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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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Anyone tried out sham wow before?
I am kinda sold after watching this video.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm03D...layer_embedded
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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ive never tried it but alot of people on this boards dont like it - try a search theres tons of information on it
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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It's great for cleaning up hooker blood.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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I didn't watch the youtube link, but isn't that the "Watch this, camera guy" infomercial? I saw something on a news show testing it that said it worked no better than a regular chamois.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 1995blacktattop
It's great for cleaning up hooker blood.
haha awesome
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 08:51 PM
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My wife hounded me till she got them, they are horrible. Dont work for anything.... except hooker blood in a hotel room of course.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 08:56 PM
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haha awesome
LOL i don't know that first hand. that was the joke that was going around after that Vince dude beat up his hooker girlfriend.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 09:03 PM
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99% of people here say that thing is bullsmack..
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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ive come to realize sham wow sucks almost entirely; however i did find a reasonable use for it. I use larger sham wows to initiate my drying process after washing my car. They get the majority of the water off and ring out easily so i can get my car mostly dry. I will now take my single microfiber towel and finish drying. I can keep drying the same spots until the streaks are all gone. sham wow saves lives.

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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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LMFAO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmK8PH4KhM4 watch it till the end, its worth it.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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Wow, the Shamwow guy would make a great Moe.



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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 10:30 PM
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the best shamwow parody by far!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9fmnAsgdg
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 10:33 PM
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its a total rip off !!!!! i threw mine away !!!!
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 10:41 PM
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i like them, they dry the car pretty well...they do leave some yellow fibers behind sometimes, but i'll keep them around

i like the absorber better tho
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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I love my shammy. Works amazingly if you use it CORRECTLY. Just the other day I had to show my friend how to dry off his car with it because he was using it wrong.

I'm not sure if a shammy and a shamwow are any different then each other but all I can say is mine was worth the money.

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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 09:46 AM
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Go with the Absorber. I've used one of those for years upon years. Always works for me.
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by rjt2291
I love my shammy. Works amazingly if you use it CORRECTLY. Just the other day I had to show my friend how to dry off his car with it because he was using it wrong.

I'm not sure if a shammy and a shamwow are any different then each other but all I can say is mine was worth the money.
a chamois and shamwow are diff.. Chamois are usually made out of leather or a substitute much like leather. I have a 5 foot leather chamois I picked up from Costco for $10 and it works 1 million times better than a shamwow. just get it wet ring it out and go to work I could almost dry my whole car without ringing it once.
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by cmaxw640
Chamois are usually made out of leather or substitute much like leather.
Probably what I got then. Works great!
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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I use the California blade
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 01:22 PM
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I use the California blade
Same here.. and I follow up with a Drying cloth from Tropi-Care. I have an absorber too.. but its just so much easier using the blade with a good cloth to dry the car.
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