I just got whatever el-cheapo leaf blower they had at home depot. If you have wax/polymer/ceramic still on the paint, it blows the water off extremely quickly... If you don't, it takes longer, but then it is also a good indicator that you need to apply something to the paint. But anyways I got an el cheapo corded ryobi one, but I bought it like 20 years ago.. Looking at what they have now, if I were to do it again, I'd probably get the DeWalt 20V one (since I have all DeWalt tools), so that I don't have to bother with entension cords when drying the car... Looking at the output, the 20v DeWalt one says 450cfm which looks to be the same as the corded one that I currently use. So if you already have cordless tools, I'd probably get a leaf blower that is compatible with whatever battery system you use.
In the summer/spring, that's how I got rid of pollen from my car... I just sprayed it down, and blew it dry... I've tried other things like California Duster and microfibers, but when dealing with pollen, those will just leave swirl/spiderweb/scratch marks.
I've used an EGO POWER+ leaf blower for the last six years or so. It has worked well and I highly recommend it.
I'll do you one better, I ceramic coated the wife's car so on rainy days she'll park it outside for a free wash then pull it in and fiber cloth it down, lol.
That happened to me a long time ago, except I had a polymer (Zaino) on my black car... I was painting some mirror housings for a different car (that I had removed from the car), and thought everything was good... A few days later, while my car was parked in the sun, I noticed I had overspray everywhere. Claybar to the rescue... A few months later when coming back from a football game, they had repainted the lines on the freeway, and I had white paint all over the side of my car. (It was nighttime, so I didn't even know until the next day... Claybar removed that as well...
Where in Maryland are you? I'm in Newark, DE. I have a wide range of products and can you learn all the various methods. Pressure washer with a foam cannon, waterless wash, rinseless wash, ceramic coat toppers, etc. I have a 2nd locker with more stuff.
Maybe its just the pollen we have... I have several pine trees near me, and when I used a rinseless wash, it most definitely did NOT prevent the tree pollen from leaving scratches. Granted, pine trees tend to leave a LOT of pollen. My car was black, so it could have just made it more obvious... Either way, I found it was way less effort to just hose down the car for a quick rinse, using the misting mode and blow dry. Pollen just melts off like butter.
