Bugs!

[Eddie6th]

Hi everyone,I find bug removal is easy on my old civic,but difficult on my new insight. Old hard paint? v New paint? With the hot weather they seem to get stuck into the new surface and difficult to remove..(it's almost as if they are melted into the clear coat). I don't find this problem with my older car.

Anybody...?????

[BDL1127]

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its possible that its because the civic is waxed so the bugs come off easier and the insight has no wax/sealant yet

[SHYNEMAN123]

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Hi everyone,I find bug removal is easy on my old civic,but difficult on my new insight. Old hard paint? v New paint? With the hot weather they seem to get stuck into the new surface and difficult to remove..(it's almost as if they are melted into the clear coat). I don't find this problem with my older car.

Anybody...?????

What are the colors of your cars ?

[xantonin]

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Yeah I was gonna ask the same, I bet it's due to the color.

If my assumptions are correct, darker colors will get hotter from the sun and bake the bugs into your paint.

[Eddie6th]

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The new car is waxed. The civic is medium met. blue. The new car is black.

[Eddie6th]

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xantonin seems to have a logical answer to this.

Will read your replies tonight......Time for school! Aaaagggggh!

[SHYNEMAN123]

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The new car is waxed. The civic is medium met. blue. The new car is black.

The surface temp on the black will be higher and the paint will become softer allowing deeper penetration of bug and bug juice. Try removing them when surface is cool and not in direct sunlight

[Eddie6th]

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Okay,thanks fellas.cooler tempk. I never do in the sun anyway.

[Markus Kleis]

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I hope to have a video up very soon (still editing) that will show what I am about to say, but it is pretty simple.

Fill a bucket with your traditional car wash and water (use warm water if possible), and then drop a few microfiber towels into the bucket.

Make sure the vehicle is cool to the touch, and working in shade (preferably in a garage).

Take the towels out of the car wash solution and lay them flat on the hood and over the front of the car. Let it soak for a minute or more if possible. Then gently pick them up, put them in the bucket and move it around a bit... and repeat.

After you soak the areas covered in bugs, go back with a quick detailer spray of choice. Even though UQD isn't really a cleaning spray, on relatively fresh bugs it works great. For old stuck on stuff I would stick to Last Touch or NXT Speed Detailer. Then gently wipe everything away while using the QD as a lubricating agent.

I just did it 3 times and it worked like a charm every time.

*The bonus to this method is that it should eliminate the need to scrub, and thus eliminate one of the major sources of swirls. The bugs should fall off after soaking.

[Eddie6th]

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Thankyou Mark,that is a fantastic tip.I'll do that! I've got loads of supreme shine micros. i did forget to mention that my dad parked the new car under some trees one day(he avoids the trees now),and the resin from the seeds of this particular type of tree did the same.(Can't tell you what type of tree.I'm not a tree surgeon!).But they were very messy,like spots of glue.Anyway,i'll know what to do from now on.I'll let you know how i get on.

[ClearlyCoated]

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You think you have problems? My car was commandeered early this morning by a swarm of drunken bees for use as a vomitorium and left scores of little yellow-green bee puke spots all over the finish. In no way am I an insectophobe, but I find my self enjoying "Starship Troopers" and the "Men In Black" movies more and more...

[Blueline]

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Can clay be used to remove bugs? Have a bunch of the little critters on my front bumper and mirror pods from my drive to CT this weekend.
Thanks.

[Mike Phillips]

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Fill a bucket with your traditional car wash and water (use warm water if possible), and then drop a few microfiber towels into the bucket.


Take the towels out of the car wash solution and lay them flat on the hood and over the front of the car. Let it soak for a minute or more if possible. Then gently pick them up, put them in the bucket and move it around a bit... and repeat.


*The bonus to this method is that it should eliminate the need to scrub, and thus eliminate one of the major sources of swirls. The bugs should fall off after soaking.

Thankyou Mark,that is a fantastic tip.

Here's that tip with pictures as posted back in 2005

Bugs Bugs and more Bugs (The below is on the second page)

This tip was given to me by a forum member who attended one of our Saturday Detailing classes, I can't remember his name but I think he's a friend of Buellwinkle?

If you have dried on bug splatter, typically on the front of your car where they impact, and you want to loosen and remove the splatter without having to scrub the area with force as so not to instill any scratches into your finish, what you need to do is to soften or re-liquefy the dried bug guts.

Here is the sugggestion...

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.




Another variation of this would be to apply some Meguiar's Bug and Tar Remover to the wet wash rag before applying it to the dried bug splatter.



After a few minutes have passed give the area a gentle wipe-off and the bug splatter should remove easily. Then either wash the car as normal or wipe the area down with a quick detailer.

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.








Allow the wet towel to sit for a short period of time and then remove the towel and wash as normal or wipe the area down with a quick detailer.
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[Markus Kleis]

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..and to think I thought I came up with a great idea all on my own

I still maintain that at the time I did think of trying it on my own due to the limited supplies on hand!

[xantonin]

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I have to highly recommend the above methods

I got a bird dropping while at work on my car the day after I JUST cleaned, polished, and waxed my hood.

After I went home, I sprayed the area with Quik Detailer. Then I soaked a MF cloth in burning hot water and wrung it out slightly so it wasn't dripping. I folded it in 4 then placed it on the dropped and every few minutes put some light pressure on it to ensure it was soaking through.

I dunno how much time passed, but when I moved the MF cloth the dropping went with it. No effort it just slide off with the MF cloth. I didn't use car wash since I didn't feel like mixing any and warming it up, the quik detailer seemed to do the job.