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Maintaining Your Car Paint

  • by Ngugi K.
  • May 5, 2016

Maintaining the paint of your car requires several tasks to be performed on a regular basis. This is done to prevent the cars body from rusting, marks, and other car scratches. One’s environment is a great factor in determining the extent to which the tasks should be done. For instance, salty and humid climates cause the car body to rust at a faster rate.
The following tips help in maintaining the best car body surface, therefore keeping the bodywork in optimal condition for a longer time.

Cleaning Your Car

Keeping car clean Maintaining Your Car Paint

Car cleaning
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Keeping your car clean is one of the most important tasks that each holder should do. This helps in removing all stains on the car surface with the use of the correct shampoo or other car cleaning detergents. This also helps remove bird droppings which contain abrasive and acidic properties that stain the car’s body if not removed immediately.

Waxing the Car Surface

Wax Your Car Step 6 Maintaining Your Car Paint

Waxing the car to protect the paint coat.
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Waxing your car is also an essential maintenance routine. However, one should be careful on the type of wax to use since each type of car paint reacts differently to wax and polish. Therefore, the car holder needs to have all relevant information on the first paint on the car and then purchase the wax and polish that suit the paint.

Use of a Rust Proofing Agent

This is mostly done if one lives in humid climates or in areas with too much salt concentration in the air coming into contact with the car surface. The rust proofing agent protects the bodywork of the car as well as preventing it from corrosion.

Re-Painting Your Car

Re-painting is another car paint maintenance practice which helps in maintaining the exterior. This requires one to make research on the best paints available in the market. This is mostly done to old vehicles so as to boost their appearance.

Fixing the Existing Scratches

How to fix scratches Maintaining Your Car Paint

How to fix scratches
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Fixing small scratches is an easy task as one uses the touch up paint and finish off with a rubbing compound to get the best shine of your car. On the contrary, if the scratches are too deep and the car metal is highly exposed, one is required to sand off or scrap the existing paint and apply primer before painting the exposed area.

Keeping the Car Under Cover

This helps in keeping the car in a way that it avoids direct sunlight that causes the surface to fade. Store the car inside a garage if it is available or invest in a quality car cover that should fit snugly made of breathable fabric which helps get rid off of harmful moisture.

— Ngugi K.

Ngugi Karani, from Nairobi Kenya, has been writing for Afroautos since its inception. He believes that Africa needs better road transport for transformation. He writes on technology, development and cars. He is inspired by the spirit and passion of the African people to rise above all odds.

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