Published on: 27/07/2018 Updated on: 20/02/2025
The warmer season is not exactly a panacea for our car: here are Mafra's tips on how to protect and continue to pamper your car in the summer and be ready for any unforeseen events.
Heat, gnats, resin, pedestrians passing between cars risking scratching the side. Anything can happen on vacation, unfortunately, because the car will most likely no longer be protected within the walls of the beloved garage, in the cool. Here's what can happen and how to take action with MAFRA solutions.
During the hottest season of the year, we know, temperatures can reach very high peaks, even close to 40°C, especially here in Italy. However, this results in even much higher temperatures on the body and inside the car when exposed (normally) to the sun.
The sun's rays, when "beating down" on the car, filter through the windows and insist on the plastic parts, such as that of the dashboards. It may happen that the latter lose color and, in the worst case, small cracks may form. In addition, prolonged sun exposure can leave marks and stains on the plastic. To prevent mishaps such as these, it is ideal to treat the surfaces with the right product, which can simultaneously clean and protect the plastics, as well as, of course, make the interior smell fresh. Here's what MAFRA offers 3in1 plastics treatment, a polishing and protective product that revives and protects plastic surfaces, leaving them smooth to the touch while eliminating unpleasant odors. Another specific product for this treatment is. Diamant Plast 4, even more suitable for protection from sunlight, being composed of a mix of vegetable waxes that create a barrier against UV rays.
Sometimes, in order not to leave the car exposed to the sun, people also seek refreshment for it, perhaps parking it in waterfront pine forests, inevitably neglecting another source of problems: that of resin stains and residues on the bodywork, which can leave annoying marks if not removed promptly. Everyone knows what happens: sticky drops of resin rain down from above to stick on the bodywork until they harden and solidify. Resin is not easily removed, so a solution is needed! This is why it pays to keep Resin Off, to be sprayed when needed on the stain or drop of resin and, when it is well soft, remove without rubbing with a microfiber cloth such as 1Shine Exterior.
Especially at higher speeds, such as those that can be reached on the highway, after a while visibility begins to deteriorate due to midges literally "crashing" on the glass and partly due to the windshield wipers, which perhaps in hot weather no longer do their best work. So, in no time at all, the windshield is filled with dots and traces of blood of any color due to insects and mosquitoes but also the annoying stripes caused by the operation of the windshield wipers. MAFRA proposes. Killer, an effective, quick and easy-to-use cleaner, available in different formats, that removes the traces of gnats and insects without the risk of damaging the glass or bodywork.
Besides, who doesn't love to travel with the windows down to enjoy the summer breeze? Climate off and windows down, however, inevitably let more dust into the car, which tends to stick to the windows. To keep them always in a perfect state of transparency, it is advisable to have a specific cleaner in your car that can remove dirt and halos. Glass Cleaner, for example, is sprayed directly on the windows, spreading the light foam that is created with microfiber cloth such as 1Shine Glass, making movements from the bottom up or left to right to cover the entire surface. An even more practical and equally effective solution are the disposable glass wipes Wipers Clean, also available for purchase at service areas or car wash vending machines.
If it is not just the glass that is dirty, but the whole car, both inside and out, dry cleaners are a decidedly interesting solution, such as Fast Cleaner for the exterior and Flash for the interior. Fast Cleaner is a dry quick detailer, a cleaner that allows you to wash your car without water. Its formulation, Anti-Rain, Anti-Dirty and Anti-Fingerprint, fortifies the protection of waxes already present and is ideal as a lubricant for clay bar use. Flash, on the other hand, is ideal for dry cleaning seats, floor mats and trim in all types of upholstery (fabric, leather, velvet and Alcantara). The new formula also provides the "Odor Stop" effect, which enables the effective neutralization of odors caused by animals, food and tobacco.
Despite the fact that summer is not a rainy season, rims and tires continue to get dirty, especially from the action of brakes and oily debris rising from hot asphalt. MAFRA has a solution for this, too, and it's called Rim and Tire Cleaner, a cleaner with high degreasing power. It is a product capable of cleaning dust and dirt from rims, restoring the tires to their original color.
From MAFRA's experience, the pills for the more experienced:
Another part of the car that suffers from sun and heat is definitely the headlights, which lose their original transparency over time. The Headlight Regénera Kit makes it possible to restore the headlights and thus improve their effectiveness. The kit consists of two exclusive formulations (a headlight polish and a headlight sealant), seven abrasive papers in different levels of abrasiveness, and a polyurethane polishing backing, to be used to remove dirt deposited on the glass and clean dull headlights. The included user's manual explains in depth how to achieve flawless transparency.
Finally, the most unpleasant thing that can happen when you are on vacation is the classic surface scoring. Sometimes it happens that the pedestrian, passing between parked cars, bumps into the side of the car, perhaps scratching it. With the Scratch Remover Kit from MAFRA, even these small damages can be eliminated. In particular, scratches from the door handle and micro-scratches from the door can be removed, as well as light scratches from body paint. The product is suitable for any body shop and is safe on paint.
At this point, whatever may happen to your car during the summer vacation, you are prepared to take conscious action!
