Does hand sanitiser damages your car? Read on how to prevent it. Due to COVID-19, we have been using hand sanitisers a lot. Though hand sanitisers are good for you, it is not good for your car.
Does hand sanitiser damages your car? Read on how to prevent it
This has also been told by the Ford engineers and have also warned that chemicals found on these products and also other sun creams is harmful for your car and it causes the interior to prematurely wear off.
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Hand sanitisers contain ethanol in them and high SPF sun creams contain titanium oxide which reacts with plastics and leather.
This leads to chemical reaction with your car interior and affect your car. So it is advisable that you wear gloves when you are driving during this lockdown.
Also make sure your skin is not touching your leather seat or you can use seat covers.
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But, it is more important to look after yourself than your car so protect yourself at all times.
Mark Montgomery, senior materials engineer at Ford’s Material Technology Centre, said: “From hand sanitisers to sun lotions to insect repellent, consumer trends are constantly changing, and new products are coming on to the market all the time.
Even the most innocuous seeming product can cause problems when they come into contact with surfaces hundreds and even thousands of times a year.”
