[Mazz]

Houston was iced in this morn, most schools closed, accidents everywhere, overheads & bridges frozen. Noted on the local TV news trucks were spraying a chemical, calcium magnesium they said, on many roads.

This happens maybe once every 10 years here, so I'm not familiar with it. Bad for our rides? Do I need to go wash under the car with a pressure washer once it warms up?

 

[dmention7]

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trucks were spraying a chemical, calcium magnesium they said, on many roads.
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...otherwise known to those of us in snowier climes as "road salt". It's not gonna kill your paint, but I'd get a carwash as soon as it's convenient--preferably one that sprays down your undercarriage.

 

[DrWebster]

What I'd like to know is if that de-icer washer fluid is harmful to the paint...I think there's alcohol in it.

 

[velo3gt]

Well after years of using deicing windshield washer fluid normally i have not noticed any paint peeling away at the front window from overspray etc. I've used a jug for those days when the wipers are in an inch of ice before, as well as a trunk that was frozen shut, no probs.

Kev.

 

[dmention7]

The deicer fluid uses methanol but it's a pretty small percentage. I have to believe that if that stuff was more than minutely harmful to car paint, that nobody would sell it.

 

[maudi3]

My guess is that it will remove wax pretty easily but shouldn't be very harmful to the paint.