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Page SECTION C THE HERALD October Warning Chemicals for melting snow can destroy car paint Winter around the corner ing will be hazardous Your local highway department Is readying iu snow removal equipment and stockpiling mountains of and calcium chloride These ice and snow melting chemicals mix with sand and din and accumulate in hidden areas of your car Fender wells door and vehicle frames moldings and all sorts of nooks and crannies The damp mixture rapidly attacks metal areas where paint or have chipped or worn away Oxidation begins and shows up as ugly rust The process continues eating away your car as long as the caked up masses of din stay moist During dry weather the rusting slops but as soon as snows or rains it starts again and will continue this way until it consumes all metal to which it is ex posed Car makers constantly arc trying new metal coatings prevent rust from rusting at ing Dili once chipped away the bare metal will the first sign of mo There arc steps you can lake Mop vicious destruction of both Ihc un the painted ureas of your cor Next lime your car in the shop for repairs have your service man put on a lift Use his work light or lake your own powerful flashlight Make a note of all the pockets of accumulated mud and dm Use a brush or tool to remove it or try blasting it off with a high pressure water hose when you gel home Open the doors and wash out the diny areas that house the hinges and door mechanisms Wash the wheel wells and the hose at point where mm and moldings meet the paint Opci the hood and trunk and clean the narrow rain channels Although normally in win tcr frequent washing is a must Wan fir j day is decrees Use a good detergent up and wash the enure of the Tor winter seal the paint with a oat abrasive free Real waxes arc imported and rather expense You may have trouble finding that contains no abrasives cleaners or anything that will scratch One company that reportedly markets a blend of pure waxes is Malm Corp A pint of their liquid wax should cover at last 14 mid size can It avjilahle by mail only for plus JO for shipping and it even backed by money back Write Chem Corp ME26 ft I Ridge NY GEORGETOWN 345 GUELPH ST GEORGETOWN TIRE SALES 8731605 ft j 1 Up WHATS AU THAT ST Gas shocks offer smoother ride greater control better handling If you like smoother ride greater control and improved handling from your car light truck or van you might want gas shocks You won be alone if you do Gas shocks and struts have been used for years on many auto mobiles Today nitrogen charged gas shocks struts and cartridges represent more than percent of the replacement ride con units sold in the and are ex peeled to account for percent by 1990 How they work Exactly what does gas charging do has mode gas charged shocks and struts so popular For si mary functions of a shock is to help keep the vehicle wheels on the road more el Gis shocks do this much more effectively than conventional products According to experts at Corporation a major manufacturer of gas shocks and struts the gas charge constantly pressure on a shock hydraulic fluid helping it to react faster to imps dips and other changing road conditions Booster cushion effect Gat charged shocks and struts provide a boottcr cushion effect that makes your car more resistant to bottom ing out on severe bumps and jolts In addition in conventional shocks under severe road lions can cause foaming in the hydraulic flu which causes fade Gas shocks vtr eliminate fade and thus provide greater dnving stability and control Finally gas charged shocks and sin operate more quietly than conventional HELP KEEP RED CROSS READY