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How to prevent love bug damage

Gainesville Detailing — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:56:06 +0000

Dont let this happen to your car

Here in Gainesville Florida the conditions for maintaining your car’s paint can be worse than a lot of other places. This is due to the constant UV rays that are blasting your car’s paint as well as the rubber, leather, plastic, and vinyl. The suns harmful rays can damage the automobile’s look very fast if the car is not properly maintained. Gainesville Detailing advises that the car be washed and cleaned inside at least every two weeks. This will prevent harmful bugs, acid rain, or any other contaminants from bonding to the paint and causing damage. A full detail is recommended every 3-4 months. Your particular vehicle may require this more or less frequently depending on how often it is used and the conditions that it comes into contact with. For instance someone who only drives the vehicle a few times a week and keeps it in the garage the majority of the time will not need to get their car detailed with wax and carpet shampooing as much as someone who commutes to work 50 miles a day and lives on a dirt road. One of the biggest paint destroyers that Florida has is the “Love Bug”. If left on a automobiles surface these little pests can and will eat through the clear coat and start damaging the paint. This can happen in a very short period of time. This is why you should not wait to get a car wash done after a long trip or if you notice any bugs starting to accumulate.

Getting a Car Wash after it rains in Gainesville Florida

Gainesville Detailing — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:26:48 +0000

Here in Gainesville, Florida it rains about everyday a couple of times a day during the summer months. Some common school of thought is it’s best to push off the next car wash or detail. This is true if the rain is continuous, but if you are going to be driving after the rain you may want to reconsider. Rain brings up a lot of nasty things that cars, trucks, and any other automobile may leave behind. Some forms of damage that can be done to a car if left unwashed after rain are acid rain, fallout, oxidation, and road tar. Oil, and other forms of grease also are easily slung up along the sides of cars. It is important to take action before the unwanted contaminants begin to deteriorate your cars paint. You can prevent this by simply getting your car washed after driving in the rain. Getting a car wash does a couple things. First off a car wash will clean the car, and will protect it if washed with a quality car wash. So just remember that whenever it rains your should at the very least rinse your car off. The best solution would be to wash your car or have a quality detailing and car wash service do it for you. Learn to use the rain to your advantage to clue you into whether your car needs to be waxed or not. If the water beads up nicely like this

then you don’t need it waxed. If it does not bead up like the above picture then you should consider getting it waxed to protect the vehicles paint and clear coat.