Evening star., 1928-06-17
MOTORISTS URGED
TO KEEP CAR CLEAN
Dorothy Reid Says Auto Re-
fleets Owners Character
and Home Life.

Your car reflects your character and
Is part of your home; keep 1t clean
/ inside and out. advises Dorothy Reid
in July McCalls, who tells women how
to care for the car in the Summertime
You women can look after the car
yourselves-ciean 1t. peer into the myS-
teries underneath and learn to super
wise the garage man. declares Miss
Reid. Telling how to go about washing
your automobile, she says:
The first thing is TO prepare for 1t
and decidedly an afternoon frock is not
the proper costume. Dress as If you
were going out into the seasons worst
rain storm. In rain storm, though,
YOU would not need rubber gloves,
whereas for this task you will need
them as never before AS an additional
pTecaution. in case the glove fingers
should split. scratch your nails full of
clean white soap before you don the
gloves.
Washing Job Most Important.
THE most important part of the
automobile washing job is the under
meath side of the car, the exposed part
of the chassis. The way to wash it Is
with garden hose squirted with all
the force you can get by turning the
nozzle There lis nothing under there
that can be injured by water. 1t is a
lack Of water that does the harm as far
too many motorists discover too late to
save themselves trouble and repair
bills of CHASTITY proportions.
When car washing Is business,
there are usually high pressure tanks
which provide heavier and stronger
sprays than can be squirted from an
7fSz-N SlnRH t1nE ayot
to adjust a garden hose by twist Of
the nozzle and get an adequate spray
pressure. Direct the spray against the
underside of the tenders, over the
wheels and as far under the car as you
can reach. This viii loosen the CRIME.
mud and dirt from the chassis and
wash most of it away.
After thoroughly spraying the un-
derside and wheels of your car make a
fresh attack on the caked mud, oil and
road tar that inevitably viii defy even
the strongest hose pressure. For this
you will need two Scrubbing buckets.
Into one pour mixture Of one part
kerosene to four parts of water. Apply
this TO the spots that have resisted the
hose, using a brush with long handle
to reach the difficult places. ANY tar
or grease remaining after this effort
may be attacked with stronger solu-
ton Of kerosene.
Preliminary Work Outlined.
Before starting to wash the sides
and top of the car be sure, II 1t Is
closed car, that the windows and doors
are tightly closed; ard it is generally
wise TO lift the hood and cover the en-
glne with a piece Of oil cloth or heavy
canvas Otherwise some water may
find an exposed bit Of wire and cripple
the ignition system. For the same rea-
son. when directing a stream on the
hood, stand TO the front so that the
water viii splash of and not go through
the ventilating sits.
Most Of the cars manufacturer W~
day have a patented lacquer nnlsn
which ig very resiStent 10 weather con-
ditiOnS and is more durable IN every
way than the paint and varniSn Joos oI
several years ago. This tough lacquer
requires far less care In washing and
polishing. fortunately for all OF us. IL
should not. however, be abused, 80 re-
move the nozzle from the hose ana nusn
from the roof OF the car downwarns
with a gentle stream. Cold water not
only iOSens dust and dirt. but nardens
that admirable lacquer f1nisn. Wnen
the car has been completely nusned III
this manner begin 10 sponge IL WIN one
hand while continuing To Apply tle
stream Of water from the hose hein III
the other hand,
There are various methods of dry~
in2 q car after IL is washed Some
garages blow of the first water witn
Compressed air, then rub down WIN .
damp cflanois skin. Others start WIN
. damp csamoig and polish with nry
one Another way lis 10 dry on WIN
Soft Did turkish towels wrnng from
clean water, followed by chaniois