Evening star., 1932-08-07
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

1T Is surprising to note how many
motorists are taking chances with olo
tires as they roll along the hignWay.
One cannot help seeing some OF the
tires worn down SO much that the
fabric is showing plainly.
ITO swerve or run over ragged stone
or some pointed object would mean
blowout. And, at the speed some drivers
travel today, the chances are many OF
going into the ditch, causing death or
serious injury.
Tires are made today to stand the
hardest kind of wear They give eXtraor-
binary mileage and sell at the lowest
prices in tire history. So there is hardly
any alibi for waiting until tire abso-
lutely blows out before getting a new
one"
Paint Protection.
If YOU are one Of the many thousands
in all parts of the country who are
parking their cars out all night because
they are economiZing on garage rent or
for some other reason, or II you are
camping out on the roadside on tour
ing trip or at the seashore, by all means
take precautions to protect, as well as
YOU can, the finish of your car, says @.
w. Sherin national expert on automo-
tive finishes. season OF outdoor park
ing, without proper care, can WeH-nign
ruin any finish If it does not ruin 1t
it can so harm it that the actual money
value of the car in trade-in or on the
open market will be greatly diminished.
Remember Brooklyn Bridge. They are
constantly painting it, constantly keep
ing the metal protected. If they did
not it would fall TO pieces.
Everybody who owns car uses II
more in the Summer. Touring Is the
rule; week end trips often mean Ger
parked out all night. Also the finish of
car suffers more in the Summer. EX-
periments and tests which have been
going on during the last two years have
proved to chemists that the dull, tar
nished lack lustre appearance OF the
finish, when it has not been cleaned
and polished, comes because OF the
ultra violet rays of the sun and the ac-
cumlation of grease and dirt, the whole
combining to make traffic film. The
ultra violet rays of the sun help to dis
integrate the finish. Minute particles
of the lacquer form rough surface
and pick up dirt, metal particles from
the air and grit. If this process goes
on indefinitely it can easily be seen
that the appearance of the finish Will
grow steadily worse.
Remove Traffic Film.
| Here is what can be done to protect
| TIC finish, and it is doubly important
if the car is parked out in the open
air all the time.
| Clean the finish with some good nom
abrasive material that will take of the
| traffic film and restore the brillancy OF
| the polish underneath Do not be
alarmed if the rag with which you are
rubbing the car becomes stained with
the color of the finish. That Is not the
| finish coming off; it is merely the rub
bing away of the infinitesimal particles
of deterioration which make up traffic
| film. About as much of the real finish
is taken off in that rubbing operation
as water from a tub-full if a person
dropped one finger in the tub and then
withdrew it.
After having got the shiny brilliance
of the original finish on the car by the
cleaning and polishing agent, now get
good wax. Remember that wax Is
now obtainable which is proof against
! the ultra violet rays of the sun, the de-
structive element in sunlight for fin
ishes. 1t is also impervious to dirt and
raindrops. Wax the finish we'll with
this material and it will Withstand bet
ter than before any assaults of the
weather.
Parking a car out in the weather for
every hour of the "a is not advised If
it must be done, however, take the pre-
cautions necessary. Keep the protective
! covering Of wax over the finish so it
will not disintegrate or lose its bril-
iancy.