Stingy or thorough? Spring washing and protecting the car in 3 ways
Your car's summer season starts with the spring wash. Have you driven on roads where road salt was used in winter? Then it is advisable to wash off the salt thoroughly. It is best to do the spring wash in connection with changing the tyres.
1. Minimum commitment to spring car care
The most important measure in car care after the winter is to remove salt from the outer surfaces of the car. This is absolutely the least you should do for your car. If you have appropriate cleaning products at your disposal, this work can be done in about an hour.
We recommend washing the car at regular intervals so that stubborn dirt deposits do not form. Washing is much easier if you have protected the car with a sealant, for example.
You don't have to do everything in one go. So wash the car from the outside first and clean the interior next weekend.
- Spring washing is particularly important, as salt and tar are deposited on the paintwork in winter, which damage the paintwork. You should also take the opportunity to clean the rims, the car windows and the interior. Finally, protect the car's paintwork from future stresses.
Prewash
The easiest way to pre-wash is with a cleaning agent that is sold ready to use – especially if you don't have a foam cannon available. For car washing by hand, KORREK offers the pre-wash detergents KORREK Eko Presoak (awarded with the Swan, the Finnish Ecolabel) and KORREK Presoak.
Bei der Gelegenheit kann man auch die Felgen einer Vorwäsche unterziehen, wozu sich der Felgenreiniger und Flugrostentferner KORREK Pro Irox eignet. Sprühen Sie zuerst KORREK Pro Irox auf die Felgen auf und danach eines der beiden genannten KORREK-Vorwaschmittel auf den Lack des Wagens, von unten nach oben.
Sprühen Sie das Vorwaschmittel auch in die Radbögen, in Spalten und andere schwer erreichbare Stellen, um auch dort das Salz, das Korrosion verursacht, wegzubekommen. Danach die Reinigungsmittel – Irox und Presoak – gründlich abspülen, bevor sie antrocknen.
The pre-wash is followed by the hand wash
After the pre-wash, it is the turn of the car to be washed by hand, in which the paint is treated with a cleaning utensil. Again, it is advisable to start with the rims, on which the KORREK Pro Irox rim cleaner is sprayed again.
Utensils for cleaning the rims
This time, however, Irox is applied with a microfiber wash mitt or a soft, brush-like rim brush. With Irox, the brake dust from the brake pads can be removed from the surfaces of the rims. Leave the rim cleaner on for a sufficiently long time and then rinse it thoroughly.
Changing tyres in spring or autumn is much more pleasant if the rims and tyres are clean. It is therefore worthwhile to clean the replaced set of tyres before storing them.
Car wash with sealing KORREK Pro Reload Shampoo
To wash the paint surface on the trolley, prepare a detergent solution with KORREK Pro TFC Reload in a bucket to wash the trolley from top to bottom. Remember to also rinse the cleaning utensils clean in the bucket in between.
Die Schutzwirkung von Reload lässt sich verstärken, indem man das Reinigungsmittel direkt auf das Reinigungsutensil aufbringt und den Lack damit noch einmal abwischt. Bevor das Reinigungsmittel antrocknen kann, sollte man es jedoch stets vom Lack abspülen.
Cleaning the car windows from the inside reduces reflections
After the snow melts, the wet asphalt shines and the sun is low. So it's a good idea to clean the car windows from the inside as well.
To do this, apply KORREK Windscreen Wash to a microfibre cloth with short nubs or simply to household paper. A microfiber cloth can be washed and reused, making it the more environmentally friendly of the two alternatives.
2. Give your car a thorough spring cure
Some want to do even more for their car. Here is an even more thorough alternative for the spring wash of the car.
If you have a foam cannon, you can use the KORREK Pro High Foam Shampoo for pre-washing and washing. However, the High Foam Shampoo can also be used for normal hand washing of the car, i.e. a foam cannon is not absolutely necessary.
Foam-beating pre-wash with the foam cannon
For pre-washing, you can fill the foam cannon with the car shampoo and connect it to a high-pressure cleaner.
The following KORREK car shampoos are suitable for washing with the foam cannon
- KORREK Pro Foam Pre-Wash
- KORREK Pro High Foam Shampoo
- KORREK Pro Ceramic TFC™ Big Apple
- KORREK Pro Ceramic TFC™ PP Clean
If you want to take care of your car as well as possible, choose KORREK Pro Ceramic TFC PP Clean or KORREK Pro Ceramic TFC Tarex for pre-washing, for example. These products are also used by professionals in the industry.
In addition to the rims, professionals also clean the paintwork with KORREK Pro Irox to remove brake dust and flash rust.
The actual car wash is basically always the same, i.e. it uses the two-bucket washing technique.
Delight your passengers with a fresh, clean vehicle interior! For final paint care, apply the thin-film coating KORREK Pro Polymatrix and KORREK Pro Glass Coat to the car windows, and your car is ready for summer!
KORREK Pro TFC Polymatrix – New Generation of Car Care
If you love your car, you protect the paintwork in an optimal way after the spring wash. Nowadays, it is no longer so difficult to give the car a ceramic sealant. You can do it yourself or have it done by a professional. A homemade sealant makes it easier to wash the car, at least for the next 6 months. A ceramic sealant made by a professional will last for several years.
KORREK Pro TFC Polymatrix is an excellent alternative to ceramic sealing of the paint of your car. Forget about the laborious application of rock-hard wax to the paintwork! The polymatrix sealant can be applied immediately after the car has been washed, the car does not even need to be dry.
After the pre-wash and the actual car wash, spray a small amount of polymatrix on the paint surface to be treated and the sponge attached to the packaging.
You can then use the sponge to gradually spread the polymatrix sealant over the entire paint surface of the trolley. Finally, dry the paintwork with a microfibre cloth and polish it to a gloss. You can seal the rims in the same way. Sealing the car takes only 15 minutes. Ready in a quarter of an hour!
Keep your interior clean and smelly!
In spring, you should also carefully clean the interior of the car. It is best to start by vacuuming all footwells and, if necessary, the seats. The surfaces in the vehicle interior, which are made of hard materials, are then wiped with KORREK Pro TFC Ultra Finish and a microfibre cloth.
Seal car windows – and let water roll off
Above, we have already advised you to clean the windows from the inside to avoid annoying reflections. Did you know that car windows can also be sealed from the outside?
The KORREK Pro TFC Glass Coat ceramic glass sealant is a product used by professionals that makes panes water and dirt repellent from the outside. At a speed of about 60 km/h and more, the water flees upwards from the sealed windshield even without a windshield wiper.
3. Frühjahrskur Super: Engagieren Sie einen Profi und schützen Sie Ihr Auto für Jahre!
Wenn Sie selbst keine Zeit und Gelegenheit zur Autopflege haben, können Sie sich natürlich an einen fachkundigen Profi wenden. Indem Sie ihm diese Arbeit überlassen, erhalten Sie garantiert ein gutes Ergebnis.
Bringen Sie Ihren Wagen zur Reinigung und Versiegelung zu einem Profi, und Sie erhalten ein nahezu perfektes Ergebnis und einen Schutz für Ihr Auto, der mehrere Jahre anhält. Außerdem sparen Sie selbst kostbare Zeit.
Eine von einem Profi vorgenommene keramische Versiegelung des Autos, z. B. mit der Dünnfilmbeschichtung KORREK Pro Ceramic TFC Evo, bietet den besten Schutz gegen chemischen und mechanischen Verschleiß, der auf dem Markt erhältlich ist.
A thin-film coating or ceramic sealant makes future care of the car much easier, because the sealed surfaces are dirt-repellent and therefore clean themselves almost by themselves. If necessary, you can then wash the car with stronger cleaning agents without having to replace the seal – conventional car wax would not be able to withstand this.
Get a quote from a corrective pro professional. The Korrek Pro professionals have been trained in the use of Korrek products.