Winter auto detailing is all about prevention. Ideally one should clean their vehicle as often as possible to ensure no build-up of road salt on painted surfaces. The longer road salt stays on a vehicles surface, the more time the salt has to eat away at your wax’s protective elements. Taking advantage of warmer temperatures to allow us to wax your vehicle with a durable car wax or paint sealant to ensure minimal loss of protection throughout the season. During winter it is also crucially important to minimize contact with the eugene auto body paint.. What this means is DO NOT remove snow from your vehicle’s painted surfaces with an ice scraper or brush. This is one of the most damaging things you can do to your vehicle, which can result in heavy swirling and scratching of your paint. Using some sort of heating element or hot water will safely melt the snow without damaging your paint. If you must remove the snow on your vehicle, use a microfiber towel and gently and slowly use downwards motions, starting at the top of the vehicle and moving downwards with each stroke. This ensures you are not introducing dirt from the bottom of the vehicle to the upper portions of the vehicle. Here are some things that we do at auto detailing eugene oregon in preparing your car for the harsh winter months.

1. Simply we will wash your car. You must always wash your car before waxing or polishing it (or you’ll be sealing in the dirt). We will use high quality car wash polish to ensure no soapy residue is remaining on your vehicle.

2. Wax your car. Your car wax coat will be the final line of defense between the damaging winter elements and your paint and clear coat finish.

3. Winterizing your windshield for the cold and ice. We will clean and polish your eugene auto glass for better visibility during the winter months.

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First of all there are three basic ingredients in automotive paint:

Resin
Pigment
Solvent
The resin is the component that holds together the pigment in suspension, provides adhesion to the surface applied, and determines the quality and paint durability.

The pigment comes in a powder form similar to concrete, and the average aftermarket automotive paint mixing system includes about 100 colors or toners to be able to mix formulas including metallic and pearl paint colors.

The solvent is what provides the transferability, without the solvent the paint would be to thick in viscosity to transfer from container to container.

Now that you know the three basic ingredients, let’s talk about the different paint systems and the applications for each.

Prior to 1985, the majority of the domestic cars had single stage paint from the factory. This was a major problem in trying to match the metallic colors for several reasons. In single stage metallic paints, the paint film is all one layer combined including the gloss resin, pigment, metallic and solvent.

The painter was challenged in painting a single stage metallic system because he only had 4 coats to achieve coverage and layout the metallic in a uniform matter by dusting light coats but still maintain an acceptable gloss.

This challenge was overcome by applying the first and second coat medium wet to achieve coverage and good bond to the surface. The third coat was applied medium wet and immediately followed by a mist coat until the metallic was even. The painter had to move fast and paint panel by panel and jump side to side to keep the over spray melting.

The secret to this application was to keep the paint film wet, so when you mist the metallic on the wet surface it would flow to the bottom of the paint film and let the gloss resin rise to form the glass look we were looking for.

The same process is used in base coat colors today except we are not worried about gloss because the urethane clear coat is applied as the final topcoat and provides the deep gloss we need. Now you know! Call us today and let the professionals bring back that shine and color!

3. The number one way to determine who will be the surgeon on your chariot should be to ask others in your community for their experiences. Ask your friends, family, mechanic and insurance adjuster for not only who they would choose but who they wouldn’t and why. A good job gets told to one or two people but a bad job is shared endlessly. Word of mouth is still a valid resource.

Kelly Brye – agent/owner – Horace Mann Educator Solutions