Salt does most of its damage quietly, in places you don't look at every day.
Road salt is effective at keeping streets safe, and hard on vehicles in the process. It doesn't just sit on the surface, it works into seams, wheel wells, and the undercarriage, where it can sit for weeks between washes.
The paint itself is more resistant than people think, as long as the clear coat is intact. The bigger risk is usually in places that don't get looked at often: rocker panels, wheel wells, and any spot where a stone chip has already exposed bare metal.
A coat of wax before winter sets in gives salt and grime less to grip onto, which makes it easier to rinse off before it has time to sit. Regular exterior washes through the season matter more than people expect, even when it feels pointless to wash a car that's just going to get dirty again in a day.
If your vehicle has been through a few winters without much attention underneath, an exterior detail is a reasonable place to start assessing where things stand.
Related: this falls under our Exterior Hand Wash & Wax service, and it's one we handle regularly in Keswick & Georgina and the surrounding area.
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