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Bikers and Motorcycles: Keeping Out Cold, Wind, and Rain

I recently rode a bike on a 400 mile trip up the West Coast on a day when the temperatures were in the 40's - 60's. As I rode, I thought a lot about what I had done to prepare for this ride along the coastal waters, through the mountains, and in the valleys of the El Camino Real. There were four places where my body had to fight the elements of wind and cold that day. They are the same places on every biker. If uncomfortable cold and wind get in any one of these places, you are in for a miserable day. They are:

1. The lower legs from the ankles up to the knees

2. The hands and wrists

3. The waist and chest

4. The neck

The secret to a comfortable ride - regardless of the temperatures - is simple. It is just one thing: the cold air must be shut down and shut out completely. 100%. No leaks of any kind. Total exclusion of even a wisp of air. No seepage in the slightest degree. Nothing. Let's take each of the four areas where you must totally cut off all air entry.

Lower legs and ankles up to the knees. I have used many lower extremity defenses over the years. Boots and chaps primarily. Sometimes long underwear. I usually climbed into cowboy boots or Gortex-lined hiking boots over which flapped leather chaps. But even then the tactics I used have not worked well against cold wind. It makes no difference if you use chaps over your pants - and even wear heavy boots - because the wind will just come up sailing up your pants legs and intolerably air-condition your legs with an annoying and consciously-felt cold breeze that will shorten your endurance and make you generally wretched on a prolonged ride. But on this last trip I employed a newly acquired approach made possible only by the boots I was wearing. I had purchased from Stompers in San Francisco just a few months ago a pair of Wesco, leather-lined, 16' tall boots that came above my calf and just below my knee caps. Very good, but still not good enough. I could still feel cold breezes snaking up my pants and blowing on my knees. The major difference came when I pegged my pants legs, pulled my socks above the bottom of the pants, and then jammed my feet into the boots. Just like a motorcycle cop. Bingo. Problem #1 solved. The wind was entirely choked off from coming up my legs. Add a thermal liner under your pants, and it is even better. So some kind of tall boot that will give you the ability to tuck your pants into them will eliminate this problem on the lower part of your body where you will be taking the wind in the most open position on the bike.

 

Hands and wrists. I probably have five pairs of gloves that I use for riding. I discovered something in the last few cold-weather rides I made that has changed everything for me. First, the cowhide leather gloves that most of us have are not the most effective in colder weather. They tend to be too thin and too short. So I bought a pair of elk skin gloves. Though they are short also, they are much thicker, more durable, and do a better job of standing against wind and cold. But not even those are adequate on the kind of ride I did the other day for 400 miles.

Some years ago I bought a pair of leather gauntlet gloves. This was a good idea in concept because the gauntlet will come up over the sleeve of your motorcycle jacket and not allow the wind to fly over your wrists and up your sleeves. But even then, those gauntlet gloves come up short. Leather gloves just aren't the most effective insulator against bitter wind and cold. If you use a leather gauntlet glove in cold weather, you are defeating your purpose. It would be like having a screen door in a submarine. There is a better way.

A few years ago I was into skiing, and one day I bought a pair of textile nylon gauntlet gloves from a discount outlet. These gloves were black and yellow on the outside, could be cinched tight, and had some kind of gripping material in the palm for holding a ski pole. The textile material of the glove was lined with Gortex, which is a lining that is a wind-breaker and is impervious to water penetration. It will allow the moisture from the inside to escape, but it will not allow water to penetrate from the outside. As an aside, I still own a pair of leather hiking boots that are lined with Gortex. On a motorcycle trip one night on a two lane highway in central Michigan, I was wearing those boots for about three hours in a rain storm that was comparable to anything I had seen in Florida. My rain jacket and pants were lined with Gortex too. I would have been drenched to the bone within five minutes in that storm, not counting the water that splashed on me from oncoming traffic. When I got to my destination and removed my jacket and pants and shoes, I was BONE DRY. That is Gortex.

Anyway, inside these Gortex-lined gloves was another liner glove made of polar fleece. By now, most of us know of the insulating power of fleece and its wicking qualities. So these gloves had two layers of protection for my hands. One was a fleece liner that wicks moisture overlaid with a Gortex lining inside a nylon shell. I had a wind and water barrier  over a polar fleece glove with a cushion of air in between for insulation purposes. The name on the gloves was "HotFingers." This was the best glove purchase I have ever made for $10. Now, if you are saying to yourself, "Wow, you stole those things," then you better hustle down to Costco as fast as you can because those very same gloves are sold there every winter season for $14.95 under the brand name "Head." They come in black with a touch of white on them. They have them there in cases.

Anyway, when I feel cold creeping into those elk skins, I whip those things off like lightning and place my digits in the most comfortable, cold-cutting gloves known to mankind - those black and yellow "HotFingers." I pull them high over the cuffs of my leather jacket, cinch them up, and Bingo! Problem #2 solved. The cold wind is entirely cut off from my hands and wrists for hours of riding.

 

Waist and chest. A good motorcycle jacket will easily take care of wind coming up around your waist or into your chest area. To demonstrate how important it is to keep this space warm and draft free, all you have to do sometime is wear a heated vest. It is common knowledge that if you can keep the core, or the torso, of your body warm, you can probably endure most other cold closing in around you. A lot of motorcyclists cannot wear a heated vest because they don't have the necessary electrical outlets on their bikes. So here is where you need to get this part right when it comes to the right jacket being your life-saver against biting temperatures. Most people will tell you that your jacket needs to fit tight around the waist. Remember, the secret to keeping out cold wind is shut it off completely. I have read a lot of recommendations to purchase a short leather jacket. But unless you are only a fair weather rider, I strongly suggest you buy one that comes below the waist in the back and almost to the seat. The front should come down to where your thighs bend in the front without causing the jacket to balloon up. And make sure that it is sufficiently tight enough to make it impossible for air to get in under your jacket at the waist. I have had jackets that merely zip up the front, and I have felt cold air seeping through the zipper. You are going to need more clothing underneath to stop that air from touching your chest. So try to purchase a jacket that has a leather flap behind the zipper so that the cold cannot sneak in. A jacket made of the thickest leather you can buy will be the most effective. If you do this right, you will not need a heated vest. The heat of your own body, along with an insulated lining and a light liner like polar fleece, will warm the inside because not a leak or puff of wind can sidle in and park against your skin. Bingo again. Problem #3 solved.

 

Neck. Here is the fourth line of defense that must be set up. If cold air is coming in around your neck in the front or back, you are opening the door to misery, fatigue, and taut, cramped upper body muscles. The secret here is the same as it is with all the other areas. Cut off the cold wind 100%. You will often see a lot Harley riders in inclement weather with a hooded sweat shirt sticking up over the collars of their leather jackets. The reason for this is to shut out the wind around their necks. A nice thick hood will do this absolutely perfectly as it bunches around your neck and up against the back and sides of the helmet in a two to four-inch wall. You won't feel anything around your neck except the cozy warmth and cushion of the hood as it buffers your skin against icy fingers outside. In fact, a hooded sweat shirt under a leather jacket in cool weather makes one virtually impervious to cold. Those two things were made to go together.

But another equally effective - maybe even better - substitute for a hooded sweat shirt is a balaclava. The advantage of a balaclava over a hooded sweatshirt is that a balaclava can also cover your head and cover your neck 100% in front and back. AND it can also be lifted up over your chin, mouth, and nose to shut off all wind even coming in to the front or underneath your helmet. Use a balaclava AND a hooded sweatshirt, and you will think you are riding on a wood stove. So there's the last Bingo. Problem #4 solved.

 

That takes care of wind and cold. But what about RAIN? If you are a BMW style rider or a Sport Bike rider, then you probably wear a textile jacket or may even wear a full riding suit, in which case, rain is irrelevant because these riding clothes are generally water-proof. But if you have a leather jacket and get caught in rain, you have a potential problem. You can apply all kinds of water proof stuff to leather garments, and you will be okay for a while. A while. Not long. In a prolonged downpour, your leather garments are going to become like a ShamWow, a sponge, and Hoover Dam all rolled into one. I once rode through a downpour in a leather jacket for about 100 miles. When I got home, I could have used my leather jacket at Bally's Total Fitness to do bench presses.

I have not seen many leather jacket riders come up with good solutions for the rain problem. They just go with the leather in the weather. But remember that stuff called GORTEX? There's your answer. If you are in leather, go to a place where they sell ski jackets and buy one with a Gortex lining. Gortex-type material goes by different names. It is probably less expensive if you buy Gortex performing products under another name. You can buy yourself a very nice multi-purpose ski jacket. Use it for skiing, a rain coat, winter activities, and rain gear on a motorcycle. They are wind-breakers that are stylish, colorful, lightweight, breathable, warm when layered, and can be rolled up and compressed. Put it on over your leather jacket when it rains and be as dry as the Sahara Desert. You will be very visible in stormy weather too. I also bought some bibbed Gortex ski pants that even fit right over my chaps too. Ski clothing made for inclement weather over your motorcycle gear is going to look a lot better than some of those goofy looking, pastel, pajama-like rain covers that some motorcyclists have the brass orbs to wear . If you are a Harley Style rider [See my article "Every Biker Has A Style (Even If He Doesn't Know It)" Click Here], sure, it may make others think you are going GoldWing Style with a colorful ski jacket, but your leather jacket won't cause the whole house to cave in when you hang it up to dry out for a week while you prepare to spend two hours hand-rubbing Huberd's Shoe Grease back into it to recondition the leather.

Now if you really hit some hyper-cold weather, like the 20's or 30's that I have even ridden in, just fasten the ski jacket over the leather jacket and jump into those Gortex ski pants.  You will be able to ride in the Iditarod and be as toasty as if were sitting before a roaring fire. You'll be warm. You'll be dry. The leather will be dry. BONE DRY. EVERYTHING. BONE DRY.

About the Author

Dale lives in the western part of the United States, is a motorcycle rider, a writer of humorous articles, caricatures, features, and theological studies that help people make sense of the most popular book in the world. His articles and writings may be seen at the web page below:

 

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Enduring Winter Wow
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Take a good care of your Car

Take a good care of your Car

Shiny and clean the car comes from the dealer. But very soon the road will change this. This allows the external and internal condition of the vehicle not only to draw conclusions about the driver, but also has a direct impact on the resale and the resale value.
Our tips and hints for inside and outside help your vehicle quickly to its former glory.
Spring cleaning
Early spring you can see them again: the long queues at the car washes. However, a short ride through the car wash is not enough to really make frühlingsfit his car. In addition to the thorough cleaning are a few things to check, it covered repairs to smaller and tires must be changed. If you follow some tips, will protect their set of wheels from winter damage and can now drive to the carefree spring.
Basic cleaning – inside and outside
The first step to fresh spring car ride to the car wash. Here one should, however, only the basic program do not, but one that also includes engine and underbody wash laundry. Road salt is in fact a true killer underbody, rust is the result. Recommend a car wash is not with nylon brush works, but with brushes made of microfiber Strip. These spare the paint and prevent small scratches.
Who Convertible is moving or has enough time and leisure, which goes to a designated wash area and engages himself to a sponge and water bucket. Warning: These places have dirt filters and oil separators, thereby preventing damage to the environment. Furthermore, the car wash in the driveway or in nature is strictly prohibited and attracts severe penalties with it. Wash your car by hand, one should not miss the wheel arches forget, as much dirt and salt residue gather here and furthermore one should ever have a power washing the pressure washer to make with as electronic components and ignition in the engine compartment is very sensitive to such Treatment would react.
Is the car washed and dried, seal worth a car wax. This milky liquid is applied with a soft cloth and, after drying, then the powdered residue polishing away with cotton wool.
Next, take then the interior from the car. The main problem of winter is the moisture that gets into the interior. This is due to wet clothes and shoes, snow remains on the floor mats, coupled with the fact that air conditioning is little used in winter and windows closed and remain. Sun interior can not dry quickly, making it a musty odor and mold, at worst rust. The moisture brings you the best with newspaper or microfiber cloth to the body, which one night in the foot spreads about. According to this measure the windows always fog nor should the cabin air filter be replaced.
If the car is dry now, to clean the seats. Fabric or suede seat upholstery cleaner can be foamed with commercial. After this has dried, the seats can be sucked off the rest of the interior together with. For leather seats, a lubricating cleaners are used, otherwise fast small cracks and fractures in the material form.
Now just need the glass, plastic panels and the dashboard cleaned. This is the best window cleaner. One should forget the interior cleaning is not the trunk. Snow, spade, de-icer spray washer antifreeze and other winter accessories are no longer needed and consumes unnecessary fuel.
The boot is cleared out and cleaned, should the condition of the spare tire and look for the content of the first aid kit. During this thorough overhaul of his car, one should also take a look at shock absorbers, vehicle electronics and the vehicle battery. Here we removed the corrosion at the poles and on occasion, the acid density can check.
Paint repair
Mostly we discovered after the small cleaning damage vehicle paint. These arise in the winter especially thrown up by road salt and grit. How to avoid severe corrosion damage, you should now inflict damage with body paint markers on the move. These are available either at the dealership, or even in well-stocked hardware stores. The color code of the coating can be found in his vehicle documents or on a sticker, which is usually in the trunk id.
Check door and window seals
Like to forget when cleaning the rubber seals on the doors and windows, but the wiper blades. While dirty and damaged rubber seals moisture penetration and thus lead to rust and mildew to be defective wiper blades to the real danger on the road. The rubber seals should be checked for damage, then they will be cleaned with warm soapy water and a silicone-coated with care. The wiper blades are the cold brittle made by or used on Eisresten torn through. They should be replaced immediately.
Dampening switch
The winter is over, so it is important that the water of the washing system is also changed. Antifreeze is no longer necessary, but it is worth the use of a water additive, the insects away from the disk.
Tire change is coming
After the winter again reared the summer, as is commonly also says "Summer is gone from O to O ‘(Easter to October). Winter over summer, "The use up" should be avoided, for the following reasons: summer tires are made of a different rubber compound and have a different profile. Thus they provide better handling in the summer, and the rolling resistance decreases. This increases safety and reduces the fuel consumption.
The tire change can be, if you do not own the trusts, little money in the workshop can make one for, in immediately for the correct tire pressure will be taken care of in. Here, you can if necessary also ask whether there is a possibility, the store does not currently required to have winter tires. Many shops offer their customers this service for a small storage fee.
If you switch the tires themselves, we must even for the correct air pressure in the tires also provide. Information on the required pressure is found on a sticker on the driver's door, in the gas cap or course, in the vehicle documents. To reduce rolling resistance, you should always take the maximum recommended air pressure, even if the car is unloaded. But whether the tires mounted even have been or in the workshop, after 50 km the lug nuts tightened. Prior to the entry of the winter they should be the same damage, dirt and tread depth check up at the next winter-wish-Winter sold out when-not experiencing unpleasant surprise.
Small foreign bodies, such as gravel, can profile be removed well from the knitting needle with a. Caution is advised when a foreign body from sharp metal pins, broken glass and the like exist. Then the tire must be examined carefully whether the sharp objects have damaged the tire. In the tire shop, the technician said quickly whether a repair is advisable or whether the tire to be replaced. For the investigation of the tread you put a one-euro coin in the profile. Is gold edge to see nothing more of the sufficient profile for the next winter from that. More precisely, we can determine the profile with a tester, an instrument, the hardware store for less money is available in each. The tread depth should be at least 5 millimeters. If this is checked everything, you can store the tires: a dry place, lying down or in a so-called tree hanging on rims. Before storing it marked on the respective winter tires with chalk the position of the car.

Cabrio Care
What is important when the convertible top care?
The time of the latest convertibles breaks at the end of winter. Convertible tops had to endure a lot over the season, so now is a thorough maintenance and repair minor damage first duty. The care can be easily accomplished alone, more damage you should quickly leave a professional for repair. Minor damage to roof and windows can be but with little technical skill and the "How to get" even in the grip
Softtop and Hardtoppflege (pre-cleaning, cleaning & waterproofing)
The maintenance of the soft tops (textile hood) is more complex than the hardtop (fixed roof made of aluminum or plastic). With the hard top roofs are either permanently mounted in use, which are removed when needed, or, in newer cars, to the body fixed to roofs, which can be folded in a few segments in the trunk. Hardtops are usually cleaned like the rest of the body. Otherwise, the joints of the roof of the rod are cleaned and lubricated, the top compartment is drained and washed regularly. When the cleaning of soft tops proceeds as follows: In the pre-cleaning dust and dirt are washed off. Here the use of clear, lukewarm water is recommended, the use of high pressure lamps should be avoided because it destroys the impregnation. In the subsequent cleaning residues are insects brushed out carefully and with a soft brush in straight lines, always in one direction. In the transition to the sheet, make sure that the paint is not scratched. The (solvent) detergent, preferably dishwashing detergent or soap should be distributed carefully and sparingly, otherwise a penalty spots. Now the seals on the windows and frames are cleaned. After cleaning, rinse with warm water and the deck should be in the open (in the shade) dry well. In no case shall the canopy in the wet state can be opened, because the formation of mildew, and creases. With plexiglass or Weichkunststoffscheiben delivers a polished best cleaning results. Dust and dirt act like sandpaper on here, namely, the roof-bearing surface and therefore should be removed periodically with a soft, damp cloth. The seals are then treated with a rubber care product. Maintenance of the linkage does not differ to the hardtop. The impregnation is to be renewed approximately every four months. It should be before the date of purchase warrant, however, whether it is suitable to be treated for the top, there can be, for example, wax-containing polymer means dark tops with time fade considerably. When impregnation is essential to ensure perfect cleanliness of the areas to be impregnated, otherwise sealed with dirt and then are almost impossible to remove.
Washing machines: What is important here?
It should be noted that the hand cleaning is the preferred car wash. Plastic covers can, provided that the operating manual of the car provides otherwise, be washed in the washer, preferably in a plant are not working with brushes, but with fabric strips.
Special deck cleaners: How good are they?
Special deck cleaners are needed only for particularly dirty. There are different cleaners for plastic and fabric awnings. Also, for stubborn stains, there are special products. In the application, however, caution is called for, as can occur with misuse bad surprises. Household cleaners and stain removers are taboo!
Rubber and glass care
The rubber seal keeps it smooth with silicone-based care. Plastic discs you should regularly-as described above clean. Nevertheless, they are not in the course of the years better. Light scratches can be polished with special products now on the scratch-out distance, for example, polishing pastes on the market for mobile displays are available, which are also ideal for convertible windows. Is the glass cracked, scratched and discolored, you should think about renewing entirely possibly the hood, as a disc changes alone are sometimes not worthwhile. To conserve disk, there are special trading schooner glass that are placed when you open the hood below the disc. It can act this is covered with foam cushion material, with some skill you sew yourself. Resourceful convertible owners have discovered, however, that satisfy the so-called "pool noodles or pipe casing made of soft foam the same purpose.
What to do about cracks in the fabric top?
If cracks, the car upholstery, the first address is to receive assistance. Anyone that owns a degree of craftsmanship, one can try to repair small tears. There are special roof-repair kits for fabric or PVC roof system. It is generally id from cut to size repair pieces in various colors and highly heat-resistant adhesive. But it is also without these "professional" repair kits. For the repair is needed: cleaning solvent, water-resistant, permanently flexible adhesive strength, adhesive tape and clothespins. First, the surfaces to be cleaned residue with benzene. (Before cleaning, please make sure in an inconspicuous place!). Now the deck are bonded. A popular adhesive manufacturer has an adhesive in the program, which is waterproof and elastic. This is important because rain and vibrations are high demands on the adhesive. The adhesive is (applied as per instructions) to fill the bonding surfaces, and these are then fixed with adhesive tape and clothespins. After adequate drying then adhesive tape and staples are removed, rubbed off adhesive residue.
Discoloration or fading
If the substance of the hood faded or stained, it can be dyed with special funds from the aftermarket. Even a recoloring is the top color is no problem. is to look for in the products the following properties: color, care, impregnation, wash resistance and abrasion resistance
What is important in the winter?
Should we assume to be convertible in the winter, the shelter should be dry and well ventilated. The hood is close, but the windows must remain open slightly. The tire pressure should be increased slightly and to the battery, a battery of so-called trainers are connected. This loads and unloads the car battery and continuously simulates the normal driving. Winters not the convertible in the garage in winter but will continue to be used to note something: The plastic rear window must never freigekratzt with the ice scraper, but be careful with the Enteiserspray free of ice. This in turn may not reach the substance of the hood. In addition, note that frozen at minus temperatures and the deck is in the bright sunshine, and therefore must not be opened, otherwise it could break the material. Before the winter of course a conscientious impregnating and lubricating of all rubber parts is, of course. Possibly you can also inquire whether the manufacturer of the convertible model also offers a hard-top, as this would probably have a heated rear window made of glass. This would then allow ice scraper again and it would penetrate less moisture into the interior.

In winter car care
Is your car ready for the winter?

In winter car care is often neglected. Snow, dirt, and aggressive means attack the paint, the mechanics and the electrics very violently.
How can you best car in the winter from the environment to protect his and which details to look for?
Winterfit

Firstly, you should before the winter the car thoroughly clean the still winter and strength to control. By cleaning to prevent that debris in the run attaches and influenced by snow, road salt and dust themselves in paint and metal einfrisst.
It is also recommended rubber seals, moving parts, such as door hinges, control and door locks and wait if necessary. Rubber gaskets should be sprayed with silicone oil. This prevents the formation of cracks and makes the rubber more resistant to low temperatures.
Furthermore fluids is to check the status of all in the car and determine their winter suitability. Coolant, engine oil, and of course the cleaning water must endure freezing temperatures, only not, above all, they must be of sufficient quantity available in. It should not be in the wrong place to save and high quality brands for cheaper vendors do without. Quality has now times its price. Frozen pipes and thus may pose risks should not be underestimated.
Nano sealing
If one has checked the car, cleaned and refilled all, one is spoiled for choice. In many places, be offered called Nano sealing. Especially in winter, this treatment will bring numerous benefits.
When Nano sealing the vehicle, in some cases completely, covered with an adhesive fluid, which then dries and then polished wird.Es are different types of applications and the Nano sealing. Sometimes you can even do it yourself.
The complexity of the process should not be left out of eight. Best to let a professional to seal the car. You pay in the end only marginally more confident and the quality of the result.
A Nano sealing allows water, dirt and other substances on the vehicle less any liability. the so-called lotus effect bubbled through dirt and grime from the car from a formal, nothing sticks. So you have the car wash less often and the paint is protected.
The wheels and chrome parts benefit from sealing.
When the car windows Nano sealing also has a meaning. Water runs off faster and more efficiently on the discs. The visibility is improved substantially and the safety and comfort are increased significantly. It should be noted however that most of the discs separately, and other means to seal with an are. This work should be a specialist can make just as good visibility is essential and important to a faulty seal could have very negative effect one.
Now you have prepared the car. Everything is controlled externally, is sealed inside all winter. A few dangers of winter, one is still not filed.
Getting through the winter
Freezing rain, snow not only makes the road Icy, he can complete the car with an impenetrable layer of ice cover as well. Freeze solid doors, locks can not be more open. In such situations, it should be a small bottle of a lock defroster it always have to.
In a very short time, the lock is freed from the annoying ice and you can open the door again.
is best tackled not with the ice scraper, the slightly unsightly marks on glass and lacquer discs can cause Vereiste, but with a de-icer spray, a few moments, even the thickest ice thaws in.
It is also advisable in the car a snow brush with long handle carry. If the vehicle is sometimes snowed heavily, helps the brush to remove the snow from the roof. This will avoid the snow slides in maneuvers on the windshield and obscured the view or hide the man behind.
To avoid frozen and fogged windows
Tip from reader

Always use the lever to provide fresh air, unless one heats minus 15 ° C in the car on, but then only as long as nötig.Grund: The air in the interior is in circulation through the human breath always damp and mists / condenses on the cold slices.
Blower at level 1, the temperature inside the controller and not always adjust on / off the blower. Reason: A minimum throughput of air is necessary for fresh drier air into the car and push the old in the back window of the forced ventilation rauszujagen. If after heating up too hot, heating controls and colder place the blower can be turned on.
Slices kept closed while the blower so that air is forced to flow through the entire carriage.
wet weather, rain and cold temperatures combined with air heating run at, because they dehumidify the air.
Winter Spüliwasser brush the slices with the then consists not so fast the dirt from the disc on. The dirt also favors the shoe.
However, should the car stay the night humidity: a bag of salt (about 2 kg fresh daily to the car set) -> withdraws moisture
Conclusion
Even before the onset of winter should be cleaned thoroughly and vehicle control. This prevents you unpleasant surprises afterwards.
Also recommended a nano sealant. It not only protects the paint, thus ensuring a better value preservation of the automobile, sealed windows improve visibility and increase safety.
Furthermore, one must correct winter equipment they carry. Schlossenteiser should dabeihaben at best. In the car should not be missing and Windscreen snow sweepers.
If you think of this advice and invested some time and money in the preparation of the vehicle, winter loses much of its terror. Both the car, as well as the nerves and the purse are also spared.
Car Interior Care
Notes to thoroughly clean your car.
Every car owner has ever experienced such a situation. As it is taking a weekend family outing with the children and on Monday you'll experience the unpleasant surprise. The car interior is totally dirty, smudged the windows and the cushions have also seen better days. In such cases, an interior cleaning is called for.
Basic cleaning
Before the individual cleaning stages dare to come before the thorough cleaning with a vacuum cleaner. Previously, to remove any loose parts that can be absorbed and possibly with the foot and floor mats. After the bags are thoroughly ground, and the upholstery, as well as the storage space and aspirated. Especially when the seats are sure that it also sucks in the cracks, since this is where the main dirt deposits. Before the mats again puts the car in, they will be tapped and sucked away. The Staubsaugvorgang That concludes not. Also the trunk must be vacuumed regularly. There should also take out the removable shelf and up under the spare wheel suck. This one should use the same way as on its functioning, to check the spare. Then begins the second cleaning stage.

The simplest method of choice has become a normal household cleaner proved that water is dissolved in warm. With a soft cloth – preferably suitable microfiber cloths – windows are all plastic parts such as cockpit, arms and wiped away the wet. With a second cloth then dried. The windows and the interior mirror can be a conventional window cleaners and household wipes the easiest and most thorough clean some.
Upholstery cleaning
The cushions need special cleaning. If these are dirty even more, it is advisable to use an upholstery cleaner on a foam base. This is sprayed onto the cushions and then the foam padding incorporated into the brush means. After a certain contact time the pads are removed with a vacuum cleaner. In this manner you removed the dirt from the depths of the cushions.
Since the cushions get wet here, should such a deep cleaning only one carry in the warm season, maybe because the humidity in winter and dries it so mold can come to.
Even the floor mats can be cleaned this way on. Only here will be used instead, a carpet cleaner.
What types of cleaners should be noted that in that the color of the substance may possibly impair. It is vital, therefore, read the instructions and cleaner first on a small inconspicuous area to test.

For special stains in the upholstery should be selected cleaners or resort to tricks of the housewives. Children like to chew gum and it moves quickly to the pad, where he correctly sticking Sun chewing gum and other viscous materials are best removed, in which one it briefly with an ice spray einsprüht that freezing the Sun In this way, the chewing gum can be scraped off so easily by the cushion. Even chocolate is easy to remove Sun Important thing is not that these places after the scraping with a wet cloth and dabbing it rubs on it. Into the dirt because that is rubbed into the fabric.
Leather Cleaning
Many cars have a leather interior. Leather seats are the easiest to start slightly wet wiped. It is important that the leather is dried again before moving on to further treatment. After the wet cleaning and drying, there are special leather care products, with which the leather of the seats and car interior are treated. These are usually products that keep the leather supple and preserve it from cracking and so protect it. It should be noted here that one leather care and evenly in a single pass of the plotting. Could stain the leather seats are ugly avoided. This is especially noticeable in very bright leather products. Here, too, is that one of the care product previously on a small, hidden area tests to make sure that the color and the leather does not alter negative.
Interior plastic cleaned properly
Finally, we still maintain the cockpit or the plastic parts inside the vehicle. There is this so-called cockpit sprays, which simply taps after cleaning the einsprüht. Are better suited, however, pastes and creams, soft cloth which will be applied to the cockpit with a . In the care should be taken that this move quickly and not leave a dry and lubricating film.
As for cleaning must not be forgotten is the maintenance of the door seals with wax and oil products, so that it does not freeze in winter.
Before the car moving again, should make it good to aerate, so that no more moisture in the cushions, rugs or other interiors present.

How often has this way to clean the car this depends of course on the use of the vehicle. A complete cleaning of all the above points should be in the spring, summer and autumn. Otherwise, every two weeks to absorb the interior and wet wipe. The windows should be cleaned every time, because they ensure that the driver has a clear vision.
If you car does not even clean or may not find time for professional cleaning can for car interiors might call it. It is his car from there and according to the contract brings to his car, inside and outside top cultivated again.
Car Care
The cleaning of one's own vehicle is a science for many motorists. The science is so essential in fact, manageable steps to get the best result. The road to the car wash is definitely the most convenient, but the result is often not optimal. In addition, the prices are usually called quite steep and in the worst case results in the much-loved vehicle even damage. Cheaper and better it is, then, if you simply grab a bucket and even a marketing assistant.
Car Wash
Those who always washes his car in the car wash, which should at least ensure that the investment trusts in a gentle textile cloths. The conventional bristles dull after many washes off and cause minor scratches on the paint. These are especially visible in the sun and are simply unnecessary. Often leave the car wash operators to realize bristles longer in use, finally, they also want to cut costs.
A car wash is going soft textile and caused solely by the construction of any scratches. However, there is also no guarantee for it, finally, the predecessor have had a very dirty car. Beautiful then small particles or pebbles from the cloths are massaged in the paint. In this case, liability is not even of the operators.
Furthermore, care should be taken when using a car wash on the necessary ground clearance and maximum vehicle height. Vehicles with a deep-laid vehicle can be cleaned only in plants that have no surveys. Particularly high vehicles have to resort to car washes that do for trucks.
Hand wash and polish
The better off everything when you wash his car with his hand. One should also note a few things that otherwise makes you look more work than necessary.
The best start is made at a wash box with a pressure washer. For a few euros you can free his vehicle from the rough dirt and free, especially in winter, the underbody from dangerous salt. Special wash programs already provide this wash for streak-free shine. On the growth or using a foam brush should do without it, however. The former is not to compare with a good car wax and also the dirty windows, similar to the second car wash scratched the paint. The handle to a sponge and bucket is also possible, but can also cause scratches and is prohibited also on the road. A trip to the washing area so inevitable.
If the vehicle is clean, it must be of second-. With a soft cloth remaining dirt particles to be wiped from the paint. At the same time it looks like whether some jobs need more intensive treatment. If the vehicle is dry, the car in general is like new. A car wash the other hand, always leave water spots or streaks.
The result is rounded off with a wax seal. In the liquid wax is applied with a dry cloth to clean the vehicle and after a short drying again polished away. To each soft cloth or microfiber cloths are suitable. Depending on vehicle age and Lackzustand a normal range without polishing wax particles. Weathered or faded paint should be treated with a polish. Thus, an ink layer removed, thus intensifying the color again.
Besides the splendid sight, is a waxed car also far less susceptible to new pollution. Rainwater runs off and washes off easily with contamination. Small water droplets after the rain to prove the good condition of the car wax. Quite enjoyable, in addition, that bird droppings or insect residue can not burn so easily.
Sealing
If the vehicle after cleaning is still dirty or has easily formed rust or tree sap on the paint, then there is special paint cleaner in stores. These cleaners dissolve the rest and also take up remaining wax. After treatment, the paint is complete again virgin, however, a subsequent sealing with wax needed.

The vehicle is to shine but not only, but also in the interior make a good impression. First, you should suck the car and knock off the floor mats. With a plastic cleaner can freshen up the colors again. Besides, take anti-static cloth to the last dust. For vehicles with leather upholstery, we recommend a special leather cleaners. This also refreshes the leather color, thus providing for a longer preservation of the new state.
Cleaning the windows
The cleaning of the discs for most horror. Finally, we think of when you brush: Wow, the disc is clean again. The first solar radiations or unfavorable light of oncoming traffic can see again strip. There is no panacea, it does not, but you should never clean the discs in the blazing sun. At best it is in a garage or on cool days. Warm slices also promote the formation of streaks. As cloth is also a microfiber cloth or a soft paper roll. The advantage of the microfiber is the absolute freedom of booze.
Conclusion
The car wash takes one if you want to do it carefully and well, more time than going to a car wash. Ensure the car stays on for a long time without any artificial scratches.

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