Summer is the peak season for manual car washing. Many people will bring buckets and towels and take a bath for their car by themselves in this season. But you know what? Washing the car is not as simple as it looks. If the operation is not good, it will cause damage to your car. Here are some tips for car washing.

1. Don’t wash the car in the sun
Novices often like to wash the car in the hot sun, while the old hands will choose to wash the car in the morning, evening and in the shade. First, the car is washed in the hot sun, and the vehicle heats up and cools down quickly, which is not conducive to the maintenance of the paint surface; Second, it will be uncomfortable to wash the car in the hot sun. Only in the shade can you calm down and slowly clean it.

2. Wash the car in cold water

The car body is easy to absorb heat. When the car surface, engine and chassis are in a high temperature state, wash them directly with cold water. The strong thermal expansion and contraction effect will accelerate the aging of the car. So veterans will choose to cool the car first or wash it with warm water.

3. Wash to the end with a bucket of water and a cloth

When washing a car by an old hand, he usually prepares multiple rags and a car washing machine directly connected to the waterway. He always uses clean water to wash the car, not a bucket of water to wipe the cloth to the end. Because after the sediment and dirt on the vehicle are wiped off, the water in the bucket will be turned into sewage, and then the sewage will be used to wipe the car, which will not only smear the fine dust on the car body, but also may scratch the car paint with gravel.

4. Use detergent at will

Some careless novice drivers, or irresponsible car wash shops, will use washing powder and detergent to wash their cars. However, washing powder and detergent are highly alkaline. They are mainly used to clean oil stains and car surfaces. In the long run, they will accelerate the aging of paint and tires.

5. There is no sequence in car washing

Some novice drivers are convenient, and they don’t care about the sequence of washing steps and parts, and where it’s dirty, they don’t know that it’s easy to miss details. The veteran will first wash the sediment on the body surface, then spray the car wash fluid evenly and comprehensively, and then follow the principle from top to bottom, from front to back, wash the body comprehensively with a towel or washing bear’s paw, and then wash the body foam with high-pressure water and dry it.

In short, car washing seems simple, but it’s not easy.