Since the volcano in Iceland erupted beneath the glacier known as Eyjafjallajokull there has been diffuse disruption in international air traffic. Now industry experts are disturbed that the volcanic ash will cause a secondary rash of breakage as cars and wipers are at risk of becoming compromised. The volcanic ash generated from the Icelandic volcano on the twentieth of March two thousand and ten has since blown across a part of Europe and even beyond the Atlantic Ocean into Canada. Meteorologists are now saying that the cloud of volcanic ash will fall to Earth and cover motor vehicles in a layer of sharp edged grit. Using wiper blade at this time is very inadvisable as this could cause the volcanic ash to be scraped across wind screens damaging both the glass and the rubber replacement wiper blades in the process.

The ash cloud projected high into the aerosphere by a huge volcanic eruption is now set to cause havoc with the lands cars even as the air space starts to open again. The volcanic eruption has sent various billions of tiny angular particles of sharp edged rock and stone into the atmosphere, these are extremely hard and will chafe any surface they come into accord with including glass wind screens and rubber wipers. Further more the Lilliputian particles will attack fragile paintwork like sand paper causing in millions of pounds of bills for the unwary driver who falls foul to this insidious threat. They are well known to cause Draconian abrasion due to their sharp edges and acute character but they will also attack metal work with corrosion due to their acidic pH factor. The rubber wiper blades of your motor vehicle are at considerable risk as rubber is extremely reactive to acid and will therefore become degraded quite rapidly.

The windscreen itself is in danger of being scratched beyond repair by these baneful particles if the owner is unlucky enough to ablate the stone across their wind screen with their wiper blade. The course of action to this problem however is at hand and is so simple any one can apply it and save themselves from considerable expense. People should be prepared to wash their cars by hand and in such a way as to attempt to minimise any problems. The body work and wipers should be thoroughly soaked with warm soapy water in order to reduce the dangerous rock particles, and then apply liberally a pH neutral car shampoo, these can be mined at any good garage, this will combat the dangerous acidic build up. Remember to frequently change your water while executing this task in order to avoid re applying the hard rock particulates and scratching the paint work. Pay close attention to the wipers, don’t forget to lift them up and clean them thoroughly underneath. Try and keep the car exhaustively soaked through out this operation in order to keep a anointed sheen on the paint work and avoid scratches. You may want to consider buying some replacement wiper blades entirely just to be sure, the best ones are made from silicone, and the advantage of these replacement wiper blades is that they will not react to acid.