The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-19
DoNT'S FOR AUTOlsTs
Hints That viii Prolong Life Of
the Car.


The life and health OF a motor car |
like godliness in men, is closely akin
to cleanliness. writes Dr. Leonard
Keene Hirshberg, OF Johns Hopkins
university, in the current issue Of
American Motorist The sweetness
and purity OF its appearance is inti-
mately associated with the length
of it's life the friction and well being
of its component anatomy You can
not keep your car too clean or the
sheen of it's body too well polished
Motorists ere now are familiar with
tho axiom, Spread yourself ia oil and
sayo your metal" This is only the
application to the motor ear of the
oyerwCrked ana aee-oid alluson 10
medical advice" An ounce of proven
Ucn viii save a pound Of cure
Show me a dusthlled, dirty, soiled
machine and viii make tho propue-
cy Of a short shift and rapid depyecia-
tion OF the car Dirt, lackluster and
n dulled car BODY spell worse than
rapid loss Of value.
Among the "donts' for the care.
taker of a car are these:
Never run the car in the mud If a
detoW viii permit you to escape it,
Mud Is the natural foe OK machinery.
Never use rough cloths With which
20 wipe, clean or polish your car
Never use an excess OF OH or body
polish 1t collects dust and turns IL
into grit.
Never use muddy or soled water
with which 70 wash your car.
Never fold a top down when it is
we;
Never allow mud 90 remain on a
car one moment longer than Is abso-
lutely possible
Never allow mud, e possible, TO dry
on the car Wash off Immediately
with cold water.
Never dis. sUapo chisal or shovel
mud from the polish II destroys the
yaruish and paint
Never use force for any purpose A
weak solution OF soda will cajole the
toughest mud and grease from the
hodr
Never dry the surface with soapy
water ON it Rinse all soap and soap
suds OFF before drying
Never use any rOughfbered cloth
Chamois skin has a high first cost
but is cheapest in The end
Never employ a roundabout circu
lar rotary motion I'm polishing the
car A straight ont, back and forth
piston thrust is what should be
used
Never use hot water on the car
Wash with cold water
Never accept Tom Dick or llar
rvs "sure restorer" of the original
factor sheen and mster. Mark Twain
said that everybody has q certain
cure for colds So almost every driy
err and garage keeper implicitly avoW.
his body polish 20 be the hest for th,
ear Dead men tel no tales. neither
docs the injured finish on p car
Shun all such as Billy Sunday fees
Old Nick Instead buy some boile,
linseed oil; never use the unhoila,
OIL II win not do. Also some furni
ture wax, and let elbow grease do Tax
rest The vanished part Is frs
washed, cleaned, rinsed and dried
then the boiled oil Is lightly applied
and rubbed completely Off The Ign
er metal parts viii be thus restore.
like new; the heavier parts can h
sul further finished with the mrni
turo war massaged TO a highly lus
| trous polish.
| Rough, heavy soaps, fun of olkal
also eat the varnish and coats OF th
body You will avoid this in mani
curing your car by heating q gallol
Of water into which is stirred a pCun
and q half of soap. This is your stoc
solution OF soap for the chassis, bod
and other parts lt should. of course
! always be applied with a soft, silk
sponge. rinsod Off with clean, col
| water and dried with chamois skin