Car care recommendations

Step-by-step guides for car owners: what to do, in what order and which products to use.

How to wash your car at home without streaks or scratches

Wash in the shade in three stages. Stage one is touchless: apply PreWash foam to the dry car, wait a few minutes and rinse — it removes most of the dirt and grit without contact. Stage two is the hand wash: CherryBomb shampoo in a bucket, a mitt for the upper body and a separate sponge for the sills. Stage three is protection: spray FastQuartz onto the clean wet car and rinse it straight off. Then dry the car with microfiber — streaks appear when water dries on its own.

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How to deep clean your car interior yourself

Vacuum first, then clean from the top down: headliner, seats, leather, carpets, plastics, glass. Use gentle SoftCleaner on the headliner and Alcantara, InteriorCleaner foam and a brush on fabric, and LeatherCleaner on leather, then nourish it with LeatherLotion. Wipe up the dirt straight away with a damp microfiber and let the interior dry well.

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How to get rid of bad smells in your car: smoke, damp, pets

An air freshener only masks the smell. First find and remove the source — dirt, spills, damp — then treat the interior with an odor neutralizer such as StinkOff, which breaks down odor molecules. For stubborn smoke or burnt smells, detailing studios use ozone treatment.

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How to clean car wheels and tires

Clean the wheels first, while they're cool. Spray Tire&Wheel Cleaner on the tires and wheels, agitate with brushes after 3–4 minutes and rinse with pressurised water. IronOFF dissolves orange brake dust specks. Apply BlackStar dressing to clean, dry rubber with the TireTouch brush.

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How to clean car windows without streaks

Streaks come from a dirty cloth, too much product and sunlight. Clean glass in the shade, spray the cleaner on the towel rather than the glass (especially inside), wipe with one microfiber and buff straight away with a second dry one.

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How to remove scratches and swirl marks by polishing

Polishing removes scratches that haven't gone through the clear coat: if your fingernail doesn't catch, it can almost always be polished out. Work from coarse to fine: PowerCut heavy-cut compound on a firm pad, then FastPolish, and finish with EasyFinish on a soft pad for a mirror shine without holograms.

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Car care recommendations — Shine Systems Georgia