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Old 10-26-2012, 06:26 AM   #1
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What's the best way to deal with bugs?

bugs on the vehicle, what are the best way you guys have found to deal with this?
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Old 10-26-2012, 06:34 AM   #2
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Re: What's the best way to deal with bugs?

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Old 10-26-2012, 06:36 AM   #3
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Re: What's the best way to deal with bugs?

I was looking at that earlier, did you like it?
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Old 10-26-2012, 06:51 AM   #4
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Re: What's the best way to deal with bugs?

If the bugs are completely baked on...

First, cross your fingers the acid inside of their guts hasn't already etched through the clear layer of paint. I see this all the time and the only way to fix it is to repaint the affected area.


Second, if the bug splatter is completely dried onto the paint, then here's a way to remove them safely and that's by liquefying the splatter. It's NOT fast, but it is SAFE.


Here's something I posted in 2005, the idea being to use the towel to hold the moisture onto the paint and thus the bug splatter where it can go to work softening and loosening the splatter. A large beach towel works well for this...

This was my Honda Pilot in our garage where I would also wash the garage because it's pretty hard to wash a car in the desert without the dry heat or the wind drying water before you can dry your car.

Take a wash rag and saturate it with water or your car wash solution.




Place the wet wash rag on top of the dried bug splatter and allow it to sit for a few minutes. A variation of this would be to use warm/hot water.




To speed up the process, apply some gentle pressure while drinking a cold soft drink and if need be, hum or whistle a little diddy.





A variation of the above but for a larger area would be to use a larger cloth such as a bath towel. Saturate a clean, soft 100% cotton towel with water and place it over the affected area.






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Re: What's the best way to deal with bugs?

I use the sponge on my DD after presoaking the bugs with a mild APC like OPC diluted 3:1. On my Cobra I use the Mike Phillips method of using microfibers soaked in waterless wash. I apply them to the area and let the waterless solution soak in. The bugs pretty much wipe away after 10 minutes. I now use this method to help with tree sap removal too.
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Damn, Mike beat me too it... regardless his method works. I give credit where credit is due
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Re: What's the best way to deal with bugs?

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I was looking at that earlier, did you like it?
Yeah it works well. Make sure to use it w/ plenty of soapy water. It's a weird thing to use the first time b/c of the texture of it, you would think it would scratch the sh** out of the paint.
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Re: What's the best way to deal with bugs?

This one seems to possess a boatload of possibilities and should prove to be a nice solution!

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This one seems to possess a boatload of possibilities and should prove to be a nice solution!

Safe Scrub & Polishing Towel, microfiber towels, detailing towels, polishing cloths, bug removal towels


Dang... forgot about this towel.

Good option for both soaking and removing...


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Re: What's the best way to deal with bugs?

So wet dryer sheets are not good?
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