This was my hood after a wash. I rinsed the car with my sprayer attached. Notice how there is a lot of beaded water on this car that you'll have to remove with a towel, blower, blade, chamois or whatever method of drying you use.



I then removed the sprayer from my hose and used the waterfall method. Start with the hose at the top of the hood and just let it run onto the hood. Follow the sheeting water down the hood with the hose as it runs off. You'll see that there is now minimal water left to dry. You can do this with your whole car.



The sun came out between these two shots. That is the reason for the difference in colors.

 

I refer to this as "drying with the hose"
It works best with a well-waxed/polished car, but should work okay even with nothing on the paint.

 

excellent tip rich... (again... for the car-washed challenged ).

i'm going to be detailing the car during lunch today

 

i found out today that it doesn't work so well when there's "nothing on the paint"... until you clay the paint to truly remove all contaminants. If it's simply "wax free" but not particularly clean otherwise (i.e. needs to be clayed), it doesn't work so well.

 

got a question about this, so i am moving it back up, and am putting a link to it in the stickys-
(btw, we call this "sheeting" or "sheeting action")

 

This method works best for those with a wax or sealant on the car at all times. Mine never goes more than 2-3 weeks without something. This method would work poorly on my moms never waxed daily driver.

 

That's an old trick that I've used for years, I'm surprised most people don't know about it.

 

Same here, good sh*t, makes drying faster!