Every car owners enjoys the look of his brand new car. However, such a joy is short-lived as within no time the paintwork becomes scratched, stained with oil marks and dust. Ageing of the exterior paint is a natural process that gives a dull look for the car. Car polish helps give your car a bright shiny finish. To do that, the car polish has to have some essential ingredients which work hard to remove dust; grime and oil as also remove the minor scratches that develop.
One must recognize how car polish differs from car wax. A car wax merely provides shine and a water repellant layer to the paint. It does not remove scratches as car waxes usually do not have abrasive agents. A car polish on the other hand removes scratches on account of abrasive ingredients forming part of their composition. Hydrocarbon solvents in the car polish remove the dust, grime and the oil marks while the abrasive ingredients remove the scratches. Abrasive ingredients works by removing a thin layer of paint, only a few microns thick. This peeling of thin layer removes the old paint leaving a brand new layer on the top.
However, this new look does not yet have the ’shine’ due to the abrasion carried out. To get back the shine, the car polish must have a wax component. Car polish comes in different varieties. Water solvent polishing agents based car polish is one of the types. Aqueous dispersion car polish is used by automated car washes. The most common type of car polish being used by car owners are Silicone based car polish. Silicone has some very useful properties for getting a good shine. The silicone acts as a lubricant, water repellant and as a high gloss ingredient.
Car polish comes in various forms - in tins as a liquid, or even as a spray. Some companies have even patented car polish borrowing aerospace technology from NASA. These patented car polishes use “Electrophoresis Dynamics”, a principle, in which the polish ingredients bond with paint surface after the abrading and cleaning. They are held tightly by magnetic force of attraction thus giving the paint an extra protective covering for long durations. Any car polish application process is hard work, whether by using your own hands or by using car polishing automated tools. Polishing a car is an complex procedure that involves a three stage process of polishing hard, then with medium pressure and lastly soft pressure to bring back the gloss. Car polish is not just ‘nice to have’ but a necessity for the upkeep of a car.