What Are the Tools You Should Use to Clean Your Car?
Owning a car isn’t just about cruising and flaunting your hot ride on Instagram. If you want your car to stand the test of time, you’ve got to take proper care of its interior, exterior, and engine. Getting your car washed regularly is an essential part of its maintenance process. It ensures that major systems and components of your car are free of dirt and grime. Your car stays all shiny and new. Not only does this keep your car in tip-top condition but it ultimately helps increase the value of your car when it’s your time to sell it.
Frequent visits to those auto car wash centers are sure fun but can burn a hole in your pocket. If you want to get the best bang for your buck whilst saving some, you’ll need a few accessories to wash your car by yourself.
The following seven accessories should do you well if you want to clean your car at home. Let’s get started!
1. Microfiber towel
A microfiber towel is essential for wiping your car’s exterior without leaving scratches all over. It’s essential that you have at least two of them, use one to apply car shampoo and use the other one to dry it. As clear by the name, a microfiber towel is made out of super soft fibers that leave no residue on the car’s finish.
2. Microfiber glass towel
If you want to be even more careful, you can purchase glass towels that are specially designed for windows. This is helpful for two reasons: Firstly, the microfiber towels you use to rinse all of your cars will have dirt and hard particles that may leave scratches on your windows. Secondly, since they’re particularly designed for windows, it becomes much easier to clean your side windows and front and rear screens.
3. Garden hose
A garden hose has multiple spray patterns and has just the right pressure to not damage your car. Some hard-to-reach areas in your car, such as the mudguard around your tire are usually the hardest to clean. A garden hose makes cleaning such components a breeze. It also allows you to wash the car gel off your exterior easily.
4. Water buckets
When you’re rinsing your car thoroughly, water buckets come in handy. They’ll help you save water and give you access to it at an arm’s reach.
5. Soft bristle brush and upholstery cleaner
You’ll need an upholstery cleaner and a soft bristle brush to clean the mats and seats in your car. We suggest buying rubber mats for minimal clean-up hassle but even then you’re going to have to rinse them at least once using a brush.
6. Car interior wipes
Most car dashboards are textured and all those tiny crevices become home to grime and dust. Your car interior wipes will help you loosen that grime and help you clean them. You can get interior wipes that are safe to be used on any fabric or material, making it easy for you to use them on your doors, consoles and even seats.
7. Slime
If you’ve still got some dirt left in some hard-to-reach or narrow spots, you’ll need some car cleaning gel, also known as slime. For instance, a cup holder, in particular, is super hard to clean. All you’ve got to do is drop your slime in the cup, swirl it around and take it out.
The Bottom Line
That’s about everything you’ll need to properly clean your car. Make sure to be gentle while you’re rinsing the exterior. With all that dust in the atmosphere, we always advise that you get your car washed by professionals at least once a month for the best results.