Poured Gasoline on Car.

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BMW645

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Hello. I went to a Shell station to fill up with 93. There must have been something wrong with the pump, because as I was about to place the nozzle into the car like I normally do, about a half glass of gasoline poured out and onto the sides of my car.



I was rather upset, because I just waxed my car yesterday with FK1 2180 (Ultra Poly Wipe Sealant). I had the bottle in my trunk and a MF towel too, so I was able to reapply over the spilt area.



My question is, does gasoline strip wax/sealant?
 
Joshua312 said:
Did you clean the area at all before applying the 2180?
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Yeah, I waited about an hour for the gasoline to evaporate, I wiped the area with the MF towel, and with another area, applied 2180. I don't think that's good enough, so I'll probably revisit the area later this week. I just wanted a "stop gap" solution at the time.
 
BMW645 said:
Yeah, I waited about an hour for the gasoline to evaporate, I wiped the area with the MF towel, and with another area, applied 2180. I don't think that's good enough, so I'll probably revisit the area later this week. I just wanted a "stop gap" solution at the time.
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You should be fine, especially if you had just waxed it. Gasoline can stain a vehicle if left on to long, but if attended to right away it shouldn't be a problem. Worst case scenario, a little polish topped with your sealant and you're good to go. In the future it would be best to wash immediately and not let it evaporate though.
 
Yeah, you should be fine. But as 94BlkStang said, letting it evaporate isn't what you want to do should it happen again. You want to minimize the dwell-time so the gas doesn't have so long to do its solvent-action thing on your finish, and letting it evaporate basically *maximizes* the dwell-time, the exact opposite of what you want. The longer the gas is on there the greater the chance it'll do something to your sealant.



If you can't rush home and wash it (that's what I did last time it happened to me), then I'd flush the area with plenty of QD and wipe it very gently. At least the QD would dilute the gas and it won't just be sitting on the finish eating away at your sealant.
 
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