How to melt the clear coat off your vehicle!

minnesotaart

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2014 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD w/Tech

• Sep 4, 2015

• #1

Whoa, this is something I did not know! Very good to know here in MN where the mosquito is our unofficial state bird!

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/how-something-you-spray-on-your-kids-can-melt-your-128334848277.html

 

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MikeM.

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2013 Mazda CX-5 Touring AWD 2.0L

• Sep 4, 2015

• #2

That's good to know.

Thanks!(RTM)

 

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Tango2014

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2015 CX-5 Touring, FWD, Born: October 2014 Moon/BOSE

• Sep 4, 2015

• #3

minnesotaart said:

Whoa, this is something I did not know! Very good to know here in MN where the mosquito is our unofficial state bird!

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/how-something-you-spray-on-your-kids-can-melt-your-128334848277.html

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Whoa...INDEED!! Yikes! Good to know.....thanks for posting....

 

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dergibog

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Mazda CX-5 '14 GTw/Tech

• Sep 4, 2015

• #4

Yeah, I've heard you can spray mosquito spray with deet on a cloth and get the hazy fog off headlights. Same kina' idea me thinks.

 

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MikeM.

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2013 Mazda CX-5 Touring AWD 2.0L

• Sep 4, 2015

• #5

dergibog said:

Yeah, I've heard you can spray mosquito spray with deet on a cloth and get the hazy fog off headlights. Same kina' idea me thinks.

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Except if you read the attached story you would know that's probably a terrible idea.

 

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Unobtanium

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RDX Aspec Adv.

• Sep 4, 2015

• #6

Yeah, DEET in general does horrible with coatings and polymers. This is why the military tests things for compatibility with 100% DEET, and why MAGPUL tested their magazines to withstand it early on, which set them apart from many other polymer magazines at the time. DEET is a beast. Unless you are dealing with mil-spec polymers, such as furniture on an M4, PMAG's, etc....just keep DEET AWAY!

 

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dergibog

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Mazda CX-5 '14 GTw/Tech

• Sep 4, 2015

• #7

Where did I say personally that it w as a good Idea mike? Perhaps if you reread my post you would see that in fact I didn't say that.

 

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MikeM.

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2013 Mazda CX-5 Touring AWD 2.0L

• Sep 5, 2015

• #8

dergibog said:

Where did I say personally that it w as a good Idea mike? Perhaps if you reread my post you would see that in fact I didn't say that.

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Not sure why you would mention "I've heard you can spray mosquito spray with deet on a cloth and get the hazy fog off headlights." if you knew it was a terrible idea. I generally don't repeat bad ideas without acknowledging it's a bad idea.

Seems pretty straightforward to me.

 

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dergibog

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Mazda CX-5 '14 GTw/Tech

• Sep 5, 2015

• #9

Speak for yourself then. If I want your opinion I'll ask for it. You understand?
Feel free to skip over my posts if I hurt your feelings or you feel mislead.
Btw, didn't I already tell you to get bent?

 

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craigo

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2014 CX-5 GT FWD, 2015 Mazda 3 Touring

• Sep 7, 2015

• #10

Yep...DEET is quite the solvent. Keep it away from interior plastics also.