REVIEW: BLACKFIRE Bug Remover by Mike Phillips

[Mike Phillips]

REVIEW: BLACKFIRE Bug Remover by Mike Phillips


BLACKFIRE Bug Remover



Bugs be nasty!





Can't swerve around them.... so accept that you're going to take a few out... (sorry PETA)





What you need
You need to get bugs OFF before they can cause damage to the clearcoat on you car. Why? Because in most cases, the acid in the guts of a bug if allowed to dwell on your car's precious thin paint for too long will EAT RIGHT THROUGH THE CLEARCOAT and make your car's paint look UGLY!

Guess how you fix it?

You pay to have the front clip of your car re-painted. --> $$$$

How much will it cost? Big bucks. It will cost enough that most people won't pay to repaint so instead they'll drive around their cool car with bug splatter etchings all over the front end of their car for as long as they own their car. Then they'll join a forum like this one and complain about how to get compound, polish and wax splatter stains out of the splatter craters all over the front clip of their car. They won't like the answer either. Because the answer is there's no way to fix the problem except repaint the front clip of the car. And there you go... Catch-22.

How about this idea instead?

Get yourself some bug remover and then pack some CLEAN microfiber towels in a clean plastic bag and store both inside your car. Then ANYTIME you drive anywhere during bug season - pull over once in a while at a gas station or rest stop and get your bug remover and clean towles out and wipe off the dead bug bodies BEFORE the acid in their bug guts can eat through your car's clearcoat.

It's a hell of a lot cheaper than paying to repaint the front clip of your car and it's better than complaining about how ugly the front clip of your car looks for as long as you continue to drive the bug splattered and bug-etched car. Your choice. The remedy I just outlined is simple, cheap and doable by most car owners.


How to use BLACKFIRE Bug Remover

Step 1: Spray BLACKFIRE Bug Remover to the paint covered with dead bug carcasses.













Step 2: Using a clean, dry microfiber towel, wipe the bug remover and softened dead bug bodies and all their gross bodily fluids off the paint. Feel free to wear some nitrile gloves if this type of thing bugs you.







There you... it's not rocket science. Dead bugs and all their corrosive juices are off the paint and you can continue motoring down the road.







Before





After






Works good.... simple to use.




I'll let Paul get the other side...






On Autogeek.com


BLACKFIRE Bug Remover

BLACKFIRE Bug Remover 128 oz.

Blue All Purpose Microfiber Towels - 3 Pack - $7.99

Orange Heavy Duty Nitrile Gloves

[Mike Phillips]

***Update***


Now available on Autogeek.com

[Mike Phillips]

Contineud....


Here's a video Yancy and I shot last week. This is the same car I used for taking pictures for my review. Basically we cleaned the center portion for the video and then I used the driver's side for pictures to test out and write about this new product.





There's one comment on the YouTube page, here's what it says,



rosekberlin - 18 minutes ago

no cut - no fake

[The Guz]

Thanks for the review Mike. Looks easy enough to use with great results.

[Mike Phillips]

Thanks for the review Mike. Looks easy enough to use with great results.

Best thing to do in my experience is either take products like this and plenty of towels and clean bugs off as fast as you can get to it....

Or if driving long distance during bug season... rent a car.

[LEDetailing]

Mike,

Can you clarify something I heard regarding bird droppings etching paint as it relates to bug guts etching paint. I cannot recall the source where I heard this but it sounded plausible.

It was said that the acidity of bird droppings doesn’t cause the etching as much as the expansion and contraction of the clear coat/paint around the dropping. With that line of thinking. Does the dead bug guts acidity sitting on the paint have less of an impact or is it the expansion and contraction of the paint around the bug guts that causes the etching?

Signed,
Concerned in sub-freezing February, not a bug for two months Wisconsin.

[Avid]

Is this safe to use on Diamond Shield? Thanks!