With simple tricks and home remedies, your car will stay in good shape for longer

Created: 02/16/2022, 15:57

By: Maria Dirschauer

Expensive cleaning products for the car are not always necessary.

Try the following tips and home remedies first.

From toothpaste to coffee: What you don't associate with the vehicle at first can definitely make your life easier.

In this way you can sometimes save yourself expensive cleaning products, for example to clean the rims or the headlights.

Windscreen wipers like new - thanks to spirit

As windshield wipers* get older, they no longer clean the front and rear windows of the car as well.

However, direct replacement is not always necessary.

Instead, try giving your

longer life by treating them with

.

• Take a microfiber cloth and lightly moisten it with some spirit.

• Clean the wiper blades with the slightly damp cloth.

• You can also spray the rubber lips with

  silicone

  spray: this will make them smoother again and leave fewer streaks.

Also interesting:

Polish headlights and rims with toothpaste

Toothpaste is actually not only used to brush

teeth, but also to clean

.

The polishing substances contained in toothpaste remove dirt particles and the smallest bumps and ensure 1A polished front lights.

It's also very easy to use: put the toothpaste on a damp cloth, then apply it to the headlights and let it dry.

Then you have to polish the whole thing and everything shines again in new splendor.

Important: This trick only works with headlights made of plastic, not with glass!

You can also

with toothpaste.

Also read:

*

Fight bad smells in the car with coffee

Coffee is a real all-rounder in the household: it can be used for everything from exfoliating skin applications to unclogging a blocked drain.

But ground coffee can also do a good job in the car.

Save yourself an artificially smelling fragrance tree.

Just leave a bowl of

in the car overnight.

The powder neutralizes the unpleasant odors and the car interior smells wonderfully fresh again.