Use professional automotive paint tools to restore a showroom finish to your car. These tools are used in the process of the "detailing" process, as it's known in the auto trade. This involves refurbishing the interiors and exteriors of vehicles before sales and trade-ins, to increase value. After using these tools, avoid parking in areas hazardous to your vehicle's paintwork, such as under trees.
Wax and Wash
Show you care about your car by washing and waxing it regularly. Driving a smart-looking car is its own reward, with extra benefits when it's time to sell. According to Auto Trader experts, "a good waxing can increase your car's value by hundreds of dollars." Washing and waxing your car not only removes the dirt and debris, but also protects it from rust. Wash your vehicle every week and wax every six weeks. Use soft terry or microfiber cloths and pat, rather than rub, to dry. Wax in a cool and shady location.
Restoration Tools
Detail your vehicle using inexpensive paint restoration tools to refresh your vehicles paintwork These tools come in a liquid form to apply to your paintwork and clean off the oxidation and rust caused by weather and everyday use. This brightens the color of the paintwork and returns it to the original color and shine. They are available from local auto supply stores.
Touch-Up Pens
Touch up your paintwork with special pens, which hold a small amount of matching paint and are equipped with a brush to apply it. These tools cover flaws in the paintwork such as cracks and chips, caused by stones and contact with the doors of other cars. They are also used to hide stains from sources like the resins from tree sap and bird droppings. Touch up pens offer a quick fix for small areas of damage to paintwork, restoring your auto's good looks, as well as sealing it from further damage from rust caused by wet weather. Remember to remove loose chips of paint with a toothpick before filling in the indentation, and be prepared to sand the surface for the best finish.
Sanding and Polishing Tools
To get a really first-rate paint restoration job, sanding by hand, for small areas of damage, and polishing by machine, to buff the finish to a high gloss, is required. Sanding pens work well for touch-ups of cracks and chips, Polishing machines remove tiny scratches and swirl marks from the washing and waxing process. For the best results, apply polish in a thin bead around the edges of a buffing pad fixed on a dual action random orbital polisher power tool. Take care to avoid polishing your paintwork too frequently, since this removes a thin layer of the protecting finish.
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