Most car owners used to do to care for the glass, body and interior of the car. For many it is, besides, a pleasant pastime, a kind of hobby. But even experienced drivers are not always watching the machine correctly – sometimes this concern turns into harm, writes “Autorambler” and lists the main mistakes made by motorists.
What not to do with the body of a car:
1. Wipe the dusty glass and body with a dry cloth
Urban dust has an abrasive properties due to microtasking and other solid particles in the composition. Often you can see how drivers wipe the glass or body panel with a dry cloth or tissue, and the surface is indeed scrubbed to a Shine… but time after time it becomes more matte. Of course, the first micro-scratches and minor scuffs almost invisible even under a magnifying glass, but will gradually accumulate them critical mass and paint, glass or plastic headlights will noticeably dim. Another mistake is to brush away dust with a dry windshield with the wipers. Glass in bright sunlight is becoming less transparent because of the directional scratches which are not visible in ordinary light.
2. Use the wrong cloth and sponge
Not all rags and sponges are equally useful. Some of them are able to collect for yourself a layer of dust and dirt, which turns into a kind of polishing paste. Especially often this sin, old towels, household sponge, rags of the garments. It would be correct to use special products for car care. For example, an automotive sponge absorbs grit inside, leaving them on the work surface and for rinsing the dirt easily washed off. The same properties and has the cloth of a special microfibre. All this allows care to care for parts of the car without scratching them.
3. Apply household chemicals
Most household cleaners, solvents, neutralizers usually work better specialized automotive products. And not because producers of chemicals are not able to create quality compositions. The fact that they are deliberately less aggressive, caustic and, on the contrary, more careful to the paintwork, rubber and plastic parts, upholstered items. The main principle developers of chemistry – “do no harm”. They argue that it is better a couple of extra passes over the surface being cleaned, rather than risk to ruin it.
Of course, when absolutely necessary to use a household window cleaner, a carpet or plastic is acceptable, but if you do it on a regular basis, there is no guarantee that the surface won’t fade, it will not appear spots and stains, and the rubber seals will not turn into a sticky mess. Car drugs are considerably more expensive, but the replacement and repairing parts are worth even more.
4. Use cheap cosmetic cleaners for salon
True quality cleaners for plastic and vinyl perform several functions: they were numb inside scratches, cracks, bumps, and expel them from the dirt. The medications form a film that smoothes the surface, as a result, the light reflects evenly, thus masking minor defects. Cheap cleaners are usually silicone-based, try to simulate this process they also collect the dirt and creates a film, but rather thick and sticky, which is easy to stick a new dust.
5. Not remove stains immediately
Car cleaning – how “ambulance”: the faster will be able to carry out emergency activities and procedures, the more likely that everything will be without consequences. To leave the cleaning for later – not the best solution, especially when it comes to the body. Just seems that the paintwork is solid and monolithic surface – in fact, he has micropores, which gradually penetrate aggressive substances, the juice from plants and poplar buds, bird droppings and other substances. When the spot becomes part of the paint, to get rid of it extremely difficult.
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With upholstery is also better not to wait for the stain to penetrate into the fabric, vinyl or leather. As for cleaning methods, it depends on the type of the stains and of the drug: sometimes it is better to wait for the stain to dry, so as not to smear it even more, and sometimes you must remove it to dry .
6. Ignore the cracks and chips
The defects in paintwork – like a hole in the tooth. In the defective areas can get water, chemical reagents, organic matter, the result under the paint will begin to develop the hotbed of corrosion, which can cause swelling and delamination. In these cases, the problem is cured accented damaged coating, Stripping to the metal, the subsequent priming and painting. As the prevention of microscopic cracks and scratches we recommend regular polishing, which prevents foreign substances to get into the paint layer. To repair minor chips and cracks, it is better to seek specialized shops.
7. To monitor the temperature
The most flagrant violation is to wash the vehicle with hot water from a hose to “dirt better behind.” Boiling water by itself adversely affects the paint, and in places where parts are made of different materials, which expand and contracts when temperature changes, the paint can crack and deform. Also often you can see how to use the tools for cleaning and polishing under the scorching sun. It is useless to wait for the effect to frozen detail. The optimum temperature is on average 20-25 degrees.
