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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nshrinith" data-source="post: 10688278" data-attributes="member: 173099">How to  wax your car   <a href="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/car_wax.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/car_wax3a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Wax  your car regularly. A car wax gives shiny look to your car and helps to  shield the paint from harsh environment, protecting it from fading. It  takes only about  30 minutes to wax a whole car and high-quality car wax  stays on the car for three - four months. So far, I haven't seen a  single product that stays for  life time as you may have heard in some  commercials - nothing lasts forever. In order to maintain protective  coat any product needs to be reapplied periodically. Follow this link for illustrations: How to wax a car                                                                                                Undercoating and rustproofing your vehicle <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/car_rustproof.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Rusted brake system proportioning valve If you live in an area with high humidity, or where the salt use is  common in winter months, undercoating and rustproofing can help to  protect the car body and chassis components of your car from corrosion.  Look at the picture, this is a proportioning valve, part of the brake  system. It's located underneath the car and as you can see, it's  completely rusted, even though this vehicle is only five years old. This happened because this vehicle was driven in a "rust belt" area with  high humidity and lots of salt on the roads in winter. Sometimes later,  one of these brake lines can burst and the car will have no brakes. Properly done undercoating and rustproofing can protect important components of the car from corrosion.                     How to repair stone chips             The stone chips if not repaired in time  will cause corrosion like in the first photo. That's why it's good idea  to repair stone chips as soon as they appear. This one, near the  headlight in the second photo is not corroded yet, so I'll try to repair  it. The car is clean and dry and I have all I need: the matching spray  paint ordered from a dealer and a sharp wooden stick (a toothpick will  work as well). After shaking the spray paint very well for a few  minutes, I  spray very small amount into the cap. Now, I dip the end of  the stick  into the paint in the cap. <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/stone-chips-repair1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/stone-chips-repair2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/stone-chips-repair3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              First, I'm trying to repair another stone chip in a less visible area to  practice. Very carefully, I'm trying to barely fill up the chip without  letting the paint to come out. It works. Now I'm doing the same with  the chip near the headlight. Now it looks much better and it won't be  corroded. <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/stone-chips-repair4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/stone-chips-repair5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/stone-chips-repair6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                               How to remove paint marks left by other objects                                        This mark on the door was made on the  parking lot when someone opened the door a bit too wide. If you look  very closely it's actually green paint residue over original clearcoat.  The clearcoat itself seems to be damaged only slightly. I'll try to  remove this mark. All I need for this is ultra-fine 1500-grit or  2000-grit waterproof sandpaper (the higher number stands for the finest  abrasive), polishing compound containing mild abrasive (I used the  Turtle Wax) and a car wax. Very carefully (I don't want to remove the  clearcoat) I sand the marks with wet sandpaper (use only ultra-fine  waterproof sandpaper) until all marks are gone.  If you have never done  it before, try on some small spot to see how it works first. <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/remove-paint-marks1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/remove-paint-marks2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/remove-paint-marks3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />            Now there  is no mark, but the clearcoat has lost its shine; I will use polishing  compound to make it shiny again. I put small amount of the polishing  compound onto the damp sponge and rub well until the clearcoat becomes  shiny again. <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/remove-paint-marks4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/remove-paint-marks5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/remove-paint-marks6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Last step, I wash  out all the polishing compound and buff the area with the car wax. Now,  all that's left from the paint mark is a barely visible dent. <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/remove-paint-marks7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   <img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/remove-paint-marks8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/remove-paint-marks9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  </blockquote>

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