{"id":1283,"date":"2021-01-18T18:33:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T18:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2024-12-19T20:32:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:32:38","slug":"protecting-your-car-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/protecting-your-car-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Your Car Wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are very minimal things you can do to protect your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/your-guide-to-car-wraps-prices-and-more\/\">car wrap<\/a> that can maximize how long it will last you. It basically comes down to three things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Where you park<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buying a car cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Car washes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If at all possible, you should park in a garage, or at least out of the elements. Constant exposure to weather like brutal sun, rain, or snow can reduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/what-is-the-lifespan-of-a-car-wrap\/\">longevity of your wrap<\/a>. This especially holds true if you happen to live where the elements are extreme.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-31.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-31.png 652w, https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-31-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Spending a few dollars on a car cover will most definitely add to the lifespan of your wrap. Keeping that wrap protected from weather, bird droppings, and the like makes smart sense. Even if you have a non-wrapped car, a cover helps maintain cleanliness, luster, and keeps a vehicle more scratch and abrasion-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about car washes? You <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/car-wrap-cost\/\">bought a wrap<\/a> to give your vehicle a facelift or promote your company. Makes sense you\u2019d want to keep it looking sharp with regular washing.&nbsp; Here\u2019s the skinny. You can bring your wrapped vehicle to a brushless car wash, though hand washing is safer and more thorough. Brush car washes will be too rough on the film. Using a car wash that has brushes will degrade the wrap and cause peeling and lifted edges. If a car wash uses water spray and no brushes, it should be safe for most vehicle wraps.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-32.png 624w, https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-32-300x119.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are very minimal things you can do to protect your car wrap that can maximize how long it will last you. It basically comes down to three things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[599,1],"tags":[625,131,623,272,595,622,621,624,127,600],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6975,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions\/6975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}