Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-12-14 | Page 14 | Washing an Auto with Mild Soap

WASHING AN AUTO WITH MILD SOAP "When it is desired to wash the body of a car with soap, a mild soap, as free as possible from alkali such as castile soap should be used," say J Frank Kerwln "Constant use of alkali alka-li soap will dull the varnish of tho car. It takes some time for the varnish, var-nish, which is the last coat applied In painting the body, to season properly prop-erly in fact, It never besomes so seasoned sea-soned that It is Impervious to -weather conditions. Therefore, especially while the car Is new, never use extremely gold water or extremely hot water in washing the car, "After the car has been unshed, It may be given a higher polish by rubbing rub-bing with an old chamois, I advise the use of old chamois, because it will be free from nap or fuzz, which Is "noticeable "no-ticeable on a new one, and will polish the car without leaving any trace of the yellow fuzz which is left on the surface after the use of a new chamois. cham-ois. It Is advisable to have one chamois cham-ois for uso on the running gear and another one for use on the body. This is for the same reason that It Is advised ad-vised that you have two sponges for washing the car "Another point to be observed In washing the car is that gasoline is Injurious to the high finish. In case grease or oil collects on the surface of the body, it should be removed with a stream of water or sponge."