I was chatting to a neighbour this morning who was prepping a couple of his vehicles for a show this weekend (he's a classic VW fan). He was wearing surgical gloves to polish the engine bay of a combi (Ian will know what I mean).
He told me that he'd been using them ever since reading an article where a guy had lost a finger after car polish entered an open cut while polishing his car.
I know that petroleum distillates can cause dermatitis etc. etc. but a quick web search didn't pick up any reference to the lost-finger case.
Is this another urban legend or has anyone else seen believable reports ?
Kevin...
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Perhaps this guy was polishing the engine with it running and got too near the fan...
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I didn't realise that this was so popular as to attract a fan, do you think that he or she bit off the finger?
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There are no components in car polish that are toxic. The regulations on what can be put into products like this are strictly controlled.
Andy
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Don't know about Car Polish being non toxic, Polish Vodka is.
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Don't drink either!
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Don't spill the Polish stuff on the bodywork.
Macedonian Tikfesh can melt plastics.
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