Tips & Tricks to help make your automobile maintenance life a little easierReed Brothers Dodge offers you Car Care "Tips & Tricks" to help make your automobile maintenance life a little easier.
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- A broom is the quickest way to clean snow from a car. You can cut the handle down on the broom and store it in the trunk.
- Keep a few Handy Wipes in the glove box to remove gas odor from your hands from filling the tank.
- Remove auto grease from hands with baking soda and water.
- Apply vaseline to battery posts for beter contact.
- Clean hard to reach areas (dashboard, cup holders) with a dampened sponge tipped paint brush.
- Laundry pre-wash liquid removes tar from your car's finish.
- Peanut butter has been known to remove tar from car finishes also.
- Avoid putting air in your tires if the temperature is below 10 degrees F. The valve could stick and let out all the air out of the tire.
- If wipers are beginning to wear down, you can extend their life by rubbing them briskly with sandpaper.
- Clean windshield wipers with a good scrubbing of baking soda and water.
- A radio antenna will slide up and down easier if a coat of wax is applied occasionally. Wax paper works great for this job. Rub the wax paper up and down the antenna and the wax from the paper will coat the antenna.
- Leave one window open a crack to prevent frost from building up on the inside of the window.
- If you chip the paint on your car, clean promptly and apply clear nail polish to area to prevent rust.
- Remove road salt from carpet with equal amounts of vinegar and water.
- Make your own washer solvent that won't freeze by combining 1 quart of rubbing alcohol, 1 cup of water and 2 tablespoons liquid detergent. This formula won't freeze down to 35 degrees below zero.
- Remove tar from rubber car mats by dabbing a generous dose of linseed oil on tar. Let it soak for about 15 minutes and blot with a dampened cloth.
- If car windows tend to steam up on the inside, carry a blackboard eraser in your vehicle. Wipe the condensation away with the eraser.
- Use newspaper to wipe windows dry after cleaning to avoid streaks.
- Coca-cola® and aluminum foil will clean rust off your car bumper.
- Clean headlights, chrome and enamel with baking soda.
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