Love Your Ride: 9 Mothers Car Care Products to Beat the Spring Slush

When it comes to protecting your ride this winter, there’s nothing quite like a Mother’s love…

As winter winds down, it’s essential to transition your car from survival mode to recovery mode. The harsh conditions of ice, snow, slush, and road salt have undoubtedly left some battle scars on your vehicle’s paint, undercarriage, and wheels. To restore its appearance and safeguard against future damage, your ride needs some special care.

This is where the expertise of Mothers car care products shines. Starting over 50 years ago with a little tin of polish, the brand now offers a lineup with more than 100 polishes, waxes, cleaners, and tools to help keep your ride showroom ready.

Below, we round up nine of the best products in Mothers arsenal for sprucing up your vehicle after winter and beating the upcoming spring slush.

1. Foaming Wheel & Tire Cleaner

The dreaded road salt and ice treatments compliments of municipal transportation departments really wreak havoc on your wheels and tires. In addition to leaving behind an unsightly, chalky white residue, they can also cause unnecessary degradation and premature wear if not cleaned off in a timely fashion.

Mothers Wheel & Tire Cleaner is a foaming, non-acidic solution that features a simple spray-on, hose-off design and heavy-duty formula that safely penetrates, dissolves, and suspends all types of brake dust, grease, dirt, and grime. Better yet, its spot-free rinse leaves wheels perfectly clean, with no need to hand dry.

Just be aware this product is for use on factory/OEM coated wheels and hubcaps only. So, if you’re rocking polished or roughcast aluminum, billet or anodized wheels, then check out Mothers’ lineup for a cleaner that will work with your specific setup.

2. Speed All Purpose Cleaner

Mothers Speed All Purpose Cleaner is your answer to all things greasy, sticky, and stubborn — even under the hood. It features a specific blend of nonionic surfactants and cleaners that are strong enough to dissolve oils and tough stains, yet gentle enough that they won’t damage your upholstery.

This is a professional-grade engine cleaner that can help remove years of caked on grease, but it also works wonders on your undercarriage, carpets, vinyl, factory-coated wheels, tires, door jambs, fender walls, and more. Taking some time in the spring and fall to use this product to clean your engine and undercarriage can help keep your ride running smoothly and minimize long-term damage.

3. Mag & Aluminum Polish

The product that started it all. No list of top Mothers products for spring cleaning would be complete without the OG Mag & Aluminum Polish. The first-ever product produced by Mothers boasts a secret formula that produces a magnificent shine on your metal trim and aluminum wheels. Don’t let the name fool you, though; it’s also ideal for use on brass, stainless steel, and other alloys.

With a clean cloth and some elbow grease, Mag & Aluminum Polish goes to town on even your most neglected automotive metals to help clean, shine, and protect them. It helps remove scratches and road contaminants that get built up and trapped from lots of messy winter driving, and helps keep damaging oxidation at bay so you can keep your metal trim looking brand new.

4. Back-to-Black Trim & Plastic Restorer

For those vehicles with plastic exterior trim, Mothers Back-to-Black Trim & Plastic Restorer can help bring back the dark, sleek factory finish, while also protecting against further deterioration caused by sun, smog, weather, and chemicals. Available in aerosol form for easy application, it makes quick work of tight, difficult-to-reach areas such as grilles, fender wells and even engine hoses and other plastic components that are tucked down deep under your hood.

5. California Gold Scratch Remover

After a hard winter of scraping snow and ice off your vehicle and subjecting your car to Mother Nature’s worst, you may notice a few extra unsightly scratches that weren’t there in the fall. Mothers California Gold Scratch Remover is a wizard at safely removing ugly surface scratches. It can also dramatically improve the appearance of deeper scratches.

Since your car’s clear coat is soft and pliable, it can get scratched rather easily – especially around the high-use areas like the door handles and trunk lids. While it’s important to recognize that not all scratches are created equal and some may be far more difficult to remove than others, scratches that haven’t fully penetrated your clear coat can be almost (if not completely!) removed with this innovative product and some effort and patience.

6. California Gold High Performance Car Wash

Of course, no list of post-winter automotive cleaning and protection would be complete without including the most basic of all products: car washing detergent. Mothers California Gold High Performance Car Wash is a staple in the arsenal of automotive detailing.

This is a pH-balanced, environmentally friendly car wash that gets super sudsy and won’t strip or damage your car’s existing sealant, wax, or coating. It’s also ideal for use with your favorite foam cannon, making it a great all-around, versatile car wash solution.

7. Microfiber Chenille Wash Mitt

If you’re planning to give your car the love and attention it deserves with a thorough hand-washing, you need the best tool for the job. Mothers Microfiber Chenille Wash Mitt is a cut above most others on the market. It features super plump, extra-long, high-density microfiber caterpillars that loosen, collect, and trap dirt and debris with ease. They hold tons of soap suds and give your car a pampered, non-abrasive wash.

This mitt also features a strong, knitted elastic cuff that helps it stay put on your hand during use. As an added bonus, it’s machine-washable for easy care and maintenance.

8. Wheel Brush

Your car’s wheels are their own entity when it comes to spring cleaning and care. They’re subject to the most debris, mud, snow, ice, salt, and damage than practically any other part of your car.

When you want to really give your wheels some love, you need a brush that can get down in all the nooks and crannies without scratching and causing more damage. Mothers’ Wheel Brush not only features long, extra soft, scratch-free bristles, it also has an ergonomic design and a comfortable grip for ease of use. The protective rubber bumper also helps to ensure you don’t scratch or damage wheels or paint when scrubbing hard. Works great on fender wells too!

9. Wax Attack II Polishing Kit

After giving your car the ultimate spring spa day, finish it off with a professional-grade polish and wax to make it really shine and protect it all spring and summer. The Mothers Wax Attack II Power-Pro Polisher paint correction system comes fully loaded with everything you need, including a high-quality random orbital polisher. The polisher is specially designed to minimize vibrations and provide a safe and smooth operation.

The kit also includes rubbing compound, three foam buffing pads, finishing polish, and synthetic wax. The rubbing compound removes heavy oxidation, water spots, scratches, and swirls, while the finishing polish refines and removes towel marks, swirls, hazing, and holograms, preparing the surface for waxing. The synthetic wax provides a long-lasting, durable seal and high gloss finish that guards against future contaminants and moisture for the ultimate in paint and finish protection.

There’s no doubt that winter driving can take a major toll on your car, but with these innovative products from Mothers and a couple of hours of your time, you can give your car a spring makeover that will make it look like you just drove it off the lot.