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Short winter trips affect your car that most materiali include your car Of dents, scratches And you'll have the newest from the surface and rust easy-to-understand instruc. and rust spots once, the job looking old car in town. : shows, use rust remover before -- - attempting to paint. Rust Resting or "cancer" around Ate fender wells -and rocker however, can restore the car to' ed area should be prepared to patipts may be corrected with like-new condition, the Auto- accept the primer by using a - o Blighty more difficulty motive Part Accessories As-sociation points out. Here from APAA is how to keep
your family proud of the new
acquisition.
Deals
Before starting to repair a
dent, clean the surface of road
dirt. Dirt can cause the repair
tn fail.
The initial step rewires the
use of a Wiener to begiir smooth-
ing the dent. Find the center or
deepest part oil the dent. Reach
behind the dent, if possible,
and use a small hammer to
even the surface. (Otherwise,
fill with putty to the original
contour after sanding.)
A new car becomes the pride and joy of its owners, pam-pered as if it were the baby of the family — until the car gets its first scratch or dent. A little tender, loving care,
Next. sand the surface in the
area to be repaired. To ix effec.
live, you must remove all the
paint and primer in (he area
two or three inches larger than
the dent down to the bare
metal so that the repair can be
blended into the body
smoothly,.
Spread on body filler of put-
ty smoothly, with a'plastic
scraper, covering the- dent.
When the initial coat dries, fill
the remainder of the dent and
let the body filler harden.
After the filler has hardened,
use a;eirser or body file to re-
move- tfib excess puty. Match
the surface as closely as possi-
ble, then use sandpaper to
smoothen the surface.
Now that the repair is start-
ing to materialize as a finished
product, the surface must be
rinsed with water to-remove the
dust, grime, etc., which have
accumulated around the repair
area.
Now finish sanding, using a
fine wet-and-dry sandpaper,
until the surface is smooth. Ridge the area once More and let it dry. You are ready to start paint-ing. - The paint around the repair- rubbing compound to clean-the surface. Next, use a primer to cover
the repair and a bit Of thvarea
surrounding it. Now you are
ready to match the color of the
original paint.
The color paint you neetiqt
available at your local autorno.
tive products retail outlet. Care-
fully paint the repaired area
and blend this into the original
paint, following the directions
on the can to avoid running or
streaking.
After the paint has-dried, the
entire area should be Com-
pounded to bring out the luster
in both the new and the
original paint, then wax to girci•
tect the new finish.
Gee, just like new.
Scratches
If the paint is just scratched
and there is no dent, the repair
is fairly simple.
First, obtain a bottle of
touch-up paint that matches
the original color of your auto-
mobile. (If you are not sine of
the car's color, you can find
the paint code from the manu, •
facturer's identification plati
on the door pillar.,
Wash the e surface of the
scratch to remove any dirt or
grime. Using touch-up paint and;
an artist's brush slight!),
smaller in width than the
scratch, fill in the scratched
area.
Be careful not to use. too
much paint.
After the paint has dried, die
surface should be compounded
to restore the luster of the paint
and waxed to protect the
finish.
If the scratch has removed
all of the paint' and Otter
than repairing a dent. The dif-ference is the initial prepara-tion of the surface.
Loose rust and metal should
he removed! from the vehicle
with a suitable tool. The sur.
face should be sanded down to
-the bare inthal in preparation
for the repaitl, .1
Next. a hammer should be
used to pour t in the surface,
creating a de t. This enables
the surface cif the repair to
blend in with the body of the
car.
Following the installation
directions provided with a
fiberglass kit, cut a mat large
enough to cover the hole(s) and
overlap the solid portion sur-
rounding the rusted area and
apply it.
Use a plastic spreader to
press the mat over the hole, ap-
plying pressure to remove any
air bubbles
When the repair is hard and
thoroughly cured, use a coarse
sandpaper to break the surface
glaze.
The- rest of the repair is per-
formed the same way as repair-
ing a dent.
Driving habits and condi: tions tend to be different dur-ing the hinter's cold and often inclement weather. Faced with bad weather, many drivers may stick closer to home, driving shorter distantes more fre-quently. A winter of short-trip driv-ing can put excelsive wear and tear on the engine, transmis-sion and other components because it takes several miles of driving to warm up a car to operating efficiency, says the Automotive Information Council (A-IC). Frequent cold starts also are hard on the com-
plete electrical system — bat-
tery, plugs, wiring, etc.
The same practices that can
gtiard against excessive winter
engine wear can help you get
better gasoline mileage. Try to
combine many short (rips into
one trip with several StOOS.
You may even be able to
reduce the number of stops by
planning ahead. Fewer stops
mean better gas mileage too,
and a car is easier to start once
it has been warmed-up.
Try to avoid excessive
periods of- idling to warm the
car up. Idling produces zero
miles to the gallon and is
harder on the engine than nor-
mal highway use. Except for
below-zero weather, the car
should be ready to move after
about IS seconds and then
driven at moderate . speed to
warn-up, This method warms
Up the car faster, saves-gasoline
and engine wear,
Short-trip driving also re-
quires that the engine oil and
filter be changed more fre-
quently. Short trips allow
moisture to collect in the
Crankcase, diluting the oil.
clean oil lubricates the engine
with a protective film that
prevents metal-to-metal con.'
tact and resulting wear, and
keeps the engine interior clean
by gathering contaminates and
holding their in suspension for
removal by the filter. If the oil
is dirty and isn't changed often
enough, along with the filter,
=If you don't operate your air
conditioner af least once a month
for about five minutes, the
seals especially the one for
the 'compressor shaft = can
begin to leak Freon, the
chemical gas which serves as
sludge can coat and clog the
engine oil passages, which can
result in a costly repair.
An adequate but not ex-
cessive warm-up, .changing the
oil more frequently with short-
trip drivingand trying to com-
bine trips -can give the driVer
the best cold-weather perfon.
mance with' improved -fuel
economy, sdms up AIC.
the refrigerant, the Auto-
motive Information Council
advises. By .$1. means, AK-
says, do not "re4iove the com-
pressor drive- belts during the
winter.
se car's air
conditioner, even
•1, • in 'wintertime