Keeping Your Car in Showroom Condition

Depending on your climate, keeping your car looking fresh can be quite a challenge. Sand, snow, rain, and dirt are all natural enemies of your vehicle. Only with a concerted effort on your part will your vehicle stay in showroom condition. Of course, our car care professionals at Accurate Auto Body will match the color of your paint so it looks the way it did in its glory days. But if you are trying to save a little money and keep your car looking fresher, longer, we are here to give you a few tips.

Protecting the Paint–Clean, Polish Protect

• Clean: If it’s been a while since you shined up your car, be sure to give it a good spray down with a high pressure hose to remove loose grime. After, give your vehicle a thorough shampoo with a bodywork conditioner shampoo before rinsing it off to a nice clean surface.
• Polish: Next step is polishing — there are a huge array of products available on the market, but we recommend a super resin polish. It is designed to remove light scratching and add some gloss to your paint job.
• Protect: This is arguably the most important step as it will keep the work you’ve already done intact. Dirt is the mortal enemy of paint — if they come into contact with each other, you can be sure that the paint will begin to dull and wear. That is why you need to apply a protective layer of wax which keeps the dirt off of the paint. Applying a high quality wax will protect your paint for up to six months, so it is absolutely worth your time if you’re trying to stay in showroom condition!

Tires

Many products on the market, such as Autoglym’s Tyre Dressing, are designed to seal your wheels and restore their black appearance back to looking like new. Before applying, be sure to…

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