Friggin Love Bug Help
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05-17-2005, 11:27 AM
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Friggin Love Bug Help
Besides using a car bra, clear bra etc.
Is there anything you guys spray on the front grill and bumper to ease the job of removing those useless critters after a long highway ride down I-75. It took me about 2 hours last night, using bug and tar remover by turtle wax, immediately after the trip.
I hoping there may be some tricks you guys would be willing to share.
I hate those friggin things..
Is there anything you guys spray on the front grill and bumper to ease the job of removing those useless critters after a long highway ride down I-75. It took me about 2 hours last night, using bug and tar remover by turtle wax, immediately after the trip.
I hoping there may be some tricks you guys would be willing to share.
I hate those friggin things..
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05-17-2005, 11:51 AM
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05-17-2005, 12:45 PM
Like RBull said above - I soak them with a lot of water, let them sit, then soak them again. I repeat until they are nice and soft then I lightly run my hand over them to remove the majority of the 'bug.' When the bumper looks clear I gently wash with my mitt or a microfibre until the paint feels smooth. Then more wax.
You can always put a bug screen on your car - cheap and easy and won't really damage the front end. They work pretty well for love bugs but look dorky as hell. I'd rather spend a half hour in the driveway after the trip cleaning than look like a dork with a screen on the front of my G.
You can always put a bug screen on your car - cheap and easy and won't really damage the front end. They work pretty well for love bugs but look dorky as hell. I'd rather spend a half hour in the driveway after the trip cleaning than look like a dork with a screen on the front of my G.
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05-17-2005, 06:20 PM
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This just began to get discussed in another topic in the exterior section.
Here is what I said in that thread....
I'd like to take this time and go ahead and warn people again that it will soon be time for "LoveBugs" to come into full force. I made a post about this around this time last year [closer to August]; these "LoveBugs" are small and black with either a red or orange dot their backs and fly around mating constantly. These multiply VERY fast and are especially bad in the southern states [Texas to Florida] - created in at a University in Florida they were originally used to eat misquitoes but the University didn't anticipate their rate of reproduction...These small bugs are only harmless if left on the car for extended [week or so] periods of time because they contain an acid within them [like many other bugs also] and if not washed off in time will actually take the paint with them when you go to scrubbing on them [and we all know how great Infiniti paint is from the start].
As for the solution. Try water and baking soda [especially to get the "LoveBugs" off- acid and base = neutral] in a spray bottle and most bugs should come right off. Let the solution sit for awhile on the car [just a few minutes- wash something else while you wait] If the bugs still do not come off richen up the mixture alittle but with more baking soda. Not everything will come off with this but most should; nothing alittle more elbow grease wouldn't hurt.
Here is what I said in that thread....
I'd like to take this time and go ahead and warn people again that it will soon be time for "LoveBugs" to come into full force. I made a post about this around this time last year [closer to August]; these "LoveBugs" are small and black with either a red or orange dot their backs and fly around mating constantly. These multiply VERY fast and are especially bad in the southern states [Texas to Florida] - created in at a University in Florida they were originally used to eat misquitoes but the University didn't anticipate their rate of reproduction...These small bugs are only harmless if left on the car for extended [week or so] periods of time because they contain an acid within them [like many other bugs also] and if not washed off in time will actually take the paint with them when you go to scrubbing on them [and we all know how great Infiniti paint is from the start].
As for the solution. Try water and baking soda [especially to get the "LoveBugs" off- acid and base = neutral] in a spray bottle and most bugs should come right off. Let the solution sit for awhile on the car [just a few minutes- wash something else while you wait] If the bugs still do not come off richen up the mixture alittle but with more baking soda. Not everything will come off with this but most should; nothing alittle more elbow grease wouldn't hurt.
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