What They Don't Tell You About the Car Wash

It's the time of year when the masses frequently drive through the car wash to get the road salt and grime off their vehicles. Unfortunately, there is an ugly truth to car washes. It's more effective to detail your vehicle and apply ceramic coating.

Ineffective Protection
When you drive through a car wash or use a public vacuum, you put your car at risk of all kinds of injuries and risk exposing yourself to several contaminants that can make you sick.

Think about the bristles that touch car after car. Covered in residue from the previous cars, sometimes they only make your vehicle dirtier. Who wants to pay for an ineffective service?

Furthermore, the bristles, water, and detergents rub the surfaces of your car. They will strip your wax away over time and create microabrasions. If the wax is new, the cleaning materials can go right through it and damage your paint.

When water quickly evaporates from your car, it leaves behind hard water stains, which are calcium and magnesium carbonates. They erode your clear coat and permanently damage your vehicle.

You're better off with a detail because hand washing incorporates detergents with higher quality than those of car washes. Furthermore, at Garza Detailing, we have invested in a deionized water system. A deionized water system is an arrangement of DI tanks and other components that are used to produce high-purity water, which means no water spots!

Damage, Oxidation, and Contamination
Drive-through car washes threaten all exterior surfaces on your car. They can misalign your steering system, rip off your mirrors, and crack your windshield.

Sometimes, water and aerosols can contaminate you and your car with legionella bacteria. Legionella can cause fatal infections.

The drive-through car wash neglects your interior. Public vacuums aren't the solution, though. You never know when the vacuums were last cleaned, and you don't know what they've been exposed to.

Public vacuums suck up dirt, dust, allergens, vomit, mud, poop, etc. Your car's interior is a breeding ground for harmful germs and bacteria.

No Rust and No Stick
A unique feature of ceramic coating is its hydrophobic properties. Dirt, snow, road salt, and chemicals like magnesium chloride are unlikely to stick to the surface.

Microscopic imperfections like scratches would usually welcome ice to crystallize and expand damage. Luckily, ceramic coating seals the spots.

Oxidation, or rust, occurs when metal reacts with oxygen and moisture. Since water beads and rolls off the ceramic coating, you don't have to worry about your car rusting.

If you live in West Michigan, call Garza Detailing at 616-836-7465 or fill out our contact form for a quote. We can detail your interior and exterior as well as apply ceramic coating. This Winter, avoid the damaging car wash and adequately protect your vehicle.

Drive safe!

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