How to take care of a car in summer? We advise how to effectively remove insects, tar and other difficult dirt.

Summer is, of course, the best time to decide to clean the car thoroughly. Then we roll up our sleeves and get ready to wash and vacuum the car cleaning. It is best to start by washing your car from the outside. The easiest way to use an automatic car wash, but will it be the best at the same time?

The cost is not high, but unfortunately there will also be damage to the paint by such washing. The brushes in the car wash will contain particles of sand, which will effectively scratch the paint most of the equipment has short pre-washing programs and the dirt will be rubbed over the paint.

Is it worth using an automatic car wash?

The car after leaving the car wash will look great, but many years of using such a car wash is a mass of tiny pins. You will certainly be able to wash the car yourself more safely and thoroughly. You can opt for self-service car washes and this will certainly be beneficial from an environmental point of view, as the water will be fed into filters and, in addition, part of the water will be in a closed circuit, so it will be reused.

It is worth remembering that on most of the self-service car washes you will not be able to use self-prepared washing agents. Prohibitions are prohibitions, but in many places the staff will be favourably disposed of and turn a blind eye to using a sponge or foamer's own. In Poland, of course, this device is not particularly popular.

Some dirt with micropowder water alone cannot be removed. If you care about the appearance of the paint you should avoid brushes with active foam from the car wash, because people often use them for thresholds and wheels covered with sand, so it is obvious that such equipment will scratch our car quite quickly.

How to clean and care for the car yourself?

It is best to start with a very thorough rinsing of the whole car. Then you can use active foam, if available, or water with shampoo and start cleaning the car from the roof, then the windscreen and then you go down the car systematically. We leave the places under the slats, wheel arches at the end, because there will be most dirt and sand.

Then, in the same order, you have to wash and rinse the car thoroughly. In detailing services washing is actually a prelude to the basic cleaning of the varnish coating, but if it is done exactly, the surface will be ready to use the clay and then to wax, so it will actually be advisable to take such action.