What should I pay attention to when washing the car?

1, don't wash the exposed car with cold water.

After high-speed driving or exposure to the hot sun, the surface temperature of car paint is very high. If you wash it with cold water at this time, it will damage the surface of the car paint, and in serious cases, it will cause the car paint to crack.

2. It is best to wash the car every week 1 time.

You don't have to work too hard to wash the car. Generally, the car can be washed once every 7- 10 days. Frequent car washing will accelerate the oxidation of car paint. But this is not absolute. If the car body is polluted by mud, rain, bird droppings, etc. Car owners should clean their cars as soon as possible to avoid corrosion of car paint.

3, car washing must use circulating water.

Some car owners are reluctant to go to the car wash shop. They think the car is dirty and can't stand it, so they carry a bucket of water to wash it themselves. Holding a dirty rag, using repeatedly used dirty water with sediment.

When washing a car with stagnant water, the washed soil is carried into the bucket with a towel. After the towel is rinsed in muddy water, the sediment brought back will be wiped back and forth on the car body, which will scratch the paint surface of the car body, greatly reduce the original smoothness of the car body, lose luster or even fade. Therefore, it is necessary to change the water frequently when washing the car.

It is unwise to wash the car in the midday sun.

You should choose the right time to wash the car. Don't choose to wash the car at noon. It is best to do it in the morning or evening on cloudy or sunny days. Because water is a convex lens of paint surface, its function will cause local high temperature of paint surface and affect the gloss of paint surface for a long time.

5. Avoid abusing detergents

There may be extremely corrosive stains on the car body, such as asphalt, oil stains, bird droppings, insect droppings, etc. These stains are difficult to clean and must be handled correctly. When cleaning the oil stain on the car body, gently wipe it with a sponge dipped in a little kerosene or gasoline, and then apply polishing paste to the rubbed place to make it as bright as ever.

If there are dead insects and other animal and plant juices on the car body, they should be soaked in soapy water first; Then wash it with sponge dipped in water. There are oil stains on the steering wheel, headlights, molding materials and rubber parts, which can only be cleaned with ordinary soapy water, but not with gasoline, detergent and thinner.