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Maintenance
Aftertheendofthesaltspillingperiodinwinter ,besure
tothoroughlycleanthebottomofthevehicleonce.
AutomaticCleaningEquipment
Theautomotivepainthascertainabrasionresistance,
soyoumayabsolutelycleanthevehiclewithautomatic
cleaningequipmentingeneral.Ofcourse,theautomotive
paintactuallyhascertainrequirementsforthestructureof
cleaningequipment,waterltrationandtypesofcleaning
agentandcuringagent,ifthepaintisdull,evenscratched
aftercleaning,youshallpointouttheseproblemstothe
cleaningequipmentoperator.Switchtoothercleaning
equipment,whennecessary.
Beforeautomaticcleaning,youshallclosethewindows
andsunroof,andinquirythecleaningequipmentoperator
whethertheroofantennaistoberemoved,ifyourvehicle
isprovidedwithspoiler,roofrack,radioantennaandother
installedparts,youneedtotellthecleaningequipment
operator.
ManualCleaning
Formanualcleaning,rstsoftenthecontaminationwith
plentyofwaterandrinseoutasfaraspossible.Thenclean
thevehiclealittleforciblywithasoftsponge,acleaning
gloveoracleaningbrush,atthistimeyoushallstartfrom
therooffromtoptobottom.Usethespecialcleaningagent
onlywhenthestainisnoteasytoremove.
Y oushallthoroughlywashthespongeorcleaningglove
everyonceinawhile,nallycleanthewheels,doorsilland
otherparts,anduseanotherspongeforcleaning.
IMPORTANT
•Donotcleanthevehicleunderdirectsunlight,or
youwillhavetheriskofpaintdamage.
•Forvehiclecleaninginwinter ,inthecaseofvehicle
hosing,pleasenotethattheejectedwaterbeam
shouldnotalignthedoorlocks,doorjointsand
sunroofjoints,ortherewillbetheriskofbeing
frozen.
•Donotwipethevehiclewithroughkitchensponge
orsimilarobjects,ortherewillbetheriskofdamage
tothesurface.
•Forcleaningheadlamps,donotusedrydishcloth
orsponge,onlywetcleaningisdesirable,andsoapy
waterispreferred.
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