Paint Maintenance Tips
❶ Before, during and after the car is used, it is necessary to
remove the dust on the car body in time to minimize the
absorption of dust by the static electricity of the car body.
❷ Rinse immediately after rain since the rain stains on the car will gradually shrink, thus result in the concentration of acid substances in the rain will gradually increase. If the rain stains are not washed with water as soon as possible, the paint will be damaged over time.
❸ The car should be washed after the engine is cooled. Do not clean the car under the hot sun or high temperature, so as to avoid the detergent being dried and leaving traces. Usually we should use special detergent and neutral running water to wash the car, should not use alkaline washing powder, soapy water and other detergent to avoid washing the grease in the paint, thus to accelerate the aging of the paint.
❹ Scrub the car with a clean, soft cloth or sponge to prevent mixing metal shavings and sand particles, do not use dry cloth, dry towel, dry sponge to wipe the car, so as to avoid leaving scratches. While wiping, follow the direction of the water gently, should not wipe drawing circles and horizontally.
❺ For some special corrosive traces, remove in time and those must be cleaned with special cleaning agent, do not use the blade to scrape or eliminate with gasoline, so as not to harm the paint.
Small scratches, such as scratches on the paint surface, scars that turn white, or even if the surface of the paint has been scraped into hairline shape, are not necessary to do the paint repair work. For light scratches, car wax can be dealt with. And for the heavy ones, just polish is OK. If it's more serious, you can see the color of the undercoat.
Generally speaking, the bumper, rear-view mirror and wheel brow are plastic parts that will not rust, if the problem is small, it does not matter whether the paint need to repair or not. If it is scraped onto the steel plate of the car body, it is necessary to mend the paint, otherwise, even if it is a small damage, the steel plate will start to rust, and at that time, Even if the paint is repair, the effect is not satisfactory.