Surely you love to enjoy long hours of driving in your car and that you like to keep it as it was on the first day: clean, cared for, with the car’s paint in perfect condition, with excellent wheels and an oil change up to date…
Also, if you have recently bought a car, you will surely want to learn how to take care of car paint so that it is perfect and lasts like the first day for many more years. There is nothing more unsightly than those neglected cars where scratches begin to appear and are always dirty, elements that spoil the paint and tarnish our great late-model car.
But… do you really know how to take care of car paint?
On many occasions, cars do not have good paint due to ignorance of their owners. Many do not know how to take care of it so that it looks like the first day and does not spoil over the years. If this is your case, but you want to learn how to take care of it correctly, be sure to read the following post. Let’s get started!
What do you need to take care of car paint?
To take care of the paint of the car we are going to need:
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- A car
- Clean the vehicle properly
- Worrying about where we park the car
- Protect our vehicle from sun exposure
Instructions for caring for car paint
Step by step to care for car paint:
- Keep the car in the garage whenever possible. Logically, if you keep your vehicle, by protecting it from the outside, you will make both its paint and its general operation much better and more durable. Think that if you keep your car indoors and protected from sudden changes in temperature, which is what happens when it is left on the street, its wear will be much less. Forget about climate changes, that it rains or snows, that there is a scorching sun and it is unbearably hot, about the trees that fill our vehicle with pollen and remains of resin, or about the birds that do their thing on our glass and bodywork. Undoubtedly, parking our car in the garage is the best solution to keep it as it was on the first day.
- However, there are certain aspects that you should not forget: be careful with public car parks with excessively narrow spaces. The driver in the next plaza is likely to damage your vehicle in order to get out of his. It is better that you get a square away from the hustle and bustle, even if it is further from the exits. Beware of underground car parks that have pipes on the roof that can leak. In case this happens and falls on the body of your car, it can end up causing irreparable damage if it happens repeatedly. If your personal space is in one of those car parks and you have this problem, do not hesitate to notify the community of neighbors so that they can resolve it as soon as possible.
- Keep your car clean. Wash it frequently. One way to ensure that the paint on the body of your car stays like the first day, is to wash the vehicle often. Think that if you let the bird droppings or the remains of resin that settle on it, remain for a long time, they can end up corroding the paint and spoiling it. We advise you to wash the car every 4 or 6 weeks to remove harmful substances and impurities. If you do it yourself, don’t forget to use specific soaps for the car body and microfiber cloths to prevent the paint from scratching. If you have made a long trip, wash it immediately when you return. The remains of mosquitoes that are stamped against your car can cause very serious damage to the paint.
- Does your car stay in the sun for a long time? Try to protect the paint from direct exposure. The sun’s rays are very harmful to the body of our car and prolonged exposure can end up damaging the paint. If your car has a bright color, like a deep blue or red, you will see how, little by little, the sun ends up eating the colors. If you have no choice but to leave it on the street, try to find a place where it is as sheltered as possible from prolonged exposure to the sun’s rays. Look for a good shade, a high wall…
Tips to take care of car paint
One last tip to take care of car paint:
If you want to keep your car’s paint in perfect condition, it is recommended that you do not use a car wash system. The machines end up damaging the paint and gradually destroy it. Today there are many alternatives to wash the car away from home. For example, those spaces that are parked in the parking lots of shopping centers where they wash your car with little use of water and wax it for you. These centers take special care with the products they use (they use special soaps and microfiber cloths, as well as waxing the surface when they are finished so that the wash lasts longer) and their results are spectacular. Highly recommended if you want your car to look like the first day.
