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How To Achieve That “Showroom Condition” And Pro Car Detailing

A Vehicle That Always Looks New

By Wendy DesslerPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
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What it all boils down to is this: regular, effective “hygiene”. You know what keeps a human body looking young and healthy? Eating right, exercising regularly, and properly cleaning yourself on a regular basis. Wash your hands, take showers, drink clean water—do these things, and you stay looking “young” longer. Well, it’s similar with your car.

Use “premium” fuel. Wash your car at least once a week. Wax it as well, and use materials known to keep dust, grime, and water damage away. It’s not enough just to spray it down with the hose every now and again. Firstly, this will likely leave water spots on your vehicle. Secondly, it doesn’t provide nearly enough protection. It’s like washing yourself without soap.

However, there are certain soaps which do a better job than others. Different vehicle owners have different preferences here, but something many are beginning to agree on comprehensively is cleaning and maintenance products which use “hydrophobic” technology. Essentially, this is a “nano” compound which, at the molecular-chemical level, repulses water.

If you want your vehicle to look as though you just drove it out of the showroom at the dealership, hydrophobic treatment is absolutely fundamental—but focusing just on the exterior isn’t enough. In this writing we’ll explore interior and exterior cleaning tips, as well as resources you can lean on to help you find the most effective vehicular maintenance balance.

The Interior Angle

If your car doesn’t look good inside, you’ll be less likely to maintain a weekly cleaning schedule for its exterior. Don’t use the passenger seat like a trashcan. Clean out the inside of the car daily, or at the very least weakly. You might purchase a vacuum cleaner that plugs into a vehicular lighter socket. Using such a device can be a great way to keep your vehicle clean.

Sand and dirt granules will eviscerate your carpet. Especially if you live near a beach, or you’re one of those outdoorsy types, you want to get sand and dust “fines” vacuumed up. If you leave them be they’ll pile up and slowly erode carpets. A car that looks beautiful from the outside, but disgusting inside, doesn’t retain its value as well as it could.

Wipe down all interior surfaces as well. Dashboards, armrests, central compartments, cubbies in the doors—at least once a week, you want to wipe these down using something like ArmorAll, which has been specifically designed to keep interior surfaces looking their best.

Acquiring Next-Generation Cleaning Products

Technology isn’t only defined by the realm of computational development. Though this is a big part of technology, additionally, there are regions of modern society which feature technology that has almost nothing to do with computers. Earlier, hydrophobic options were briefly discussed—and you can find just such cleaning products at CarPro.global.

Generally, it can be wise to find sites like this which you trust, and acquire cleaning products from them that resonate with you. Hydrophobic compounds, various waxes, soaps, and cleaning gadgets are all available through such providers. What’s available now is better than what was out there a decade ago, and ten years hence, even newer options will be available.

When Something Breaks, Fix It

A clean vehicle usually lasts longer. Bits of dust, little rocks, dirt, grime, scum, rust—these things slowly erode vehicular functionality. Leave a car to itself and it will break down inside a few years. The tires will go flat, the vehicle will rust out, mice and bugs will start living in whatever nooks and crannies they can find, and eventually the vehicle is just a rust bucket.

This is basic entropy: systems of order break down into chaos. That’s the second law of thermodynamics. So you’ve got to stay on top of maintenance, and pursue it on a regular basis. Include in that maintenance the repair of operational issues.

When something breaks, you’ve got to fix it—and as soon as possible. Breaks compound one on another. If you leave that dust cover off your braking mechanism, a rock will get in the brake and make it squeal. If you don’t fix it right away, you may have a windshield wiper quit working, or a water pump start to go out. Then you’ve got multiple issues to contend with, and as they compound, so does procrastination.

The more you leave things alone, the more a vehicle breaks down. So lastly, fix anything whenever it breaks. Do that, use next-generation cleaning products, and keep the inside clean. Such an approach to vehicular maintenance will keep it looking showroom-clean perpetually.

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