys. 98 SVTour / 86 5.0 Capri

Re: Cleaning Car: Ghetto Style #1260735 04/27/05 10:27 PM
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OP TronX Veteran CEG\'er T Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 937	Originally posted by dsickles123456789: Originally posted by mystique97: A gas one would work best, more power. this was discussed somewhere awhile ago, it was conculded that the gas blower would leave gasoline residue all over the car. Doh! Gas on Paint would be bad. The Toro Electric blower I have now has about as much power as my brothers gas Troy-Built. The Gas blower would have more weight making it a pain to blow the top. Also the Electric could have its issues if you use a cheap power cord and run it into water. BOOM! LOL! J/K

Re: Cleaning Car: Ghetto Style #1260736 04/27/05 10:35 PM
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OP TronX Veteran CEG\'er T Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 937	Originally posted by SVTDarin: More powerful than most gas blowers. 51591 and 51598 both under $100.00 I use my 51591 every time I wash one of our cars, but just to get the water out of the nooks and crannys. That's the one! It's a good blower, but it sucks as a sucker. I tried sucking leaves and it was a joke. For the money it works as a good blower. I only wish it had a low speed for going around flowers without the hurricane force speeds. Now that I've used it on the car I'm hooked!

Re: Cleaning Car: Ghetto Style #1260737 04/27/05 11:01 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 5,854 Staten Island NY USA T TGO Hard-core CEG'er
TGO Hard-core CEG'er T Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 5,854 Staten Island NY USA	i've used a leaf blower to blow out the interior of my car before, never to dry the outside though. 1999 Silver Frost SVT #609 of 2760 Quaife, lightened SVT Flywheel, SPEC stage II clutch, removed resonator, k&n drop in - various other goodies too.

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