How We Prevent Water Spots on Dark-Coloured Cars in Vancouver

Vancouver is well known for its rainy climate which means that regardless of how much care you take, your vehicle will likely get rained on which puts it at risk of water spots. Water Spots can be unsightly and can damage the paint on your vehicle and are even more prominent if you have a dark colored car. Water Spots can also be hard to remove with special techniques being required to fully remove them and get your vehicle looking its best. Unfortunately, these techniques aren’t always effective, that is why the best strategy for dealing with water spots is to prevent them as much as possible. In today’s blog we will be looking at how Shine Auto Wash in Vancouver prevents water spots on dark coloured cars.

What Causes Water Spots?

Water Spots are caused by minerals and pollutants that have been dissolved in water remaining behind on your vehicle after the water has evaporated. The evaporated water leaves behind minerals like iron, calcium, magnesium and others that can etch themselves into the finish on your vehicle, bonding with the clearcoat, basecoat or even the vehicles primer layer. This evaporation can also be accelerated by heat and sunlight, so vehicles left out in the sun after a Vancouver rainstorm are likely to develop water spots.

How Shine Auto Wash prevents Water Spots

The best way to deal with water spots is to prevent them in the first place and Shine Auto Wash in Vancouver has several methods that it utilizes to prevent the formation of water spots. For starters, Shine Auto Wash makes use of an advanced filtration system that ensures that our water quality is as pure as possible. All of our washes also include a presoak which will help to break down the minerals and pollutants adhering to the vehicle before they are washed away. We then make use of a reverse osmosis final rinse which ensures that very little mineral contaminated water remains on your vehicle following the rinse. Our washes are then finished with a high-powered blow dry that will remove most of the water droplets from your vehicle. Lastly, if you want more protection from Vancouver’s rainy climate, we offer a rain repellent coating powered by Graphene as an extra or as part of our Works wash package.

We hope that this has been enlightening and that you choose Shine Auto Wash for your next vehicle wash in Vancouver, Coquitlam or Burnaby. If you have any questions about our car washes, please feel free to contact us.

Shine Auto Wash has been serving the Lower Mainland since 2009. With three convenient locations, Shine Auto Wash offers advanced automotive cleaning and protection technology and a service that is quick and efficient. 

If you have any questions about this article or would like to talk to us about car washes, we encourage you to call us in Vancouver at (604) 806-0800.