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STEVEN PARKER
Special to The Jewish News
T
here was a time when
turning the hose on
the trusty family
beater was all it took to get
your car ready for a night on
the town. But paint and tire
care for cars has gone high-
tech. And today's braking
systems, using new materials
and computer-controlled elec-
tronics are so sophisticated
that most of us can barely
comprehend how they
operate, much less how to
maintain them correctly.
So the three basic systems
that keep your car or truck in
tiptop shape — paint, tires
and brakes — deserve a bit
more of your attention than
you may have paid them in
the past.
FINISH FIRST
You might be surprised to
learn that car and truck
paints have been completely
reformulated over the last
decade, and these new
chemical processes have
made paint care something
that might be more suited for
a chemical engineer than a
typical car owner. But lacking
your own personal chemist,
here is a look at how and why
paints have changed — and
how to care for them.
The enamel paints that
were used widely in the auto
industry until the start of the
1980s had a lot going for
them. Mostly they had a lot of
paint going for them. Cars
and trucks were painted by
being sprayed with layer after
layer after layer of colored
paint. This made for a great
finish on the vehicle if cared
for properly, but it also
created lots of problems.
The process added con-
siderably to air pollution pro-
blems, and automakers spent
time and money developing a
new method for painting cars
that would cut down on
pollution.
That method is called clear-
coating. Instead of painting
with many layers of colored
paint, only a few layers of col-
or are sprayed on. Then they
are covered with several
layers of clear-coat paint,
which serves to seal the paint
and protect the surface.
Clear-coating's main pro-
blem is that if scratched or
damaged in any way, the
clear coat tends to show off
that damage much more
vividly than the old enamel
paints. This is because the
clear coat, when abraded or
scratched, reflects that sur-
face problem in a much more
pronounced way than the old
and polluting enamel paint
methods. Clear coat, simply
put, is delicate.
How to care for clear-coat
paints?
First, determine the condi-
tion of the paint. Has your
vehicle been waxed in the
past year? Do you live in a
bad environment for the clear
coat (heavy pollution, high
heat, salt from snow-coverd
roads, acid rain and factories
in your area)?
If the paint is generally in
bad condition, it is probably
best to start the cleaning pro-
cess with a moderately
abrasive cleanser. Now, do not
rush to the kitchen and get
out the scouring powder. You
need to use products
specifically formulated for
cleaning the clear coat
without scratching the
delicate finish.
Harry Robinson, a con-
sumer relations represen-
tative for Armor All Products
Corp. of Aliso Viego, Calif.,
says his company and others
like it offer several different
kinds of waxes and cleansers