The Best Way to Clean Your Car When It's HOT

As North Texas experiences another heat wave over Labor Day weekend, we have some tips for making sure you can safely maintain your vehicle in extreme temperatures. As we’ve covered in past blog posts, a quality wash and wax helps protect your car from fading and peeling due to damage caused by the sun. But there are also a few steps you should take to make sure you are getting the most value out of your regular wash at Snap Clean. 

Wash in the shade. When you visit Snap Clean, your car is protected from the sun’s rays while inside our tunnel. The tunnel maintains a cooler temperature, and that is beneficial to your car. While a professional wash at a reputable car wash like Snap Clean is the obvious choice, we highly recommend DIYers washing in the shade because the sun can quickly dry soap before it has been rinsed away, leaving a soapy residue on the surface of your vehicle. The easiest way to move detergent quickly and effectively is to let our precision system do the work for you!

Wash in the morning or evening. If possible, washing your car before the absolute hottest part of the day will also help keep your vehicle looking its best. The surface of the vehicle will be easier to clean and rinse before it dries when the air is cooler, so you’ll get a nicer result from the wash. 

Don’t skip the towel service. Every wash we offer concludes with a spot free rinse and powered dry cycle to blow off the majority of the water from your vehicle, but a minimal amount of water will remain. So, we also provide towels for our customers to use on site to immediately dry their vehicles. A spot-free rinse followed by drying your vehicle with our towel service offers a better-looking finish and better result for your money. Pretty simple. Don’t skip this essential step!

Upgrade to include wax with your wash. Maintaining a car in extreme heat is important to the health of your paint job. Adding a quality wax upgrade – like Snap Clean’s ceramic wax, available on the platinum wash – adds a protective layer to the paint. When you maintain your car regularly with a high-quality wax, contaminants are unable to bond with the and eat away at the clear coat and paint job. Our monthly pass is a great way to get the highest quality wash at a great price.

Take care of YOU! Any outdoor activity during extreme heat can be risky, and that includes climbing around your vehicle to dry it or vacuum! Please stay hydrated and let us know if you need help while on site at any of our locations. We are here to serve you, and we want to make sure all our customers are safe while using our facilities. Concrete is a heat magnet, and North Texas summer heat is nothing to mess with. Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to help you.

See you soon at Snap Clean!