What is a squeegee

<p>The squeegee is a rubber handheld tool that is dragged over the surface&comma; wiping off the water from the surface it is used on&period; The blade is usually made from &lpar;synthetic&rpar; rubber and is fairly flexible on its own&period; The use of the squeegee is a popular topic of debate because of its potential of creating surface imperfections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Why use a squeegee<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>When a surface is covered in water &lpar;whether it is glass or any other surface&rpar;&comma; the removal of this moisture will either require a type of towel or a device that uses air to blow away the water&period; Both approaches are labor intensive and require tools that can be expensive&period; The rubber squeegee can be dragged&sol;wiped over the surface&comma; wiping off the liquid without much effort&period; Due to its low cost&comma; it is a cheap and fast solution for drying certain surfaces&period; When used correctly&comma; it will also decrease the risk of lines where the water wasn&&num;8217&semi;t removed completely&period; Squeegee&&num;8217&semi;s can be used on paintwork and glass&comma; and &lpar;to an extent&rpar; on different surfaces&period; It can even help in wiping off surface moisture on fabric or floormats&period; The household version of this product can even be used &lpar;dry&rpar; to wipe off animal hair from carpets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Different types of squeegee<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>In general&comma; there are 2 types of squeegee&&num;8217&semi;s used in car care&colon; the large one&comma; and the small one&period; The large one can also be called a &&num;8220&semi;drying blade&&num;8221&semi;&comma; and had a substantial larger rubber blade attached to the rigid frame&period; The smaller one resembles &lpar;or is the same as&rpar; the household version with a plastic handle and a thin black rubber strip attached to it&period; The drying blade is most often used on paintwork&comma; due it being more flexible and following the curves of the bodypanel better&period; However&comma; it not uncommon to see people using a household squeegee on the paintwork as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Controversy on the use of a squeegee<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The use of a squeegee has raised many eyebrows and is a popular topic for debate on many different online discussion platform&comma; including social media&period; The disadvantage that is generally mentioned&comma; is the fact that a squeegee doesn&&num;8217&semi;t absorb any dirt on the surface&period; This means that any contamination on the surface is dragged over the surface by the squeegee&comma; potentially creating swirls in long&comma; straight lines&period; This is the opposite of what a detailer is trying to achieve by using his knowledge for proper&sol;careful car cleaning&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The counterargument is usually that the user should be aware of this&comma; and the squeegee should only be used when the user is confident that the surface is absolutely free from contaminants&comma; and that there is nothing on the surface that will be dragged over the relatively soft paintwork&period; The use of a squeegee on paintwork that didn&&num;8217&semi;t get a full decontamination is usually discouraged and seen as an improper technique or use of the product&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;