How Keep the Paintwork of your Car in Good condition

In the first installment of exploring how to keep the paintwork of your car in Good condition, we looked at how to wash your car effectively and the sort of chemicals and equipment you may require to make your job very easy. We will look at what other steps you need to take to ensure that the exterior of your car is continuously enhanced

Safety measures:

Unless you are washing your car in very air-tight and controlled environment, there is a high possibility of water, chemicals and other agents, getting into your nostrils, your clothes and your eyes. To avoid any damage to your eyes, in particular, and to avoid inhaling toxic chemicals, it is highly recommended you wear protective gloves and safely goggles.
Protective gloves will ensure that your skin, in particular, your hands, are adequately protected from any harmful agents in the cleaning materials you are using. Some cleaning agents used in the car industry, especially those used in the cleaning of wheels are known to contain various acids which can cause skin irritation, blisters and even burns when they come into direct contact with the skin. Wearing gloves, especially those classified for industrial use, will give you adequate protection from these. Safely goggles will protect your eyes in the same way as gloves protects your hands.

Drying your car after washing

We do not intend to take you through step-by-step processes of how to wash your car to get the best results. This is because we assume many adults can do this with a fair amount of results. We will concern ourselves however at what happens after washing your car.

One mistake that many people make after washing a car is to leave it to dry on its own. The effect of this is to leave deposits of car shampoo and other cleaning agents, dried watermarks and streaks of dry water and washing agent on the car. Apart from the unsightly nature these leave on the car, negating the car cleaning objective, the deposits of car shampoo and other cleaning agents can penetrate into the paintwork. This can damage the paintwork, create oxidation, cause the paintwork to lose its shine and quality and eventually help to speed up the deterioration of the paintwork

It is therefore recommended that you dry your car thoroughly after washing. To do this, you will need a bucket of clean water and chamois leather or microfiber car drying cloth. This will help you thoroughly dry your car off and help you remove any left-over deposits of car washing agents. Such cloth, rinsed continuously with clean water, will ensure you do a very good job and also help you protect your paint work from any scratches, that is assuming you did a very good job during the washing process

It is very easy to pick up all the above listed items in most diy shops or those selling car cleaning materials. Where in doubt, always seek professional advice or better still, use the services of a professional car cleaning company for the purpose. A professional car valeting company have both the expert knowledge and highly trained professional car valeters to sort out all your guesswork.  They could also save you lots of headaches