I’m a car cleaning expert & have an urgent warning over bringing motors through a quick wash – it could cost hundreds
A CAR cleaning expert has issued an urgent warning over putting your motor through a quick wash - claiming it could cost hundreds.
North Wales-based valeting firm Auto Reflect Detailing posted a TikTok clip explaining the costly mistake.
It said: "How do you get your car clean? Do you maintain it yourself?
"Do you have a mobile detailer come to your house?
"Or do you go to your cheap in-and-out car wash?"
The motoring whizz said that the third option is perhaps the worst of all.
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They said: "If you choose a "scratch and shine", there's a few things you should know which you may not be aware of.
"These car washes use strong dilution rates of acidic traffic film remover.
"This will burn, corrode and dull all exterior parts of your vehicle over time.
"It will also strip away any existing protection on your vehicle."
The Welsh garage said that many of its new clients complain that their chrome rims have gone dull.
Its expert added that these clients have invariably been to a cheap car wash before coming to the Auto Reflect garage in Wrexham.
They said: "These cheap car washes will also use the same dirty wash mitts, sponges and rags on hundreds of cars a day.
"Just think of how much grit is being built up throughout the day and rubbed all over your paintwork.
"Do you see the swirls in your paintwork when the sun is beaming off it?
"Well, that's where they come from. You value your vehicle - a cheaper service isn't a better service?"
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