CLEAN COACHWORK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 304, 26 December 1933, Page 12

CLEAN COACHWORK.

TIPS ON PRESERVATION.

The pristine beauty and glosa of the coachwork on the new car is not easy to preserve. Mere enthusiasm on the part of the cleaner is not enough; indeed it can lead to the finish of the car being badly damaged. A car should be cleaned as soon as possible after it has been out in "dirty" weather. Mud and other foreign matter are apt to eat into the interstices. With cellulose finish a pail of cold water and a sponge.shot." Tjc employed. If the car IB very dirty it should be well soaked with water with a hose from which the water is just oozing. Never permit a powerful stream of water to play directly on to the coachwork. For drying off, use a chamois leather and keep this exclusively for the coachwork. The cellulose finish of a car is sensitive to "rough rubbing," so always use the smooth side of the leather. There are some excellent polishes sold for cellulose, but use them sparingly, and, whatever may be said by the vendors of these polishes, , clean the car with water and sponge before applying any of them. A good varnish reviver will remove stains, but never in any circumstances use paraffin or petrol on ths coachwork.