A car is a valuable asset. Paintwork, leather and vinyl are like the skin on humans. Our skin gets damaged if we don’t wear sunscreen. Likewise so does the skin on our cars.

Paintwork, leather and vinyl need moisturising and protectants. These sunscreens should be applied to your car every 3 months. Wax is sunscreen for your paintwork. Likewise there are moisturizers and sunscreens for leather and vinyl.

The average thickness of modern paint is thin. About the thickness of a ‘post it note’. These are the layers on a typical modern car:

Wax (your car’s sunscreen for paint)
Clear coat (protects the ultra thin colour coat)
Colour coat (about thickness of a post it note)
Primer (stops metal from rusting)
Base metal

The wax gets worn off by sun & rain. And even just by the corrosive elements in the air which are invisible to the eye, but adhere to the top surface and if not regularly cleaned and most importantly waxed every three months the wax protectant wears away exposing the clear coat or paint. If left too long the damage keeps going down the layers until the only thing that will fix it is a paint re-spray. You’ve seen cars with faded patches on the bonnet or roof? Regular waxing would have prevented this deterioration.

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USEFUL TIPS:

When washing your own car, please never use two things:

1. Dishwashing detergent. This is caustic and designed to wash grease of dishes. Most people don’t know it also erodes the wax on your car.
2. Household window cleaner such as Windex can seriously damage some window tints. Preferable to use non-caustic window cleaner designed for ‘car windows’ only.

And if you get bird poo, bat poo or tree sap etc on your car. Get it off as quick as possible (certainly within a day) because it stains then eats through the wax and paint layers causing permanent damage.

Please consider us for your wash and detail needs. Our prices are listed below as a guide and we will confirm the price when we see the car.

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Washing & Detailing cars is physical work. You have to deliver high standards of customer service and care.  But for the right people it’s enjoyable work with plenty of benefits including working with cars, being your own boss and continually learning and developing your skills.

You don’t need to buy a franchise. We run training courses for those who want to start their own mobile car washing and detailing service. Training is hands on and very practical. If you want further info just send us an email to: sales@tidycar.com.au

Please be sure to include your name, email, mobile phone number and postcode.

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Please note we are a mobile service and rarely at the shed unless doing bigger detail services, so please always make an appointment before dropping by.

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