Damn bug splatters, anyone have a trick to gettinem off

[TacBear]

If you get bugs on the front of your car, you need to wash them off ASAP! I never put my car in the garage without taking my wash mit spraying the front with a spray bottle that has car wash soap and water in it, then use the mit to get the bugs off. The of course rinse. Pam works good but collects dirt (my car is white). If they are hard to get off spray them with WD 40 and let it soak, then wash them with car wash soap. The best way to keep them off is to never get them on in the first place. How? you ask. I use clear plastic shelf paper from Walmart, just cut it to fit, peel the backing off then smooth it onto your car, works good for the area behind your rear wheels on "Track Day". This is just temporary, don't leave it on over a week and if it gets wet it will leave a residue (water soluable and easy to remove). The stuff is $6.00 a roll and it works good for covering your fenders when you work on your car. I am working on coming up with a product that you can leave on indefinately and never leaves a residue, but so far clear plastic shelf paper from Walmart is what I use P.S. It works real good during the summer before a Car Show--you wash and wax your car and put the plastic over your bumper cover, so when you get to the show all you have to do is peel it off and you are ready to show your "Baby" off!!

 

[White Stang]

Believe it or not if you spray the front end with a light coating of pam cooking spray before going out the bug splatter will wash right off with very little scrubing....makes getting the critters off alot easier....

I have to try that

 

[y2kstang grl]

fantastic or castrol super clean

 

[Mustangl3]

If you get bugs on the front of your car, you need to wash them off ASAP! I never put my car in the garage without taking my wash mit spraying the front with a spray bottle that has car wash soap and water in it, then use the mit to get the bugs off. The of course rinse. Pam works good but collects dirt (my car is white). If they are hard to get off spray them with WD 40 and let it soak, then wash them with car wash soap. The best way to keep them off is to never get them on in the first place. How? you ask. I use clear plastic shelf paper from Walmart, just cut it to fit, peel the backing off then smooth it onto your car, works good for the area behind your rear wheels on "Track Day". This is just temporary, don't leave it on over a week and if it gets wet it will leave a residue (water soluable and easy to remove). The stuff is $6.00 a roll and it works good for covering your fenders when you work on your car. I am working on coming up with a product that you can leave on indefinately and never leaves a residue, but so far clear plastic shelf paper from Walmart is what I use P.S. It works real good during the summer before a Car Show--you wash and wax your car and put the plastic over your bumper cover, so when you get to the show all you have to do is peel it off and you are ready to show your "Baby" off!!

3M and a couple aother companies already make clear covers that a specifically cut for ur car and can be left on

 

[tjm73]

i live in south texas so every tiem i drive around i get about 10 billion bug splatters on my front end. Well i washed my car last week and it seemed like i had to sit there for like 20 mins and scrub the damn thigns off with a brush to get all that crud off. Anyone know if there is a formula for gettin that **** off a little easier?

We get alot of bugs in Upstate NY too. The BEST thign to take bugs off no matter how long they have been stuck to your car is a mixture of baking soda and water. Sounds crazy, but hear me out. You mix the baking soda and water to the consistency of wet toothpaste. Take a clean cotton cloth and dip it in the mixture. Gently wipe the mixture over the bugs in straight lines. Don't do circles (with this or anything especially wax - it puts swirl marks in the clearcoat). After you have done this, rinse and most bugs will be gone. Repeat 2 maybe 3 times and your car will be bug free. When you are satisfied, wash and wax the car. I wash my car like this every Spring. and once or twice in the Summer. Makes the car look like a million bucks.

BTW this is the trick we use at my Fathers Ford Delaership when we get cars with lots of bugs on them. It costs virtually nothing.

 

[TacBear]

3M and a couple aother companies already make clear covers that a specifically cut for ur car and can be left on

Yes they do, but on a white car like mine it gets brown around the edges after a year or so and it is very $$$$$$$.

 

[clm1545]

Try the Meguiars Tech Wax (blue bottle or can) 2 good coats and the bugs will wash right off. Plus you don't have to rewax everytime you wash the car.

 

[ssbauer]

After washing (before wax), I use Klasse All-In-One. It is polish that leaves an acrylic layer of protection. I have never had a sticky bug problem using it.

 

[DogVomit]

Love bugs are the worst. In Florida, those little bastards are everywhere at certain times of the year. They eat through the paint.

NASTY little bastards and bitches... they're hooked together, males and females.

Faulkers!

 

[ukgtguy]

Clay Magic. I just about got done polishing a zillion tiny paint spatters off every panel of my imported GT; and that stuff was HARD. The few bugs I came across along the way just lifted like they weren't even there. And best of all it's left the clear coat like glass.