Car Paint Care Tips

Buying a car involves a lengthy decision making process involving an array of influencing factors; colour is one of the most important among them. The colour renders a personality to your car— black is cool, silver is stylish without being ostentatious, red is sensual and white cars are conservative!

But just a few years on the road and the car loses its original colour and showroom shine—the white that once made the swan feel proud is now shabby grey; the luscious red has lost all its luster, the elegant black no longer looks glamorous and the radiant silver now looks worn away.

But you can turn the clock and set things right - what you need is knowledge about proper car paint care. The article below tells you what affects your car paint and shine, how to avoid problems and how to restore back the lost luster of your pretty car.

Resist the environmental damage

Vehicles come with a range of finishes— matt coating, acrylic, enamel, etc. Regardless of the type of finish, the exteriors of all vehicles are subject to environmental wear and tear. To protect the paint of the car from the invasion of these environmental factors you should go through a preventive maintenance regimen.

For example, how do you deal with the ultra violet rays that come along with sun exposure that eventually diminishes the gloss on your vehicle finish? Because metal retains heat, it causes permanent stains. You have to use protective coatings and sealants to neutralize the effects of ultra violet rays.

The next factor is chemical abuse that results from air pollutants transformed into sulfuric or nitric acids. These acids, can be deposited onto your vehicle in either a wet or dry state and slowly eat up the paint. To resist this kind of damage, you need to go for frequent washing.

Your car often becomes the victim of the road salts triggering off the chemical reactions that can accelerate the pitting and rusting of the car’s surfaces. Many out-of-sight areas including the undercarriage are especially prone to assault of the road salts.

You have to resort to a specialized undercarriage rinse in combination with rust inhibiting agents to deal with these kinds of damage.

Nothing can replace the benefits of regular washing

It is important to have a car wash at least once a month. The moistures can not accumulate on the car body, when it is clean; the moistures gain hold in the dirty areas and lead to corrosion.

Go for a pressure wash from time to time to dislodge the dirt especially from the areas like behind the moldings, inside wheel arches, under the bumpers etc.

After-winter is the best time for pressure wash as it drives out all the salt accumulations that speed up the corrosion process.

Follow the washing with waxing for the enhancement of visual appearance of a finish

Wax your car regularly for the maximum protection of the paint and minimizing harm of chemicals. This gives the paint protection from fading and keeps the car looks shiny.

It should only take 30 minutes to wax a whole car.

Use high quality car wax and rest assured for three - four months.

Repair the chips and scratches

For the prominent chips, you have to order matching spray paint from the manufacturers and apply the paint with the help of a toothpick. You can also fill up the scratches the same way.

Use Polishing compounds for repairing the minor scratches and chips.

Invest some time for trying the above mentioned cleaning steps—you will feel proud to move around in your gorgeous car for years.