11.22.2. Polishing of a paint and varnish covering

Good advice Do not store the car under a prorezinenny cover and do not put on the painted surfaces of a body rubber subjects: they leave on a paint and varnish covering (especially light) dark stains which do not leave polishing.

For preservation of appearance of a body and the contents its long time in a good condition is necessary to polish a paint and varnish covering of a body periodically. Polishing means select according to a covering condition, strictly observe recommendations about their application.

The first 2–3 months of operation of the car wash a body covering with cold water. For polishing of a new covering (till 3 years) use bezabrazivny polishing means for new coverings.

At car operation from 3 to 5 years use autopolyroles for the weather-beaten coverings, containing a small amount of abrasive substances. In 5 years of intensive operation apply autopolyroles to old coverings.

In order to avoid drying полироля process a body a pure flannel manually small sites.

For elimination of minor defects of a paint and varnish covering it is possible to use polishing pastes PMA-1 or PMA-2. It is possible to polish manually and mechanically flannel or beaver-lamb circles.

Before the use mix paste, at a zagusteniye dilute it with water. After polishing wipe a surface a pure flannel.

Small chips and the scratches which have not broken a layer of earth, paint over a thin brush. If the layer of earth is broken, smooth out the damaged place a fine-grained emery paper, having removed corrosion traces. The smoothed-out place cover with a layer of earth (from a kraskoraspylitel, an aerosol ballonchik or a brush). When soil completely will dry, paint over enamel the damaged place.

If on a paint and varnish covering of the car bitumen got, at once remove it White-spiritom or an autocleaner of bitumen spots. Bitumen causes emergence of the yellow spots which are especially appreciable on a light paint and varnish covering.

Not less often than once in two years it is necessary to process means "Movil" the hidden cavities of a body and to put on a surface of wheel arches and the bottom anticorrosive mastic. We recommend to carry out these works at service station.