Why you shouldn't skimp on polishing your used car

Many car owners are sure that polishing a car is a waste of money, because a regular car wash is enough to make the car look good. And in this sense they are right: there is no point in doing polishing just for the sake of making the car shine in the sun. However, thanks to this procedure, as the AvtoVzglyad portal found out, completely different goals are achieved.

The fact is that car owners do not always understand that the shine and polished look of the car is just a nice bonus, which they can immediately measure the effectiveness of polishing. After all, the principle of operation of almost all types of polishing is that it forms a transparent layer on the car body, which performs the necessary protective functions, varying their number and duration. The last two parameters depend on the choice of polishing materials. Although, I must say, it is not very large, since polishes are based on either Teflon components or beeswax. Despite the “naturalness” of the latter composition, polishes with its participation will not provide the necessary protection time, unlike Teflon ones, which last 2-3 months.

But in any case, car polishing allows you to get rid of microcracks and small scratches that inevitably occur during the operation of the car. That is, we repeat, it creates a protective layer that prevents the appearance of new scratches and cracks. Moreover, body polishing not only masks, but also completely eliminates

• abrasions, stains on the paintwork that occur due to mechanical stress or contact with other cars;
• "foreign" paint on the body, including marking;
• cracks and scratches up to 50 microns deep;
• roughness, due to which the varnish is not smooth enough and pleasant to the touch.

Also, polishes protect the paintwork from fading in the sun. At the same time, the experts of the AvtoVzglyad portal advise applying polishing depending on the time of year and the problems that are characteristic of it.

“The end of spring, the whole summer and the beginning of autumn are distinguished by the appearance of resins, sticky buds and bird excrement,” Kras and Co. employees explain. - The main problem of these contaminants is that they leave traces on the body, which can not always be washed off even in a professional car wash. And all these substances foreign to the car have a high content of acids, which, together with the scorching sun, corrode the paintwork. And if such pollution is not removed for a long time, then even the best wash will not return your body to its original appearance, it will leave traces that can be removed only by painting the entire element. In the case of kidneys and resin that remains on the car, the viscosity and stickiness do not allow you to properly clean the car yourself. The drying and subsequent hardening of traces from the kidneys and resin also leads to damage to the varnish layer, and the appearance of spots ...

In order to avoid the appearance of spots and traces of bird droppings, sticky buds and insects, it is necessary to clean contaminated areas in time and prevent them from being on the body for a long time. To eliminate fresh traces, body degreasing and protective polishing are perfect.

As for the price of the issue, depending on the type of vehicle, the methods of performing work and the composition of the preparations, it varies today in the range of 7000–14 rubles.