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Show CAR WASHING TlS IMPORTANT TASK Mud Should Never Be Allowed to Remain Over Night as It Is Injurious to Varnish. USE PLAIN EVERY-DAY WATER Guard Against Excessive Use of Soap and Let Hood Alone Until It Has Cooled Go Over Entire Body . With Hose and Sponge. There Is a proper tim lo wash an ' automobile and the work should be 1 thoroughly done. If mud is allowed j to dry on the car it is harder to gel , otV and stains the varnish. Mud should j never lie permitted to remain on a car i nny longer than absolutely necessary, by any means not over night. All mud contains alkali, and In seme parts of the country is almost clear alkali. Alkali Al-kali lias the same relation to varnish as muriatic or nitric arid has to steel. The antidote is water; isn't it simple, plain every-day water right out the tap. If one expects to keep a fine car looking fine he must be willing to Hush off the mud at night no matter how late it is; the work need not take more than half an hour ami the work can be done thoroughly in the morning. The chief faults to guard against are the excessive use of soap, using water with too much force, and washing the hood before it Is cooled. In the old days no coachman would permit a fine carriage to go unwashed no matter how late he came into the stable at night. Y'ou must treat an automobile au-tomobile tlie same way if you reach the same standard that the old-fashioned coachman reached. Soap Injures Varnish. There are two things that should be remembered. First, that soap, gasoline, gas-oline, or anything like them intended to cut grease, will attack varnish if allowed to stand on the car, because oil Is an important part of varnish. Second, hot water takes the lustre from varnish. First of all a car should not be washed out in the sun, because the Bun will dry off the water too quickly, leaving water marks; choose a shady place with plenty of light. Dissolve a little good soap in a pall of water so as . to make a soap solution. solu-tion. Have a soft carriage sponge ready. Start with the right hand front wheel and the under side of the fender fen-der and that part of the chassis nearby. near-by. Let the water flow from the hose in a gentle stream so that it will carry about six inches from the end of the hose. Go over the wheels, etc., first with water from a hose. Most of the mud will come off. There may be road oil or machine oil, which requires soap. In that case put some of the soapy water on these parts, sopping it on freely. After that has been done start right in w'ith a hose and sponge and wash offr Don't let the soapy water stand more than five minutes on the varnish. Now wash off thoroughly with clean water because all of the mud and grease should have come off by this time. Leave it alone to dry. That completes, com-pletes, the right-hand front part of the chassis, and the same work should be done on tlie three other wheels and adjacent parts. That completes the work on the chassis. Use Hose and Sponge. Take another clean sponge and with the water still flowing gently from the hose start at the left-hand front of the body and flow all the dust off. There will be no need for soap because machine oil or road oil Is never spattered spat-tered on the body. After flowing the water on, then go over the entire body again with a hose and a wet sponge and wash it. Go entirely around the car, including the top of the fender to the left side, but don't wet the hood, It may still be warm. Now all the dirt has been flowed off and tlie sponge should be squeezed as dry as possible and ail the water remaining on mouldings or in crevices should be picked up. After all that is done, wash the hood and the top of the radiator. There may be some spatters of machine oil on the hood and If there are use a little soap locally, washing it off soon after It Is put on. In any case, don't let the water stand more than five minutes on the hood because it has become be-come heated by the engine and the lustre lus-tre will be damaged. |