So a female friend of mine saw on a facebook 5 minuets crafts to use DEET on headlights to "restore" them to like new condition. Car in question is a Toyota with halogen headlights. They sprayed deet bug spray right onto the headlights, they turned 50 times worse to a extremely cloudy white haze after a rain storm. I could not remove the haze, as it felt like the headlights melted or something and became extremely tacky. But nothing i had in the shop would take off this white haze, So i had to use more deet on a microfiber to buff and remove the white haze, and they did turn back to clear, then used a headlight restore kit to with a buffing wax/cleaner, then finished it up with a coat of sealant, but im not too hopeful that the results will last. I think they now need new headlights, or a extreme sanding, and buffing, and spayed with a sealant.
Long story short do not use deet, esp sprayed directly to headlights to "restore" your headlights. You will be extremely sorry, and will have to either replace your headlights, or get a headlight restore kit and sand them down. The results will probably not even last because the headlights are damage from the deet.
Long story short do not use deet, esp sprayed directly to headlights to "restore" your headlights. You will be extremely sorry, and will have to either replace your headlights, or get a headlight restore kit and sand them down. The results will probably not even last because the headlights are damage from the deet.