Maintenance

What is conservation

<p>Conservation is a large part in the detailing process&period; It prevent wear and tear and is aimed at maintaining the original properties of the object&period; Conservation can also be financially rewarding&comma; as is the case with most oldtimers or supercars&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Detailing &equals; conservation<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Detailing can be described as several different tasks&comma; one of those is the reversal of wear and tear on an objects surface&period; Another part of the detailing process is to protect that surface in order to maintain the result and to prevent it from going back to the worn stage altogether&period; Maintaining a vehicles many different surfaces is a form of conservation because the prevention of wear and tear will result in the likelihood that the material&sol;object will last longer then when these practices hadn&&num;8217&semi;t been done&period; The conversation of a vehicle and&sol;or an object in several different ways will make it more likely that it will last longer&comma; and therefore doesn&&num;8217&semi;t require replacing&period; This will keep the object in its original condition&period; Conservation prevents the need for restoration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Why aim for conservation<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>There are a few reasons why conservation is a long term benefit<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Financial<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Some items gain value when they get older&period; Especially if they are still in original condition&comma; the value will become higher&period; Conservation can help to maintain the quality of the object as well as its originality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Maintaining is cheaper then replacing<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In some cases&comma; it is cheaper to care for the item then to replace it&period; Unique models or very expensive parts can be cheaper to be taken care of&comma; then to replace once they are worn&period; These often also make a big difference in the value of an object&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>The item is irreplaceable<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>When a certain item isn&&num;8217&semi;t made anymore&comma; replacing becomes near to impossible&period; If the object was maintained properly&comma; there might not be a need to replace it&period; It might even be possible to sell the item for a high profit because others need to replace this item and can&&num;8217&semi;t get it anywhere else&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>It might last longer<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Some objects that are made to be used can last longer when they are regularly maintained&period; Apart from saving money on repairs&comma; it will also be more reliable which is very comfortable feeling&period; Being reliable might also be a factor in its value&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Cosmetic reasons<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>A well conserved object can look a lot better&comma; especially when the object is older or very unique&comma; keeping it in &&num;8220&semi;as-new condition&&num;8221&semi; can increase the emotional value&comma; the appreciation and possibly also the value&period; It is often a very welcomed side-effect that it can lead to compliments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Expenses conservation vs replacement<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Conservation doesn&&num;8217&semi;t happen naturally&period; Objects in use will wear down over time&period; This wear and tear should be reversed as much as possible via the act of conservation&period; However&comma; in some case it might be cheaper on the long run to replace the item instead of conserving it&period; An example could be floormats in a car&period; Cleaning them regularly costs product&comma; time&comma; wear of the tool you are using and will not prevent the item from having to be replaced at some point&period; Brand new floormats might only cost the fraction of the combined costs to conserve them&period; In this case it would be more logical &lpar;from an economic&sol;financial point of view&rpar; to wait until they need to be replaced&period; However&comma; dirty floormats can be a bother for somebody who spent a lot of effort on keeping the interior of his car as clean as possible&period; There is also a risk that the dirty floormats will stain the carpet underneath&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When it comes down to emotional or cosmetic reasons&comma; many choose conservation and looks above expenses&period; Meaning they will rather spent a large amount on conservation then replacing the item for a lower price&period; With some oldtimers&comma; the conservation of as many parts as possible makes a large difference in the value of the vehicle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Other meanings<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Conservation can also refer to the usage of alternative methods&sol;products in order to minimize the effect it has on the world around it&period; These often revolve around&colon; less chemical&comma; less water&comma; less electricity used and less harmful for nature and animals&period; This type of conservation is done in order to preserve the world we live in for the generation that yet has to come&period; Working hard today so the next generation still has a healthy world to live in&period; Although these practices have become very popular these last years&comma; it often means increasing the expenses&period; Many of these products&comma; tools or practices cost more many then the &&num;8220&semi;unfriendly&&num;8221&semi; alternative&period; These alternatives are often marked with terms as &&num;8220&semi;green&&num;8221&semi; or &&num;8220&semi;friendly&&num;8221&semi;&period; Within the world of detailing&comma; the most common points made are using less water&comma; less harmful chemicals or using less resources in the fabrication process&period; Some manufacturer stop at changing the type of material that they use as a container for the product&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

Vinnie van Rooij

Vinnie started the DetailingWiki Project in december 2015, and his quest is still going strong. Hoping to create a solid and informative center of information for anybody who is into detailing.

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