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Outside Car and Bumper Sticker
From "Cleaning Your Chariot" Episode SCO-105
The Queen of Clean®, Linda Cobb, shares ideas on cleaning the outside of your car.
Figure A
Figure B
Figure C
Cleaning the Outside of Your Car
Before you wash your car you need to clean your windshield. Wet it down and then sprinkle some baking soda on the window. Scrub with a nylon sponge scrubber using circular motions. Be sure to clean the wipers good (figure A) because that is where the grease is trapped. If you don't clean the wipers well, you will have grease marks on your window the next time you use them.
To remove bumper stickers, take a blow dryer and turn it to high. Heat the sticker and take an old credit card and start pushing the sticker up. Keep heating and pulling and it should come right up. The top layer of the sticker may come off first; if so, just do the same thing to the bottom layer.
To remove tar from the car, put some linseed oil on a cloth and pat the tar spots (figure B) with the oil. Leave it on for approximately 10 to 15 minutes and then remoisten the cloth and clean it right off. The linseed oil will remove stickiness and will not hurt the finish of your car.
Note: Use caution when using chemicals and read label instructions thoroughly.
If you have rust on the chrome of your car, you can remove it with a piece of tin foil. Just crinkle up a piece of foil and rub the rust right off.
To remove road film from your headlights and tail lights, use the baking soda paste like you used on the windows. Do this before you wash the car.
When you are washing the car, start at the top and wet it down first. Use warm water to keep cracks from forming in the finish.
If you use dishwashing liquid to wash the car, use it sparingly. Dishwashing liquid works as well as car washing liquid when you have a good coat of wax on the car. If you do have a good coat of wax on the car, the water will bead up. If not, it is time for a new coat of wax.
Use a natural sponge to wash the car and use a circular motion.
Rinse the car thoroughly, making sure you remove all the soap. After rinsing the car, dry it with old towels. Finish the car off with a good chamois. Either drag it across the surface of the car (figure C) or use a circular motion to give it a great shine.
Queen of Clean's Dirty Little Secrets:
Remove bird droppings on the windshield with a waterless hand cleaner. Let it stand a few minutes and rub off.
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