Preserve That Shine … A Crash Course on Car Polishing
Every car owners enjoys the look of his brand new car. The pleasure, however, does not last long as over time the car’s exterior paint develops scratches and gathers dust grime and oil marks. Ageing of the exterior paint is a natural process that gives a dull look for the car. Car polish helps give your car a bright shiny finish. To do that, the car polish has to have some essential ingredients which work hard to remove dust; grime and oil as also remove the minor scratches that develop.
It is critical that one understands the difference between a car polish and a car wax. Normal car wax gives a water protective layer and a shiny finish. Since car waxes normally do not have abrasive ingredients they cannot remove scratch marks. A car polish on the other hand removes scratches on account of abrasive ingredients forming part of their composition. Hydrocarbon solvents in the car polish remove the dust, grime and the oil marks while the abrasive ingredients remove the scratches. The work of the abrasive ingredients is to remove a very thin layer of the pain, just a few microns so that the scratches are literally abraded away. This peeling of thin layer removes the old paint leaving a brand new layer on the top.
However, this new look does not yet have the ’shine’ due to the abrasion carried out. To get back the shine, the car polish must have a wax component. Car polish comes in different varieties. Water solvent polishing agents based car polish is one of the types. Aqueous dispersion car polish is used by automated car washes. Silicone based car polish are most popular variety with car owners. Silicone base ensures that the car gets a shiny look. The silicone acts as a lubricant, water repellant and as a high gloss ingredient.
Car polish comes in various forms - in tins as a liquid, or even as a spray. Some companies have even patented car polish borrowing aerospace technology from NASA. 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.