Alcohol left a haze

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ernman

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The following information is from my wife who spoke to her sister. She was driving down the highway when a truck in front of her hit a deer. They got blood all over there car and by the time they were able to try and remove it wouldn’t wash off. Her husband used rubbing alcohol to remove the blood, now she called and said the paint has a hazy “film” on it and would like to know if I can get it out.

Since I have never ran across this before, does anyone know if the “film” will polish off?
 
It will wipe off. To be safe I would just do a traditional wash, then inspect the paint. Should be just fine though.
 
What's happening is the alcohol is evaporating very quickly redepositing the contamination and debris back to the surface. From what you've described just use your favorite car wash and give the finish a thorough washing then rinse..:bigups
 
On softer paints and most notably on dark colors I have also seen IPA wipe down leave a light haze that wouldn't wipe off but needed to be polished out.

Not sure if it was from the IPA or the towel that was used. Alcohol is a solvent but not the best lubricant.
 
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