Meguiars Water Magnet

[BLK03SVT]

Some of you may use this product already, but after recently trying it for the first time I thought I'd share with everyone how happy I am with it. After owning a few black cars and HATING how they sometimes are a PITA to dry, I read on the Shelby forum that the Megiars Water Magent was a good way to dry it. I ordered 6 of them up from Meguiars and couldn't be happier. They seem to hold a ton of water, and when rung out will completely dry a surface with very little streaking.

Anyway, just thought I'd share since I was so impressed with it.

Carry on!

[El Jefe]

Never heard of it, sounds cool. Are you using Optimum No Rinse? If you havent, you need to. Will completely change the way you wash your car

[biglou]

please elaborate, i will be acquiring a black shelby soon. it will not be a daily driver, so washing is not an issue. my current ride is a dark green bullitt and i only use meguiar's ultimate detail. is there something more i should know about caring for a black car?

[JoeT]

please elaborate, i will be acquiring a black shelby soon. it will not be a daily driver, so washing is not an issue. my current ride is a dark green bullitt and i only use meguiar's ultimate detail. is there something more i should know about caring for a black car?

Good luck with the Black Shelby, yes it looks freaking awesome when clean, but you need to clean it everyday! I know this because I have a black Mercedes and its is dirty nearly every minute, its nearly dirty seconds after I wipe it down!

[biglou]

thanks Joe, i will carry my micro towel and Meguiar's detail wherever i go.

[JoeT]

The Microfiber actually makes scratches in the clear coat. I spent 5 hours yesterday cleaning the Mercedes, it looked like a brand new car, even used some Meguiars Showtime polish to fill in some of the clearcoat scratches and then my wife drove the car and hit that dust storm, when she came home I was pissed the car looked like I never even cleaned it. So I used a damp microfiber to clean the car off, using even the super thick microfibers and still caused more scratches in the clearcoat. They will go away when I buff again but in the meantime I see it and it drives me nutty. Frankly once I dont have this Mercedes anymore I will never own another black car again!

A beautiful black diamond but my worst freaking nightmare.

[biglou]

my gt500 will not be a daily driver and i am the one that drives it to car shows only in good weather. so hopefully only a California Duster will be needed after it is detailed and polished.

[JoeT]

Have fun my friend you've never owned black. Even the California Duster will scratch the clearcoat on black. I'm trying to help you out! I'm surprised no one else has chimed in about black. Its your hobby, but you'll spend forever chasing swirls and fine scratches.

[biglou]

thanks joe, i will let you know how i make out. i just bought a Swirl-Finder Teck Light from Griot's garage. i used it on my 08 bullitt's dark highland green paint and didn't find many marks. i'll keep my fingers crossed, thanks again, lou.

[IansBAJ]

I had two black cars. I should have learned from the first one. Even my black stripes piss me off sometimes.