Help me conquer bugs!

[BugZero]

So, I bought a PC Buffer and a big kit of Wolfgang products to smooth out the swirl mark problem I was having and it worked GREAT!

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww168/mgmaness/IMG_20100910_155751.jpg

Problem is, a few weeks later the car still looks GREAT, except for any place that gets blasted with bugs.

They're leaving behind dull filmy looking spots that look kind of like when adhesive gets leftover from peeling off a sticker.

I have the Safe Scrub Bug pad, and that works to get the bugs off really well, but it still leaves the residue behind. It takes several lather, scrub, and rinse cycles with a wash mitt to get the majority of residue off, but there still seems to be some stubborn spots that just refuse to budge.

I use an Ulti-Mitt, with DP foam shampoo from a foam gun to wash.

Any suggestions on how to resolve this problem? I swear the bugs around here are from another planet.

[Mike Phillips]

They're leaving behind dull filmy looking spots that look kind of like when adhesive gets leftover from peeling off a sticker.




Let's hope what your seeing is actual bug guts splatter "on" the paint and not an etching "in" the paint from the acids inside the bug guts. If bug splatter is not removed quickly the paint will become etched and removing he etching will be the same as removing a scratch, that is you'll have to compound the paint.

I see bug splatter etching on paint all the time that have gone through the clear to the basecoat and at this point the only fix is a new paint job.

That's the risk of owning something new and nice if you live where there are a lot of bugs like the Love Bug.


I wrote this in 2010, check out the photography...

How-To: Diamondite Bug Eraser™ Waterless Bug Remover (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/diamondite/26358-how-diamondite-bug-eraser-waterless-bug-remover.html)

Bug Spatter can actually eat through and remove paint if left on too long...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/719/BugBGoneTest003.jpg



:xyxthumbs:

[BugZero]

Hmmm... if it's etching, that's not too big a hassle, I can buff the problem areas again.

If that's the case, what can I do preventively (other than a bra) after buffing to keep it from doing it again?

3 days a week I have to make a 30 mile drive during prime bug party time (dusk) for work. Should I just be prepared for a quick wash or some sort of spray-on-wipe-off something when I get home from that drive immediately instead of waiting for my weekend wash?

How often is safe to use the Bug Eraser like in the link you posted?

[Mike Phillips]

Hmmm... if it's etching, that's not too big a hassle, I can buff the problem areas again.

If that's the case, what can I do preventively (other than a bra) after buffing to keep it from doing it again?

3 days a week I have to make a 30 mile drive during prime bug party time (dusk) for work. Should I just be prepared for a quick wash or some sort of spray-on-wipe-off something when I get home from that drive immediately instead of waiting for my weekend wash?

How often is safe to use the Bug Eraser like in the link you posted?


I would highly recommend being prepared for a quick wash or spray to get the bug splatter off as soon as you pull of the road. Serious.

My truck doesn't have much vertical paint in the front of it so I don't ever have to deal with a lot of bug splatter issues. Lucky me...



:)

[bulldog shine]

How about this for bug splatter?


http://okeechobee.ifas.ufl.edu/images/ar118022326231363.jpg

[Webb]

Cars do better job in killing bugs than birds...:dblthumb2:

[RMM]

How about this for bug splatter?


I suppose the radiator's performance is impaired after that bug slaughter...