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7 Ways To Keep Your Car Clean Through Winter

Given how briefly cars tend to stay clean in winter, many people don't bother washing their cars at all this time of year. However, thanks to all the grit, salt and grime on the roads, it's more important to keep your car clean now than it is at any other season . . . . .

Wax

With all the salt, grit and other rubbish thrown at it, your paintwork could do with an extra layer of protection. This is something wax will provide. Ideally you want to be waxing before the crappy weather hits, but it’s not too late to give your ride a damn good cleaning and waxing session if you haven’t already.

There are countless kinds and brands you can use; we currently have a tub of Autoglym HD Wax making its way through the CT office which has impressed us so far. We’ll be going into what wax is and why it’s important in a little more detail soon.

Use rubber floor mats

Temporarily replacing your fabric floor mats with hard-wearing rubber versions seems like an easy enough step, but how many people actually do it? They’re cheap to buy, and you’ll be much happier jumping into your car with muddy shoes when you know you won’t have to spend all Spring gettng the grime off.

Don't forget to dry

As we’ve discussed before, drying is an important part of car washing. But it’s especially important in winter; after all, when it’s particularly cold, you don’t want collected water to be freezing your doors shut…

There are specific products out there for post-wash drying, but a clean microfibre cloth will also work well. Out of all the detailing stuff we’ve tried out this year, we’ve settled on Meguiars microfibres as our favourites.

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