Chamois leathers

[Simpo Two]

Clearing out a shelf in readiness for the new kit I came across some old chamois leathers. Does anyone use them anymore? Do they have a place in car cleaning or they totally obsolete and replaced by synthetic products?

[sortedcossie]

I'm not in the detailing trade, but with products like the Gyeon Q2M Silk Dryer EVO I think that chamois might be a thing of the past. I have one the silk dryer towels, the largest one. If I blade the glass off on our 2 cars (a 2020 1 series and a 2016 3 series touring) i can then dry the rest of both cars with only wringing it out once per car.

I do have a Chamois still, but only use it to dry the wheels (and household stuff like windows, frames and facias).

[Simpo Two]

sortedcossie said:

I'm not in the detailing trade, but with products like the Gyeon Q2M Silk Dryer EVO

What I deduce about the detailing industry is that it's clearly where most of the marketing people have ended up. Only they could make a piece of cloth sound like a top-spec rally car

[Belle427]

The drying towels are very good, one that pops up on Facebook a lot is sams drying towel, good marketing but i think it is a very good product from what i have read.

[Dog Biscuit]

In short bin the chamois and gor for a drying towel.

[Simpo Two]

Belle427 said:

The drying towels are very good, one that pops up on Facebook a lot is sams drying towel, good marketing but i think it is a very good product from what i have read.

Dog Biscuit said:

In short bin the chamois and gor for a drying towel.

I agree; I've used a drying towel for some time but it's rather old now and might be contributing to swirl marks so I ordered one of these yesterday for a new start: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B7WFY7GG?th=1

[Frankthered]

Are they obsolete - it seems that way, for the most part at least.

Everybody seems to use drying towels these days, but I must confess I recently bought one of the AutoGlym synthetic chamois (Halfords had a sale on!) with the intention that I will use it only on the glass.

Does using a chamois require a bit of pressure? That's what I remember from back in the day and using them on glass more recently. In theory, a good drying towel should pick up water with little or no pressure - I guess that's the win!