Car scratches make your car look neglected, and they can give people the impression that you’re a careless person. To avoid all this mess, let’s look at how to prevent these scratches.
Wash your car
This is one of the main points for avoiding minor car scratches. Dust build-up can cause scratches on your car when you try to remove this dust and debris. Maybe, these scratches will not be deep ones, but they will be visible in daylight.
The best thing to do is to get rid of dust with a pressure hose, or you can throw buckets of recycled water. When doing this, all the dust will easily loosen and come out of your paintwork without damaging it. After that, give your vehicle a good wash with a car’s good-quality shampoo. Further, for drying your car, always choose a scratch-free microfiber cloth.Drive carefully
This may feel obvious for anyone that owns a car, but we wanted to point this out. You can feel confident about your driving skills, but make sure that you’re not too close to other objects. The most common way to get scratches is by smashing something. This type of accident will need some smash repairs and will make you lose time.
If you have deep scratches, then make sure to repair them as soon as you can. If not, then rust may appear due to the exposition of your car’s body. When rust appears, your car will look like a mess and truly neglected.
Park carefully
There are parking spots that may seem ok, but maybe you’re not being aware of the danger. Always avoid parking close to a shop entrance, near corners or places where there is a high pedestrian flow. Accidents can happen and parking close to these places will increase the possibility of your painting getting damaged. Imagine how annoyed you’ll be when you return to your vehicle and you find a scratch.
You can park your car in a parking lot to avoid these problems. But we know that sometimes that’s not possible. Therefore, the next time you park on the street, try to put it in an ideal spot. That will be far from shop entrances and away from places where people pass a lot.Polish and wax your car
This is a must-do task for keeping your car well-cared. Polish will help you to get rid of any type of small imperfection on your paint. Besides eliminating these defects, polishing your car will prevent them. You can DIY, but definitely a professional will do it easily and it's not expensive to hire this service.
Using wax will also be a good thing for your paintwork. Wax will work as a barrier between your car’s paintwork and external agents. Some hydrophobic waxes repel water, that way drops will glide over the paint. This means you will not have dry water drops on your paintwork and dirt will be removed easier too.Apply ceramic coating
You can use this or another type of protective layer. Ceramic coating is a long-term option for protecting your vehicle. It will work as a sacrificial layer. This might sound dramatic, but this layer will bear any damage that you could do to your paintwork. Investing in this protective layer will be a success for your vehicle.
Another good point of ceramic coating is that it has water-repelling qualities. As well, it will give your car a shiny and glossy finish that you’ll love.Say ‘no’ to things on your car top
We know that it’s always very easy to put your bag on top of your car. Commonly people do so while looking for their keys or other things. If you tend to do this, then it will be better to avoid it. Sometimes bags or other items can have metal or plastic pieces that can damage the paint when dragging them.
If you really feel the need to put things on your car top, then be careful. Make sure to not drag them when getting them down. Lift them first to avoid damage to the paintwork.Trim bushes and branches
There’s nothing worse than noticing the scratch of a branch or a bush on your car. Always make sure to trim the bushes or branches near your driveway to prevent this. As well, it’s common that the branches of the trees scratch the top of the cars. Try to give maintenance to your plants to avoid this kind of problem.
Sometimes, this can happen while parking on the street too. So, try to always make sure that bushes are not close to your car when doing so.
Last piece of advice…
We know that going to an automatic car wash can be fun. Going inside the water tunnel with all that brushes is cool. But, as good as that may seem, the brushes can scratch your paintwork. The next time that you’re considering going to an automatic car wash, give it a good thought. Doing so can be a sure step for scratching your vehicle.
