Are there any small vacuums that enjoy sucking up water along with dirt? The biggest bane to washing a car on LongIsland is the humidity that prevents a cars sills and cracks from ever drying out. I just cleaned and waxed a car of my friends and later on that day streaks of water dried on the wax as he drove off

 

i use a cordless leafblower.

 

Blow, don't suck ! If you use the vacuum chances are you will suck the nozzle onto you paint - scratch potential high. I use either my leaf blower or my air compressor for all the naughty bits (water holding cracks).

Chuck

 

A small wet/dry vac would do it well...we discussed them recently here:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=76488

 

thanx!

that thread went to hell though. It started out decent though. Is the 30 dollar job from sears good enough for vacuuming dried in dirt in carpet of a mini? theres a bump up with more hp, but I would think 1.5 is fine enough? hm.

 

A Searsh $30 special would be fine for random auto vacuuming... check the detailing 101 threads, there was a discussion about shop vacs just a week or so ago.

I'd also recommend against vacuuming the water off of the paintwork. I think you would be better off w/ a leaf blower or an air compressor... or just some microfibers for drying. You might also look into the Mr. Clean Spotfree Rinse gadget that sells in Targets for $20-$30... it's supposed to be great for the dripping problem you describe above.

 

Yeah I read it. thanks much.

im looking for bottom line. I could always adhere some fabric to the nozzle. I just want something that is going to vacuum the carpet clean as well as pull water out. The water additive I am not to keen on but I hear it works well.

I will ahve to see maybe demo the 1.5 for suction if they let me. I will only be using it for the car. Would be nice to get it all in one without spending 160 dollars on some fancy high velocity guy from griots or autopia

 

I have the small sears one and it works great. Often goes on sale for $25 and $20.

 

I would think that blowing the water only pushes it into other places where it doesn't belong, like maybe under seals to start rust? Using a vac to actually remove the water from the vehicle sounds like a much better idea. I agree that the chances of scratching the paint is higher with a vac, but if the person is taking that much care in detailing the car to even worry about this, I would assume they would extend the same care to using the vac.

 

Maybe you could wrap 3-4 layers of duct-tape around the business end of the hose... This would help prevent scratches from the hard plastic.

 

yes. there are solid methods for handling the scratch possibility. I was doing to adhere felt to the tip.

 

yeh, then your felt picksup debris and you rub that on your car?

no~~ blow the water out, not suck it in. keep the door open,
run a dehumidifier in the garage for a few hours and a large fan.

that's wat i do.

 

It is on average above 80% humidity on long island where I live. Not a special day for that just normal. A very dry day is 40% and that lasts about 12 hours.

im going to suck on my car till its dry and not blow it off.

I feel either method can make a mini happy.