Washing the car yourself is not that simple. There are many details to pay attention to, and you will make mistakes if you are not careful. What details should we pay attention to when washing the car? Let’s have a detailed introduction.
1. Select the correct car wash solution
When washing the car, special car washing liquid must be selected, and the car washing liquid containing water wax component is the best. Do not use alkaline detergents or soap powders because they have strong detergents, but they are also highly damaging. Frequently use them to wash the car. The light on the car body surface will soon be eroded, and it will accelerate the aging of rubber parts, tires, windows, etc.
2.Select appropriate tools
The car paintwork is very fragile due to long-term exposure to the air, and the paint is easy to fall off. Therefore, tools for car washing must not be used, such as plastic brush, ordinary towel or coarse cloth. Professional car wash stations should use high-quality suede. It is characterized by strong water absorption, quick drying, high softness, and no hair chips.
When cleaning the car body, you should use a soft and clean sponge to scrub it, because there are usually hard dust and mud on the car body. If you wash it directly with high-pressure water, it will damage car paint surface. When wiping the glass window, you need to use a special glass cleaner to wipe it, and at the same time, you should use a clean towel to dry it, instead of drying it in the sun.
When oil stains need to be cleaned, sponge shall be dipped in kerosene or gasoline to gently wipe. When wiping plastic and rubber parts such as steering wheel, lamps, etc., ordinary soapy water can only be used for cleaning, instead of organic solvents such as gasoline, stain remover and thinner.
3. Select the correct car washing procedure
A professional car wash should add a pre wash procedure before washing the car. That is, spray special pre washing liquid on the car body with professional equipment, and wait for a minute. After soaking, most of the sand can be separated from the car paint, and then rinse with a water gun, which can avoid the danger of sand and mud scratching the paint when applying the car washing liquid. In addition, you should follow the top-down order when washing the car.
4. Select appropriate water temperature for car washing
After a period of driving, the engine, chassis and operating systems of the car are in a high temperature state. Washing the car body with cold water at this time is like letting a person who has finished strenuous exercise drink a lot of cold water. Its irritation can be imagined, and even burst in severe cases.
In addition, even if it is necessary to wash a car that has not been driven for a long time, if you have been exposed to the sun for a certain period of time, wash the car immediately with cold water, the characteristics of thermal expansion and cold contraction will also easily cause the aging of the car paint.
5. Treatment of black manure and asphalt
If bird droppings or asphalt on the road gets on the car, it should be removed immediately, because the acid content in bird droppings is extremely high, which is 10 times more harmful to car paint than rain; For asphalt removal, you can buy a can of asphalt remover at the auto parts city.
6. Washing car after rainy days
Some car owners would secretly like the rain to wash the dirty car. Even if they knew that the acid rain would hurt their car, they would stop because of the rain. The car was wet and dry, so they didn’t bother to wash it.
In fact, the car is very fragile in rainy days, because the car body is covered with a layer of soil, which is wrapped on the car body like fine sandpaper. Once there is friction, it is like sandpaper is used to polish the car paint. At the same time, if the rain stains on the paint surface are not cleaned as soon as possible, it will not only affect the appearance, but also damage the paint surface over time. If the watermark penetrates deeply, it cannot be removed only by waxing. Generally, you should go to the car beauty shop for maintenance and polish it with mirror wax.
