Preserve That Shine … A Crash Course on Car Polishing
A brand new shiny car is a joy for every owner. The pleasure, however, does not last long as over time the car’s exterior paint develops scratches and gathers dust grime and oil marks. Paint, over time also ages and starts appearing dull. Car polish helps give your car a bright shiny finish. To give the car a new look the car polish must have ingredients to remove the scratch marks as also the dust and grime.
One must recognize how car polish differs from car wax. A car wax merely provides shine and a water repellant layer to the paint. It does not remove scratches as car waxes usually do not have abrasive agents. A car polish on the other hand removes scratches on account of abrasive ingredients forming part of their composition. Car polish has hydrocarbon solvents that help remove dust, grime and oil marks, and scratch marks are taken care of by the abrasive elements in the polish. Abrasive ingredients works by removing a thin layer of paint, only a few microns thick. This peeling of thin layer removes the old paint leaving a brand new layer on the top.
While the paint surface now looks new, it is still lacks the shine owing to the abrasion. Including wax ingredient in the car polish gives the burnished effect. There are different varieties of car polishes available in the market. Water solvent polishing agents based car polish is one of the types. Automatic car wash systems use aqueous dispersion car polish. The most common type of car polish being used by car owners are Silicone based car polish. Silicone has some very useful properties for getting a good shine. Silicone carries out three functions in a car polish, namely of acting as a water repellant, lubricant and giving the car a good shine.
Car polish is sold in tins, as liquids and even as a spray. Aerospace technology used by NASA has also been incorporated to produce patented car polish. Their sprays are based on “Electrophoresis Dynamics” wherein the ingredients on following a strict application procedure meld very close to the paint surface after the abrading and cleaning process is over. The paint ingredients and the metal of the car are bonded tightly on account of magnetic attraction for a long time. Any car polish application process is hard work, whether by using your own hands or by using car polishing automated tools. Polishing a car is a three-step process of polishing with hard, medium and soft pressure. Car polish is essential for the upkeep of a car and not another optional item.