Bug removal
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What kind of bugs? Not that it matters, just curious. We get the infamous Love Bugs normally twice a year.
Ugh...
Mike
Ugh...
Mike
Mostly small, but I’m not sure the type honestly. Every type of bug from Cincinnati to Milwaukee and back. Looks mostly like mosquitoes.
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Gotcha. One technique I've used for the times I've had the entire front end of a car covered with bugs is I take a large bath towel or a large beach towel and carefully tape it to the hood, so the towel drapes down over the front vertical surfaces, like paint, chrome, plastic headlights, etc.
Then I mist the towel with water until it's saturated. This Wet Towel Technique holds water against dead, dried bugs so that the water can do what it naturally does - soften.
If you just spray the car with water, gravity takes over and the water runs off the car. The towel holds the water against these vertical surfaces. Then I do something else, like clean the wheels and tires and then come back, remove the towel and blast whatever bugs are remaining with the Jet setting on most sprayers or of course, a pressure wash if you have one.
Anything leftover? Now use an insect remover. Dr. Beasley's has on in their line, but to date, I simply have not had any bug-splattered cars to test it out.
My other technique goes like this, if I know I have to make a trip during bug season in Florida, I rent a cheap car from Enterprise and use it instead of my own car. I let the rental car take the hit.
Mike
I use a similar technique to Mike:
I wet thin microfiber towels my wash solution, then place them over the 'buggy' areas for about 10 minutes. If it was a corrected car, I would carefully remove the towels and clean with a better grade of towel. If it was not corrected, I flip to the clean side of the towel and wipe the area. This even works on love bugs.
I wet thin microfiber towels my wash solution, then place them over the 'buggy' areas for about 10 minutes. If it was a corrected car, I would carefully remove the towels and clean with a better grade of towel. If it was not corrected, I flip to the clean side of the towel and wipe the area. This even works on love bugs.