RSS FeedThe Intricacies Of Polishing your Car
In every household garage, car polish is a familiar product required for the upkeep of the family car. A good car polish keeps your car looking new and shiny. Other than appearance, car polish functions as paint protection and prevent premature failure of car paint. Bird poo, oil, dust and grime are some of the pollutants that accumulate on the outer surface of a car over a period of time. Nearly all of these pollutants are acidic in nature, not easily washable and due to their corrosive properties, cause the paint to fail exposing the bare car metal below. Bare metal corrode easily leading to rusting of the car, reducing its life and resale value. There are numerous car polishes in the market with a varying number of ingredients. However, most car polishes have abrasive component to help remove the oil and grime marks. Some have fillers too to fill in the scratch marks.
Application of car polish is a painstaking procedure, a technique that needs to be mastered. Before applying car polish, your car must be washed thoroughly. Wash first with plain water and then with a car specified detergent mix. Never use your household detergents as they are too strong leading to removal of paint. The third stage is to again wash off the car detergent with plain water. Use a chamois leather car towel or a micro fiber car towel to dry your car. Having done that put the car polish evenly with an applicator brush which usually comes with your car polish product. There should be no gaps in the application of the car polish. Leave the car polish to dry off for the time period specified as per the car polish manual of instructions. Then rub it off with a micro fiber towel to give you a good glow and a brand new look car.
The abrasive ingredients and dissolvent will remove the old grime oil and dust and the wax component in the car polish will give the requisite shine and protection. The water repellant property of the wax component helps protect your car paint from water. How often should you polish your car? Well an interval of two to three weeks between polishing is all right. Too frequent car polishing is not recommended for your paint because irrespective of what the advertisement may claim, all car polishes will remove a very thin layer of your car paint which over time results in thinning of the car paint and dulling of the color. Therefore, a regular but not frequent polish will help keep your car paint in good condition.