"best" bug carcass remover?

Chas · 08-28-04, 04:06 PM

there is alot of bugs on the front end of my car...my non vette...my daughter drove Rt. 2 to Cedar Point...lots of swampy areas for the little splatters at night.....
what is the best way to remove them without removing the finish?
I lost some data on my hard drive...( i forgot!)...seems to me that @the CAC cruise fest he talked about bug removal...am i thinking butter here?
maybe one of the lucky guys that have the dvd could pass along some help...
Thanks all...i have the whole seminar on digital video , but i dont have the tape!
Maybe some day.....
Thanks for the assist,
Chas

reefdiver · 08-28-04, 06:22 PM

I use Mother's tar and bug remover, seems to work pretty well. I also carry Mother's bug & tar remover wipes in the vette. Helps gettin those splattered critters off when I go to a show. After I use that I spray a little Mother's Showtime car detailer on it to get a nice shine back.

Chas · 08-28-04, 06:36 PM

I will give that a shot..Chas

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Originally Posted by reefdiver

I use Mother's tar and bug remover, seems to work pretty well. I also carry Mother's bug & tar remover wipes in the vette. Helps gettin those splattered critters off when I go to a show. After I use that I spray a little Mother's Showtime car detailer on it to get a nice shine back.

Aurora40 · 08-29-04, 04:49 PM

Meguiar's also makes a nice cleaner. The Gold Class Bug & Tar Remover. It is pretty mild, which is what I like about it. I'd guess Mother's might be similar. But then that means bugs and tar must be fairly fresh, and you need to give them 30-120 seconds or so to work on the bug guts. Remove what you can with the wash, then try something mild like that. Clay can also help. If mild ones don't cut it, time to step up to more solventy stuff that may temporarily dull the finish a bit. Stay away from the $.99 stuff at the parts stores. They generally don't remove anything but a dollar from your pocket.

As an FYI, you can use a product like ProWax's Bug Guard prior to such trips. I've just started using it, and bugs just wash right off. The Bug Guard forms a temporary barrier, and once you hose it down, it starts to break up taking the bugs with it. This also means the Bug Guard won't last through a rain, though. It's a short-term solution but is quite good when used within its capabilities.

vetteboy86 · 09-01-04, 11:50 PM

Chas,

Did you get the car cleaned yet. I think that mike said you use peanut butter on that kind of stuff. However we used 3M general purpose adhesive remover on our non vette to remove tar. It worked well. I will have to view that dvd. i also think he said you could clay it.

Craig

Aurora40 · 09-02-04, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by vetteboy86

However we used 3M general purpose adhesive remover on our non vette to remove tar. It worked well. I will have to view that dvd. i also think he said you could clay it.

I've tried 3M Adhesive, Tar, & Wax Remover on bugs before with very little success. The stuff works amazingly on tar, melts it right off, but for me it was very ineffective on bug guts.