jeudi 23 juin 2011

Washing, Waxing and Polishing Your Car

By Doug Spain


Keeping your car in excellent condition means finding out how to properly look after it. Car valeting not only allows you to keep your car looking terrific, but stops the car's paint from becoming damaged by the problems of the climate.

The Equipment and Methods

All of the worn out cloths and sponges you've used to wash your car before have to be thrown out. The best choice here is a very soft, wool wash glove. Do not make the blunder of guessing you'll wash your car with any sort of old thing. Real wool wash mitts retain far more water and shampoo, but they're also your best option for cleaning the exterior of your car without damaging it.

Along with your new woolen wash mitt, use a two bucket method. One of the buckets will contain clear, clean water and the additional should have the mixture for cleaning. When you are rinsing your wash mitt, use the clean water to make sure that you're not moving the dirt back on top of the vehicle. This really boosts the performance of both the shampoo and water mixtures.

One more tip - be certain you have got a bucket guard. This easy plastic grate allows dirt to fall to the base of the bucket, but keeps it from being picked up again via the mitt. Finally, make certain you use a quality shampoo for optimum cleaning and protection, and that you have a PVA or microfiber drying towel handy.

Wash and Dry

Ensure you wash your car away from direct sunlight. Rinse your car completely initially, to help dislodge as much dirt as is possible. Start to wash your vehicle from the top and work your way lower. Work with a straight action with the wash mitt, overlapping a number of times to get rid of as much dirt as you can. Wash one place and then rinse it thoroughly. While rinsing, use a slow stream of water - avoid using any high force.

Start using two decent towels to dry your vehicle. Carefully stroke the surface of your car with the towel, rather than scrubbing it dry. The towels will carry a lot of the water so you will need to drain them often to allow them to be more helpful. The first of the two towels will take in the majority of the water. When it's saturated, make use of the second towel to dry up any remaining water droplets on your car.

Polishing and Waxing

Polishing is the next step here. To achieve the greatest results you'll want to work with nonabrasive polish. You might also need to use a few various types to get the very best finish. Polishing restores your car's paint to a near perfect shine by eliminating any kind of minor imperfections.

A power car polisher may be used to make sure your polish is used the right way. It's tough to produce the same results manually. Make sure to avoid hurrying while polishing. Work steadily and within 2 by 2 foot zones.

Finish off the polishing process by going side to side to guarantee the entire space is actually covered. Try to avoid contact with the side of the electrical polisher's pad since this will result in uneven force and possibly harm the surface. The very last stage is to apply a carnauba wax or a decent artificial. You use the wax just like you've polished with the same alternative to work with an electric polisher. Putting on the wax manually will generally get a more desirable finish.

Pursuing these pointers and actions can help make sure that the surface of your car is correctly valeted and retained in the finest state at all times.




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