How to extend the life of your car? How to keep it looking as beautiful as in the salon, and not spend a lot of money at the same time? These questions are asked by any car owner. Fortunately, the answers to them have long been found and come down to one simple but large-scale concept: detailing.
WHAT IS DETAILING AND WHAT IS INCLUDED?
Detailing is a set of procedures aimed at car care. This does not include technical inspection and full insurance - this is what all car owners do, but the so-called “cosmetology” for cars is included, namely everything that allows you to maintain a presentable salon look of your iron horse.
Detailing is usually divided into two groups:
HOW TO CHOOSE THE REQUIRED SERVICE?
It's easy to get lost in such a variety of procedures. Let's take a closer look at the most popular ones to decide if you need all of them.
- Polishing the car body is a necessary procedure everyone, especially if the car is not pasted over with an anti-gravel film. It allows you to remove minor scratches and scuffs from the body, but only if they are few and not deep. It also gives a glossy finish to the paintwork.
- Restorative polishing is a more complex procedure than the previous one. It is used in the presence of deeper and more numerous scratches that are not removed by polishing agents. For this, abrasive pastes and grinding discs are used, which remove the top layer of varnish. This is a rather lengthy procedure, and you can apply it only 2-3 times throughout the entire life of the car.
- Headlight polishing - provides brightness of light, removes scratches, prevents clouding. It is also essential for everyone.
- Hard wax on a car is an optional procedure, but it allows you to additionally protect the body of the car, especially in winter. The hard wax lasts up to 6 months and is also water repellent.
- Anti-rain - windshield treatment with this agent allows you to enhance its hydrophobic properties, as well as improve visibility for the driver and additionally protect the glass from external influences.
- Painting with an anti-gravel film is not mandatory, but a very necessary procedure, especially if you seriously care about the appearance of your car. Made of polyurethane, such a film perfectly protects the paintwork from scratches, scuffs, chips and even dents.
- Interior washing and dry cleaning is a must-have for any self-respecting car owner. Even if you regularly clean yourself, you will not be able to thoroughly clean the interior of dirt and bacteria, as they will do in a detailing center.
- Polishing of plastic and chrome parts of the interior - gives a well-groomed shine and creates a feeling of high cost of the car.
- Antibacterial wrapping — reduces the risk of contamination and the appearance of germs in the cabin, creates additional protection.
- Exhaust pipe cleaning - Required periodically. Do not neglect it if you want to extend the life of your car.
All these and other procedures can be done at any detailing center. If you have not yet found a center to which you are ready to entrust your car, the best solution would be to contact STEK Ukraine. For more than 5 years on the Ukrainian market, this company has established itself as a reliable supplier of protective films, as well as a detailer who is always sensitive and attentive to each client.
