From the first of June, true peto comes to our region. Trips to summer cottages, outings to nature, car travel. How many fascinating, entertaining and enticing things! So the desire to have a rest "for 100%" and not do anything, not counting rest. And yet, you still need to be distracted from the summer vacation in order to help your four-wheeled friend transfer the summer heat and annoying dust. He is also bothered by mosquitoes, flies and young kidneys. And he himself cannot cope with these failures, because from time to time you need to bother about the car body and its paintwork.
Before figuring out what you need to have at hand for caring for a car in the summer, let's figure out when it is best to do this difficult, troublesome, but exciting business. There is a golden rule - you can work with paintwork outdoors either before 11-00 in the morning, or after 16-00. This is due to the fact that direct sunlight, already disastrous for paintwork (LCP), is especially destructive in the daytime. A perfect place to work is a shady spot in the garden or in the shade of a house. Since it does not matter what treatment of paintwork with polishes or preservatives is carried out only after washing the car, you need to try so that the remains of car shampoo do not damage the lawn. Believe me, your spouse, who has given him more than one month, will not forgive you for this.
We will leave the car wash process outside the scope of our article, we will create only two comments. 1st - hand wash highest pressure still better than a rag and a bucket of water. Especially if the sink has two attachments - a washing burr and a rinse aid. Second - make sure that there are no traces of shampoo on the body after washing - the polish will lie unevenly on their polish and will not polish at all. Mixing with the rest of the shampoo, it will simply smear over the body.
So, the car is washed, wiped dry and ready to work with paintwork. Where do we start? With a selection of polishing materials. What are they? First, in terms of composition. Despite the abundance of polishes, a fairly close set of basic components comes into the composition of virtually all products: complex consistencies of waxes, silicones and silicone resins, often with the addition of insoluble dyes and pigments, created to enhance the initial body color.
According to the liking of the impact on the paintwork of the body, car polishes can be divided into three groups: wax, synthetic and abrasive. Wax polishes are the oldest method of adding color and shine to a car. The advantages of this type of polish are that they have a low price and give an amazing end result with a small investment of time and effort. As can be seen from the very name of the materials, all car polishes of this type have natural or natural waxes in their own composition. They have good water-repellent properties, sufficient adhesion to the painted surface and resistance to decomposition under the influence of negative environmental influences, which, firstly, include road dust and a mixture of mist with exhaust gases.
The traditional representative of this group of materials is the color polish with wax "Sonax" for all types of paintwork. An important advantage of aerosols based on natural waxes is that they are relatively cheap. An example is the aerosol DOCTOR WAX QUICK POLYMER WAX polish "Fast wax".
But with all the advantages, the film formed by such waxes on the body paintwork is short-lived and will withstand only until the first wash. Synthetic polishes, which are more complex in their own composition, are cleaning-restorative, silicone and polymer. The composition of cleaning-reduction polishes includes a composition of chemical compounds and fine abrasive substances, which allow you to quickly return the color and shine to the car, simply remove oxidized paint, heavy stains and small scratches and abrasions from the body surface. The disadvantage of polishes of this group is the need to cover the car with a layer of protective polish in order to extend the life of the composition, otherwise, after a couple of weeks, the paintwork will fade and oxidize again.
Silicone polishes are similar in properties to wax polishes and in most cases are watery in plastic containers with a spray. They return color and shine to the car in a very short time, and they are also lost quite rapidly.
Polymer polishes serve noticeably longer, providing adhesion to the paintwork at the molecular level. They are more good option for cars, as they have a number of protective parameters that prolong the action of the product. Materials of this group protect the car body from road salt, burnout in the sun, negative effects of the external environment, have a long service life and withstand up to 3 car washes.
The means that provide polishes with these characteristics, at first, include different Teflons. These are 100% synthetic materials that retain exceptional chemical resistance and provide higher elasticity at large and low temperatures, ensure the film is extremely durable. This is one of the important parameters of "summer" polishes, taking into account that when heating and cooling, the body, respectively, "grows" or "shrinks". If the coating is hard and not elastic, the applied layer of protection will crack rapidly. Protective polishes, which include Teflon, are a cheaper, but not the most durable method of protecting the body from summer misfortunes. The Turtle Wax brand, which is very popular among our motorists, is represented in this group of products by dull polish with Teflon 6509.
But polymer polishes have their drawbacks - first, the highest price and laboriousness of the process of polishing a car, which takes a lot of time and effort.
And, in the end, polishes, which are means based on abrasive substances, allowing you to grind the treated surface of the car. Abrasive polishes are designed to remove scratches, old stains and other abrasions of the paintwork and are used exclusively in critical cases, when you need to quickly disguise any flaw or return the paintwork on an ancient car. The failure is that with all this the top layer of varnish is removed, therefore, after applying abrasive polishes, it is recommended to treat the surface of the body with protective agents, otherwise, corrosion of the body can develop quite rapidly.
According to the mixture, car polishes are divided into watery, solid and creamy pastes, with all this, their main function is to give the surface of the body shine with the formation of a protective film on it due to the wax contained in the composition.
The most comfortable to use are watery polishes, but they are the least economical due to the fact that, like any water, they tend to spill. In addition, it is unrealistic to apply watery polishes to the car with a relatively thick layer. It is safer to choose a watery polish, which contains a huge amount of silicones, but you will have to pay a lot for this, because such polishes are quite expensive.
Like water polishes, spray polishes are quite comfortable due to the application method. But just as in the case of watery polishes, the car will only be able to shine if the highest concentration of silicones is included in the aerosol preparations. When choosing aerosol polishes, you need to pay attention to the composition of the polish and keep in mind that high-quality aerosol polishes at their own price are not inferior to good watery products.
A good mirror shine is assigned to a car body by hard polishes or pastes. And the shine, in turn, gives the color depth to the car through the application of a large layer of hard polish. But hard pasta also has its own disadvantage. Hard polishes take a lot of time and effort to polish a car, making it very labor intensive. Hard carnauba wax E-Z Wax Paste is a representative of the group of hard polishes that are usually used in car services or by very experienced motorists.
The best option is creamy polishes, which include high polymer silicones and waxes. They are comfortable to use, they are simply applied to the surface of the car body and do not spread. Creamy pastes give the car the deepest color and shine, and does not take long to polish. Willson polish-paste with a composition of natural (carnauba) and polymer (ASI) wax for light car enamels is supplied with, for example, a special applicator for ease of use. In addition, creamy polishes are distinguished by affordable prices.
Whichever type of car polish you choose for own car, it is worth keeping in mind that they not only restore and protect the color of the paintwork and eliminate small imperfections of the enamel. In addition, polishes have good anticorrosive properties, which makes it possible to protect small chips and deepest (to metal) damage to the enamel during processing. You see, the choice of car paint care products is very wide, and, in the end, depends on your desires, abilities and the age of your car.
A car of two or three years of age, as a rule, does not need the deepest polishing of the body, and it is quite enough to treat it several times a season with watery or aerosol compositions. A car that has served you well for 10 years requires a more severe approach. Creamy synthetic polishes will help to “heal” its paintwork and repair minor damage, especially if you use tinted polishes. Well, in the end, the veterans of our off-road. Cars over 20 years old (and we have a lot of them) need not just polishing, but also reliable protection body. After many years of operation, the car inevitably loses its outer gloss, the paintwork fades, the color loses its depth and small scratches and chips of the enamel appear. All this does not honor your car. But you can return the initial look to your own car with the help of specially made car polishes.
Creamy polishes, which include abrasive materials, allow you to remove the top "aged" layer of paintwork, repair imperfections and restore the color of the body. "Veteran" also deserves additional protective polish. This adds a layer of protection over the paint. There are no restrictions on the number of protective polishes, in particular, you will need an epoxy-based polish here. Such polishing makes a very strong long-term protective film with a clearly pronounced water-repellent effect. The process of applying it protective coating, in contrast to the usual procedure, contains not only car washing and drying, but also degreasing the paintwork, applying and polishing a protective composition. Usually, all operations for applying the deepest protective polish are done by hand, but the effort is worth it to make your car look like new.
The deepest and highest quality polishing of the car body significantly extends the service life of the car. Polishing agents interact with the coating at the molecular level and form a layer of protection that repels water and dirt, protects against oxidation and chemical destruction of paint under the influence of the environment, as well as exposure to ultraviolet rays. Therefore, polishing the car body, the prices for which are very democratic, should become an indispensable procedure.
Typically, bodywork takes less than 1 hour, provided the vehicle is washed and dried. Agree, it is not very difficult to carve out this time in the summer cottage mode or on a road trip. But what pleasure you will experience seeing your own reflection in the hood of your pet. The protective effect of polishing is felt more clearly within 1.5-3 months. So, for the entire summer season, you will have to take care of the car 2-3 times, which, you see, is not so much.
After treating the car with any type of car polish, it is recommended not to wash it with shampoo for 2-3 days. During this period of time, the protective film will firmly fix and protect the car from all summer misfortunes and adversities. With constant operation and constant washes, it is recommended to polish more than 4 times a year, but winter "procedures" need a warm, light and clean garage.
It is no secret that most motorists with attention and awe relate to appearance your car. The paintwork is subject to increased wear due to environmental influences. Salt in winter, liquid tar in summer, wheel gravel, sand, road dirt and dust can spoil the shine of your car in a short time.
- Do not wipe dirty car with a dry cloth - scratches resulting from this action are quite difficult to remove. Use the services of a car wash, better contactless.
- In summer, make sure that a heated car is not under a poplar tree. Getting on the hot surface of the roof, hood or trunk, the buds of this tree melt, releasing resin, which penetrates the surface of the paint or varnish, leaving yellow spots that can be removed only in one way - painting the damaged part.
- When parking a car in a tight parking lot near a store, leave a side distance between cars of 1-1.5 meters to avoid a door hitting the paintwork when passengers get in and out.
- When servicing in a car service, make sure that the performer protects the nearby car body parts with a special cape from dents and scratches during his work (leaning into the engine compartment, the zipper or buttons will inevitably scratch the surface).
- Avoid deep polishing as this method removes some of the paintwork and removes the natural shine. Moreover, the machine becomes dull after a few washes, requiring re-polishing. Better to use shallow professional polishing... You can also advise surface polishing with liquid wax compositions after removing the bitumen with gasoline. In addition, such polishing can be done on your own by reading the instructions for the polish on the bottle.
- Do not put any objects on the hood, trunk and roof: bags, handbags, various loads - you will scratch the surface, and besides, you may simply forget to put the items into the cabin - there have been cases!
- Do not lean on the car - barely noticeable dents will be visible on the gloss. When you have to push the car from behind or in front, rest your palms on the joints of the parts (corners, stiffeners, openings) to avoid the appearance of subtle dents.
Wipe dirty headlights, lanterns and glass on the road with plenty of water. This will speed up the cleaning process and eliminate scratches. Have a nice road!
Many car owners have a question - how to properly care for the car's paintwork in order to keep it for a long time. Old or poorly maintained paint is immediately noticeable, and the mirror depth of a fresh car paint, pleasing to the owner's eye, disappears quite quickly. In this article we will try to consider many aspects of this problem.
Weather and temperature influence
In the process of year-round use of the car, the effect of sudden changes in temperature constantly affects the paintwork of the car. When the temperature changes, the speed and degree of expansion of the metal of the car body and paint is significantly different. As a result, microcracks are formed on the multilayer coating. When microcracks appear, the coating loses its glossy shine, and dirt and water can clog in them, which aggravate the situation. In severe cases, cracks reach the body and allow moisture to pass through, which leads to the formation of corrosion on the body metal.
At the same time, due to the aging effect and external negative conditions, a partial delamination of the coating occurs. This will cause the saturated color to fade and shine.
Naturally, these processes must be fought, but it will never be possible to stop completely. There are ways to help slow the process down significantly. There is nothing tricky in the method; regular and high-quality car body care is required. It is necessary to wash the car with high quality, delicate, and most importantly, regularly. If gloss is lost, restore it with polishing agents. All detected defects, for example: scratches, chips and cracks, must be eliminated urgently before corrosion appears in these places.
Regular car care and maintenance pure form - This is the main way to combat the aging of paintwork. On a freshly washed car, it is easy to notice the initial stages of varnish aging or defects that have appeared. You can take care of a car on your own, but you need to know exactly how, and for those who do not have time for this, they can contact a checked car wash with qualified employees, for example, in Surgut http://remont-avto86.ru/uslugi/avtomoyka -v-surgute / which is recommended by many clients.
Winter season
In winter, it is necessary to take a doubly responsible approach to the cleanliness of the car. Jae after not long trip, a mixture of snow sticks to the bottom of the car. Dirt and technical salt (which is sprinkled on the road), as well as possible ingress of various resins, oils and other contaminants. Therefore, washing the car, and especially the bottom, in winter is necessary more often and more thoroughly.
It is recommended to wash your car before putting it in a garage or parking lot. This is due to the fact that tar, tar or tar could get into all possible contamination, which actively eats into the paint and violate its integrity.
The surest way to wash the car if you do not have special washing devices (such as Karcher) on the farm is to wash with a hose with cold water under low pressure, or you can use a bucket or watering can. Car wash should be started from the most dirty places, as a rule, these are wheels, wheel arches and underbody, sometimes sills and lower part of doors. After that, it is better to start washing the car from top to bottom, so that dirty water does not stain the already washed areas.
If the contamination does not lend itself to in some areas, it cannot be peeled off or scraped off with anything. This will damage the paint layer. In this case, it is better to soak the dirt well or use special products to remove difficult dirt.
Also, it is absolutely impossible to remove dust from the surface of a dry machine with a rag. Dust is a very hard abrasive that easily scratches the topmost layer of varnish. This will result in a large number of small scratches and loss of gloss. It is worth noting that washing a car with sea water will lead to a rapid aging of the coating, the same effect is given by hot water, due to a sharp and uneven temperature drop, but to a lesser extent.
Any materials that absorb moisture well can be used to wipe and dry the car. Most often, they choose special suede napkins, but a piece of flannel will do just as well.
Before wiping the car "dry", it is advisable to moisten and survive the fabric, so the absorption of excess moisture is more efficient. After applying the fabric, it is advisable to wash the material and squeeze well. If you used suede, it is not advisable to completely dry it, the fabric then coarsens and loses its properties. It would be better to close it in an airtight container, where moisture will remain for a long time.
Specialized detergents
To speed up and improve the quality of washing, you can use specialized car detergents (car shampoos). The active substances in the detergents help to dissolve and soften dirt faster and completely. After that, they are easily removed with water. Any car detergent is suitable for washing the car body and does not harm the plastic and rubber parts of the car.
Today there are many car shampoos that may contain additional additives to renew or protect the paintwork.
There are detergents with an anti-corrosion additive. These shampoos are suitable for the entire car care complex, not only for body washing. It can be used to clean the car interior and seat upholstery. Thanks to the anti-corrosion additive, the shampoo leaves an additional protective film on the coating and other metal parts, preventing premature aging and corrosion. After use, wash off with water.
There are detergents with a drying effect. main feature car shampoo in a special additive, after application forms an invisible coating on which water does not collect. All moisture rolls off the treated surface, while remaining dry.
Concentrated shampoos are created mainly for use in car washes for mechanical use, such a shampoo is enough 1 g per 1 liter of water.
Car polishing shampoo is a car wash with the addition of special wax elements. After application, a glossy protective film is formed, which improves the appearance of the coating and at the same time protects against aging.
After using any detergent with active elements, it is necessary to rinse the car with plain water in large quantities, preferably several times. Due to the content of active substances in the composition, car shampoo residues can soften the lacquer coating of the body and cause premature aging.
Car wash and cleaning
Also, an important point in car care is cleaning and cleaning the interior. The car interior is a tight, enclosed space in which a large amount of dust and various dirt from feet and street clothes collects. It is very harmful for human health to breathe such a mixture. Therefore, we advise you to pay sufficient attention to cleaning the interior, a clean car interior is pleasant and useful.
It is necessary to clean the interior of the car in a comprehensive manner; first, remove all unnecessary from the seats and the floor of the car, as well as from the front panel. Then take out and wash the rugs well, and vacuum the entire interior - this will remove most of the accumulated dust. If the upholstery of doors and seats allows wet cleaning, then we wipe all the remaining elements with a damp cloth, while wiping everything dry with a previously prepared dry cloth.
If the car contains fabric on the upholstery of doors or seats, then there are special products in aerosol cans for dry cleaning. Also, do not forget about the ceiling of the car, it also collects a fairly large amount of dirt.
Completion of washing
It is advisable, after washing the car, to leave it outside to dry all moisture in a ventilated area, especially after wet cleaning of the interior. In a poorly ventilated room, all the accumulated moisture in joints, niches and crevices will remain there for a long time, which can lead to premature corrosion. Also, it is advisable to remove moisture from the external locks using a pump. It is especially important in the winter period of operation, or use special anti-freezing lubricants for locks.
After washing the car. Body defects are well manifested - cracks, chips, scratches and so on. We advise you to correct defects immediately, before corrosion begins to form in these places. A special car pencil, specially selected for the color of your car and containing nitro enamel, is well suited for this. It is worth noting that sometimes automakers equip cars with such an emergency kit.
Body polishing
Regular use of polishing products will help extend or improve the paintwork of your car. Today there is a wide selection from many manufacturers. Each product has its own positive properties in operation and application.
The main task of conventional polishing products is to protect the treated surface from unwanted moisture and dust, as well as to maintain an attractive surface appearance. When used on paintwork, the polish penetrates deeply and fills all microcracks and scratches, and also covers the surface with a thin film, which protects the surface from an aggressive external environment.
The first sign that a polish is needed is when water gets on the car, it spreads rather than forming separate drops. Also visible in sunlight minor scratches or a faded color.
There are several types of polishing materials - these are wax polishes, possibly painted in the color of the car, and polishing materials containing abrasives of different fractions. As you might guess, wax polishing materials do not physically affect the paintwork of the car, they serve as a protective and decorative element that fills in cracks and scratches, and also creates a protective film with a deep reflection.
Polishing materials containing abrasive elements are used in more difficult cases. These funds physically "rub" all scratches, thanks to the extremely small "grains of sand". At the same time, restoring the integrity of the top layer of the coating. Which also brings back shine and pristine depth of reflection.
In the most difficult cases, polishing materials with abrasive are used, but mechanically... Special hand polishing machines perform the work much better. But this procedure it is advisable to entrust it to a specialist, since careless use can damage the top layer of varnish, which can only be restored in a paint shop
If you notice that the chrome parts of your car have begun to fade, there are several ways to restore the factory shine. If corrosion on the parts does not appear, then you can try using a cloth dipped in kerosene. After wiping with kerosene, wipe the part with a dry soft cloth, this will renew the shine of the part. If corrosion has already begun to appear, then it is advisable to use a special cleaner for chrome parts. The composition of the product includes many active substances that clean the surface, transform rust, and the wax contained in the composition clogs pores and scratches, betraying the shine of the part and protecting it from rusting.
Dozens of different little things are needed for a caring person, to maintain cleanliness and comfort in him. Like any other technique, with good care the car can serve its owner for more than a dozen years. It is a pleasure to be in a washed shiny car, from the interior of which a subtle smell of air freshener can be heard. To date, car care products are not essential items, however, it is thanks to them that driving in a car becomes much more pleasant and comfortable.
The individuality and status of a person is emphasized not only by the style of clothes that he wears and in which he moves around the city. The image is made up of little things that form the basis of our daily life. The car owner, often without realizing it himself, endows his “ iron horse»Features that are inherent in its character: sophistication or simplicity, sporting aggressiveness or convenience. Someone has the entire interior cleaned to a shine, for all things there is a strictly defined place. And someone drives a car, where dust and dirt accumulate in the cabin for years, and in the glove compartment and pockets you can stumble upon various garbage such as plastic cups, candy wrappers, old newspapers and advertising brochures. Those who truly love their car have a whole range of all kinds of accessories and cleaning products. Whatever trouble happens to the car, such as accidentally spilled coffee, an unpleasant smell in the cabin, or a small scratch, they are always ready to fix it.
Cleanliness is the key to a pleasant ride
It cannot be argued that there is any connection between the speed of movement and the state of the car's interior, but in any case, driving in the mud is not the most pleasant experience. For those looking to keep their salon clean, there are at least two ways to achieve it: ask for help, or rely on own strength and do the cleaning yourself.
The first option is the simplest, and all that is required for it is money, time, and also the knowledge of which car wash will thoroughly wash and process the car with all the necessary means. The simplicity of this method can be deceiving for several reasons:
- There are not so many really good sinks.
- It can be inconvenient and long to go there all the time.
- Often, the whole complex of measures for cleaning and cleaning a car costs.
- It is not always possible to trace exactly what means the salon was treated with.
- A car wash worker may be dishonest about his job and accidentally ruin something.
You can listen to folk wisdom and do everything yourself, since now hundreds of aids are presented on store shelves. Everyone can choose the car care product that works best for their car.
Car body care
The most common car cleaner is shampoo. Using it, you can clean your car with any degree of dirt. If the shampoo contains a special wax, then after completing the washing procedure, it will be enough to wipe the car with a cloth and get an amazing shine. When washing with shampoo, you must first remove large particles of dirt. Otherwise, particles that get between the sponge and the surface of the machine can seriously scratch the paint layer.
If the weather has suddenly turned bad, and you need the car to be perfectly clean, you can use the so-called “washing without water”. This is a new product that, due to its unique formula, gently envelops the dirt, thereby preventing it from damaging the body when wiping off the product. Outwardly, it looks like a regular glass cleaning spray. Such a tool costs an order of magnitude more expensive than conventional shampoos, but this price is fully justified. The effect is impressive and you really don't need water for cleaning.
Over time, they fade in the sun, get dirty in dirt and dust, gradually crack and lose elasticity. To significantly increase the life of tires, it is necessary to treat them with cleaners, restorers and tire conditioners. In addition to dissolving the dried layer of dirt, the cleaners cover the rubber surface with a polymer film. Thanks to this, the tires are protected from negative influences and look well-groomed and clean.
Not only tires, but also car rims require special care. Creams and sprays can help remove plaque, salt, dirt and rust. They clean out dirt even from the smallest cracks, cover the discs with an anti-corrosion film.
Car interior care
Easy cleaning of the interior consists in wiping all plastic parts from dirt and dust with a wet cloth. For better cleaning, a little odorless cleaning agent is dissolved in water. Also or a special brush.
In the dry cleaning process, a variety of chemicals are used. For example, to restore the plastic interior to its original appearance, polish is applied to it. Depending on what effect you want to achieve - the polish can be matte or with a glossy sheen. Most in a convenient way its application is considered to be spraying from an aerosol can, since this contributes to the most uniform distribution over the surface, but if you wish, you can use a regular liquid. To on plastic parts less dust settled, they are treated with an antistatic agent.
For cleaning rag interiors, foam cleaners are the most popular products. This is because they are extremely easy to use and clean very well. Their principle of action is that due to foaming, dirt rises from the inside. After that, it remains only to remove the foam with a napkin or rag.
Leather care products
Surprisingly, but leather seat upholstery requires much more attention than rag. Yes, fewer stains form on it, but otherwise, it is much more capricious. The skin does not tolerate too low and high temperatures, as well as high levels of moisture. If you leave the car with leather interior, closed for a couple of days under the scorching rays of the sun - this will have a detrimental effect on its upholstery.
The key point in caring for a leather interior is the constant maintenance of cleanliness and a high-quality cream or oil. Before applying the cream, you must thoroughly cleanse the skin with a soft sponge. Then apply a chemical agent with a neutralizing effect so that the cream is normally absorbed and only then start lubricating. Cream treatment is carried out twice with an interval of half an hour. For old skin, it is better to use creams with the addition of oils. Please note that the cream should not tighten the skin and should not form a crust on its surface.
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Care for decorative paintwork car
The expediency of anti-corrosion treatment is shown by us in Ch. 3. Care of the decorative coatings of the car, carried out after its washing, is due to the aesthetic requirements for the appearance of the car, i.e. the need to maintain the color and gloss of the coating. The requirements for anti-corrosion protection and aesthetic ones most often coincide, since a clean water-repellent coating with a good gloss (for example, wax) also meets the requirements for anti-corrosion protection.
Caring for decorative paintwork is carried out using pastes, gels and emulsions.
Paste is a solid or liquid two-phase, fine-crystalline colloidal system, consisting of a liquid component and a solid fine-crystalline (wax, paraffin, silicate, etc.) component dispersed in it.
Gel is a semi-stable, single-phase, fine-dispersed, transparent, opalescent or translucent colloidal system with a physically bound liquid phase.
An emulsion is a semi-liquid or liquid colloidal two-phase finely dispersed system with spherical liquid particles of different sizes, such as "water in oil" (W / O) or "oil in water" (O / W).
Below are the classification (left) and characteristics of decorative coatings care products.
Technical requirements and characteristics. Cleaning and polishing agents must contain abrasive substances with a hardness not higher than 4 on the Mohs scale, as well as lubricants, for example, petroleum jelly, mineral and vegetable oils, vegetable and animal fats (lamb or beef fat). In addition to these components, emulsions contain a solvent and an emulsifier. Paste and emulsion should be easily removed by washing with warm water and detergent (car shampoo). It is also required that dirt can be easily removed from the coating without disturbing the base layer, when performing several circular movements with a cloth with a cleaning agent. When using felt and under very light pressure, dirt should be removed immediately. These types of products are used only for cleaning old paintwork, partially damaged by corrosion. After using the agents in question, water-repellent-protective preparations should be applied.
Polishing and protective agents should contain colloidal abrasive substances, the hardness of which cannot exceed 4 on the Mohs scale, as well as lubricants in the form of an emulsion, which have protective properties and give shine after polishing. These include: synthetic or natural ester wax, oxidized microwax, emulsifiers, organic solvents and silicone oils. These substances with water form emulsions of the W / O type. They should easily remove minor oil and dirt stains from paint finishes the first time they are applied. Reapplication (with a clean cloth) should leave a thin, easily polished coating. This type of coating is easily washed off in the rain and needs to be renewed frequently. The preparations are easy to apply (without pressure) and therefore are easy to use. However, the hydrophobization of the surface is insignificant, and the protective effect, especially in the crevices and at the joints, is small.
Decorative and hydrophobic care products should contain substances with hydrophobic properties to prevent the surface from wetting with dew and rain drops. They should create a finish that can be easily polished to full shine after 5-10 minutes dry. They are usually applied to a new or undamaged coating. When applying an emulsion, the surface does not have to be dry, but if a gel is used, the surface must be thoroughly dried. Preparations of this type should not contain abrasives, alkaline substances such as soaps, ammonia, or compounds that could affect discoloration or softening of coatings. The use of emulsifiers should be preceded by research, as they can soften the outer layer of the thermal coating. The use of silicone oil requires care so that the drug does not come into contact with the glass. The main raw materials for obtaining funds of this type are high-melting solid natural waxes, silicone oil, aluminum stearate and organic solvents. This coating is hard, has protective and decorative properties and does not create secondary stains during a car wash or when it is dirty. The preparations are in the form of thick O / W emulsions in the form of a cream, as well as translucent jellies containing a fraction of petroleum hydrocarbons with good volatility.
Hydrophobic protective agents are used as anticorrosive coatings, waterproof and resistant to the action of saline solution. They must contain essential synthetic waxes, microwaxes and oxidized microwaxes with a low water-retention capacity of the solvent, which, after applying the wax paste, form a continuous dense coating that is resistant to the erosion effect of jets of water, salt solution and snow. In principle, these agents are used to protect against corrosion in winter or when preparing the machine for winter use. This coating has a moderate gloss (semi-gloss), is easily dirty, but can be removed with gasoline. It can only be applied to a thoroughly washed and dried body, as well as to electroplated coatings (buffers, wheel caps). It is especially important to use coatings for sealing joints, roof gutters, lower edges of fenders and doors. These preparations are semi-transparent semi-liquid gel or solid pastes that do not contain abrasives. At the end of the winter period, the pastes are washed off and during the summer, water-repellent care products or polishing-protective agents are applied. Car factories use this type of preparation in the form of a liquid paste that can be sprayed onto the body. It is required that these preparations have a carefully selected composition of aliphatic solvents that are not corrosive to the fresh coating.
The use of drugs in practice. Before treating the body, it is necessary to thoroughly wash it with water containing a small amount of a surfactant. ... The use of accidental surfactants or washing powders is strongly discouraged, as they greatly spoil the paint and, in addition, penetrating into doors, thresholds, joints, under gaskets, etc., accelerate the corrosion process.
For the safety of the body, it is very important to protect joints, cracks, as well as joints of metal with gaskets. These places are most susceptible to corrosion and, as a rule, it begins with them.
During the periodic inspection and maintenance of the body during the operation of the car, these places should be given the greatest attention. After a thorough washing of the body, a scrupulous inspection of all the indicated places is carried out and, if necessary, they are additionally cleaned of dirt. After the body is wiped dry, a protective drug is introduced into these places, for example Shutsvake (GDR). Aerosol preparations are very convenient to use for this Delhi. A protective agent is injected under the pads with a hard brush. After finishing the work, it is necessary to remove the drug streaks from the adjacent surfaces with a rag. Below are the Polish preparations for the care of decorative paintwork
Inkopol - for maintenance and protection against corrosion.
Automax is an abrasive paste with a polishing effect.
Betapol is a cleansing emulsion.
Wax paste ES-1 - for hydrophobization and glossing of paintwork.
Automiral is a paste for cleaning and polishing paintwork.
Autopolyer - to protect against corrosion and hydrophobization of the coating.
Beskyd is a paste for cleaning and polishing paintwork.
Neo-autosil - for protection against corrosion and hydrophobization of paintwork.
Auto-Luxon is a wax paste with an abrasive for cleaning paintwork.
Cream-Luxon - for polishing and hydrophobization of paintwork.
Lavonal is a liquid for removing oil stains and grease.
Autopasta - a paste for removing oil and grease.
The traditional means of production of the GDR are also of good quality, such as Shutsvake, Aero-46, Globo-Autoflege and Avtopolish-spray, as well as the preparations Autoopolish, Avtobalzam, Karime produced in Czechoslovakia (with the addition of silicate oil, which increases the hydrophobicity of the protective layer). The drugs are used according to the manufacturer's recommendations.
