Conditions At The Seaside Are Negative For Your Replacement Wiper Blades.
Everyone likes a holiday to the coast but what you might not be aware of is how detrimental this variety of atmosphere can be to your car and wiper blade. You see despite the plethora of beautiful things to see and do at the seaside there are insidious things which hurt the metal and rubber on your car. Another negative thing about the seaside is that sand gets everywhere no matter how careful you are and just a single grain of sand can completely ruin your carefully made cucumber sand wedges. Even seagull poop is highly alkaline and will tarnish the paint job on your beautiful car and birds themselves have been known to attack wiper blade for the mineral in the rubber, so it may be sensible to take the time to find out about some of the mechanical dangers associated with the sea before you take your next trip. Sand is a real killer to motors and boy is there a lot of it at the beach, when sand joins with water is forms a strongly acidic solution which can hurt your wiper blade. You see although quartz itself is a quite weak acid it is the absence of base materials to neutralise the carbonic acid discovered naturally in rain water, in this way the sand grows ever more acidic and only very tough plants such as dunes can survive. Another problem for your wiper blade is the abrasive action of sand caught underneath the wiper blade. You see sand is made from quartz which is very tiny, very sharp and very hard, this substance when trapped under a wiper blade acquits like an abrasive and will erode the leading edge of the wiper blade, but this can also scratch the glass itself so watch out.
Another way sand can cause damage to your car if you ignore the whole replacement wiper blades issue is that particles can become trapped in the oil and be absorbed into the fragile internal structure of the engine block. But there’s not just sand to worry about at the sea you also have a huge volume of ultraviolet light reflected off the pale white sand and this will not just cause issues with your eyes it may also damage your replacement wiper blades. Ultraviolet light breaks down the very chemical structure of organic products like rubber replacement wiper blades and even flesh, it encourages molecules to break away from one another and develope dangerous free radicals, these in turn leads to a weakening of the structure at a fundamental level.
Any wipers made from rubber is at risk form this damage and repeated trips to extremely sunny areas with large amounts of sunlight will break the rubber in your wipers. The next problem is also invisible but no less severe, ozone is an invisible gas which forms naturally in the atmosphere but due to pollution its volume has grown. This gas is sent in off the coast in large volumes and can also cause problems with rubber wipers and components. In this observers opinion, if you cant beat them, join them and actually buy wipers produced from sand or silicone, these circumvent all of the problems explored above.
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