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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
These simple 7 Summer Car Maintenance Tips will keep you car running smoothly during the summer months.
- Radiator Flush: The coolant in your radiator doesn't last forever. Over time it can break down and start to corrode the inside of your radiator. This can lead to cooling problems or worst a need to have your radiator repaired. A radiator flush once a year is cheap insurance against radiator repairs.
- Replace Your Air Filter: You should replace your air filter twice a year, it keeps you car running smoothly and also helps in maintaining optimal gas mileage.
- Tire Checks: Summer traveling could mean driving in the rain. The tread on your tires must be adequate for rainy weather especially right after a rain when the street are slick with oil. Checking the tread depth on your tires take one minute. While you're at it, you should check your tire pressure, too.
- Replace Your Windshield Wipers: Winter weather can be brutal to your windshield wipers, making them almost useless if you get caught in a summer rain shower. Replace them at the beginning of the summer and you won't have to worry.
- Inspect Your Brakes: It's a good idea to inspect your brakes, brake fluid and rotors/drums twice a year just to be sure everything working properly.
- Check Your Battery: Corrosion is very likely to build up during winter weather driving. Check your battery posts and cables to ensure clean enabling proper charging of the battery, thus eliminating any starting problems.
- Check Your Headlights: Sometimes you don't notice that you have a bulb out. Check to see if you need to replace a headlight, brake light or turn signal bulbs.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
What's the Difference?
You've probably heard people discussing "waterborne" and "solvent-borne" paints and wondered how they're different? Does choosing one mean better results and the other mean better for the environment?
Simply put, solvent-based coatings use chemical compounds as the main solvent for thinning pigment solids. Although effective, this method releases Volatile Organic Compound into the atmosphere. Waterborne coatings use water as the primary solvent which greatly reduces VOC emissions.
Do waterborne coatings perform as well as solvent-borne? Absolutely. Today's waterborne paints meet the highest standards for car repair.
What's the Difference?
As a customer at this body shop, you've already made an informed choice by choosing a collision center that uses waterborne paint.
You can feel proud that your vehicle will be repaired with a waterborne paint system that is fully compliant with the strictest legislative regulations. And we'd like to thank you for your important role in protecting the environment.
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