Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-08-11 | Page 12 | Proper Way to Wash a Car

PROPER WAY TO WASH A CAR The commonly-used rubber hoso is perhaps the best method of cleaning tho lower portions of tho car, such as wheels, running gear.. mud-guards, otc. But it is positively 'injurious when used on tho body and highly finished surfaces. Tho force with which the stream of water Impinges on the surface sur-face causes tho sand and dirt adhering to tbe.body to bo driven into the varnish,, var-nish,, destroying its brilliancy, and no amount1 of polishing and rubbing will restore its former luster. The body should be washed with lukewarm soap and wator-and'-inimediololy dried with a soft chamois. Many owners use a mixture of cylinder' olH and kerosene which they apply on the body, rubbing rub-bing it dry afterwards. Another 1 schema is to use a jaixturoofL.boiled linseed oil and turpentine applied sparingly spar-ingly and rubbed absolutory dry. Tho uso of this polish will restore oven an old car to a degrco of splendor that ' will ploaso tho user. 00 Ono thing that makes a man fear a women when ho sees her headed his way in tho car she is driving Is his Inability to guess what she will do next. When it comes to escaping tho unwelcome un-welcome attentions of tho tax collector collec-tor and assessor, tho car owner has about tho same chanco a sick oyster on crutches would havo to kick a hole In a superdreadnaught Tho gent who sings most about his nutomobilo expenditures is generally tho man who finds even a dollar noto too high for him.