Auto Detailing For Cleanliness And Care
There are different levels of auto detailing. The cheapest level may be merely washing the outside, like a car wash; the next degree may incorporate doing the interior and the boot as well and the top level may include the inside, outside and the engine.
Then there are levels of cleanliness within these categories too. for instance, the lowest degree might be to only vacuum the carpets, but the highest level may include taking them out and really laundering them.
Needless to say the amount of auto detailing you get will (or should) be reflected in the price. The lowest level might be $75 and the highest level $300 for an averagely dirty average car.
Larger and dirtier cars cost more. However, the car will be restored to its condition if that is at all feasible, so a good detailing before selling your car may reap rewards.
It is not too hard to learn how to clean the exterior of a car well, but it is more of a problem to do the inside because you will require specialist tools and small vacuum cleaner heads to get into all the nooks and crannies.
You may also want to wash the carpets without removing them which can be a royal pain, if you do not have that special apparatus.
You can certainly buy the waxes, polishes, vinyl and leather cleaners and you can even buy the apparatus, it is only that you may find it expensive to purchase and time-consuming to use.
Cleaning the engine is more or less just a matter of blasting the grease off the engine with a quite weak pressure gun using degreaser in the (warm) water, so this means more specialist equipment.
The brushes and sponges are all fairly normal as are the liquids and detergents, polishes and waxes.
Some auto detailing firms will also take care of minor repairs like a stitch that has come loose in the upholstery or a minor scratch on the bodywork.
However, I think that all firms ought to at least bring these defects to the owner’s attention even if repair is not in the price. Repairing a minor scratch on a wing can save that wing from having to be replaced in the future. Likewise with tyres, if an operative notices difficulties and reports it, it could save a blowout.
Waxing is an central issue. I think that there should be a wax included in the shampoo, because it will run into all the crevices and form a seal against rainwater. I am all for applying a second coat of wax by hand to the larger areas as well both for protection and appearance.
Do not bother applying a cheap wax by hand, because it will come off after a couple of rain showers. If you are going to do the job, do it in the right manner using a high quality wax that will protect your paintwork from the sun’s bleaching rays, from the abrasion of wind-blown dust and from the oxidizing rain.
Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on many subjects, but is now concerned with auto interior detailing. If you want some tips on detailing cars come over to our website now at Detailing Car Interiors.
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