Protecting Your Car from Dangerous Germs in the Age of Coronavirus

It’s currently in your home, clothes, at the office, even at the grocery store, and of course, it is in your car as well. We are talking about the countless number of invisible microorganisms surrounding all of us. Some of these organisms are harmless, while others can cause havoc on our lives, just like the organisms responsible for the Coronavirus pandemic, where globally, everyone is being affected by it.

The constant barrage of news about the recent events has frightened and caused panic on most of us. The truth of the matter is preparing and preventing a disease like Coronavirus affecting us, and our loved ones are straightforward as long as we abide by specific rules.

To combat the likes of Coronavirus contamination, we do need to alter our daily routine a bit, and this change in behavior will enable us to form new healthy habits that will help us to live healthier lives.

First Action

Clean! That’s right, you do not know if the microorganisms that cause harm are in your home, garage, or your car, so cleaning and disinfecting your body and your surrounding is the most crucial step you can take now.

What to Clean?

Clean anything that you have had contact with recently. Germs are stubborn and nasty creatures that can make their way into almost any setting, and because of their flexibility to make themselves comfortable, they thrive easily when left alone. So, don’t leave them alone, kick them out of your home and from your car.

The majority of us spend most of our time at home, work, and in our cars. Typically on the weekends, most will do their weekend cleaning, and for our offices, we tend to not bothered by it because most likely, there is a cleaning crew at work who will take the cleaning.

Germs Inside Our Cars

How often do you clean your car, truck, or van? Not talking about occasional cleaning when the weather is beautiful, you go to the car wash station and vacuum the carpets and the seats. When was the last time you have detailed every nook and cranny of the interior of your vehicle with germ-killing detergents? Chances are you probably have not done so in a while or at all since you bought your car.

Don’t feel bad; most car owners do just the necessary appearance cleaning where they vacuum the dirt and dust and don’t think about if any unforeseen forces in the car could be harmful to themselves or the passengers.

How to Clean?

Accept the fact that your car is full of germs. The interior of your vehicle is the perfect place for illness-causing microorganisms like Coronavirus to live and thrive. We speak, sneeze, cough, touch, and eat inside of our cars routinely. If the surface of the car interior is not cleaned with disinfectants or treated with a germ-killing coating, chances are the organisms inside our secretion will end up on the surface.

On these days, where Coronavirus is the star of the show by wreaking havoc in our communities, we need to be more vigilant against this unanticipated enemy. Not just at our homes and offices, but in our cars, trucks, and vans too.

Cleaning Process

First, please wear protective gear. This includes a face mask, goggle, gloves, and headwear. At a time when Coronavirus is running wild, do not take your chances.

• Start with a simple task of vacuuming thoroughly the inside of our car and also the trunk.
• Using a microfiber cloth recommended for cleaning due to its ability to cling on to the dust and dirt.
• Once you are finished vacuuming the floors, the seat, the trunk, and the console area start the process of using a mixture of soap and water to clean the windows.
• Sometimes soap may not be effective enough in removing stains or eliminating germs. Using an effective multi-purpose cleaning agent , like Nasiol's TEM APC Pro will improve your chances of removing stains, even the greasy oily ones, and getting rid of germs.
• The multi-purpose cleaner will work on fabric, vinyl, and leather as well.
• Have a non-abrasive brush handy just in case if there are stubborn stains that require extra elbow grease.
• When cleaning the seats and the carpets be careful not to get them soaking wet, give it a gentle rub to them with a microfiber cloth.
• Remember to clean the hard surfaces like the dashboard and the glove compartment.

That is all there is to cleaning the interior of your car. Interior cleaning will take time, but doing it in stages section by section will speed up the process.

Looking Ahead

The detergent and soap-based cleaning agents make up the majority of products available on the store shelves today. Being safe from illness-causing germs is possible with cleaning and disinfecting our surroundings. Moving away from old cleaning methods, a growing number of companies, including Nasiol, are working towards the next generation of cleaning and disinfecting formulas.

As the frontrunner in the nanocoating sector, Nasiol recently increased it’s R&D initiatives towards more efficient coating solutions that remain on the surface for an extended amount of time, such as antimicrobials to prevent and kill germs.