How do I keep bugs from sticking?
05-15-2007, 04:06 PM
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How do I keep bugs from sticking?
I'm heading to a DE this weekend and it's bug season around here! Is there a simple way to mask the front of my car (mainly bumper and mirrors) to allow for quick and easy removal of bugs? (I'm not interested in getting a car bra, nor do I want to drive 70 miles in a red car with a blue nose (i.e. masking tape). Are there any waxes, sprays, or other simple coatings that I can easily rinse off along with the bugs?
05-15-2007, 04:29 PM
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Giots Garage has a spray on bra that many have tried but I do not know the effectiveness of it. Once when we went to College Station here in TX the bugs were so bad that I went to the grocery store and bought Pam and sprayed the front of the car. A big mess but it worked. The bugs were so bad that the races had to be cut down to 10 minutes because the bugs were clogging up radiators and over heating the cars 
05-15-2007, 05:29 PM
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Use Pam or something similar...Spray a light coating and then wipe it off when you get to where you are. Dont let it cook in the sun. You can always respray b4 your return trip
05-15-2007, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Choi
wax on, wax off
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05-15-2007, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven C.
My car was slicker than a babie's b.... did not help. We are talking BUGS! Between two people talking maybe 1,000...in your eyes and ears...everywhere
I love the Pam idea - that is smart.
05-15-2007, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by rcg412
Steve: cicadas?
Don't try this at home 
I opened the hatch of my 928 to get my gear out and about 500 of them ended up in the car. In the motel room....everywhere! I stopped at a car wash half way home to clean the radiator of the 928 out for the drive home. The following year we had crickets but not as many.
05-15-2007, 06:01 PM
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mmmmmmm Pam on auto paint in sunshine - I'm not loving the way that sounds!
The spray on bra sounds interesting - saw a demo video - looked cool
Other than that - use a decent sealant on the car instead of wax, and wash the bugs off as soon as you can!
The spray on bra sounds interesting - saw a demo video - looked cool
Other than that - use a decent sealant on the car instead of wax, and wash the bugs off as soon as you can!
05-15-2007, 06:03 PM
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Here you go - manufacturers demo video online here:
http://www.duplicolor.com/training/shield_training.html
http://www.duplicolor.com/training/shield_training.html
05-15-2007, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven C.
No Love bugs...or that is what we call them? Two bugs screwing, flying around stuck together doing it Don't try this at home I opened the hatch of my 928 to get my gear out and about 500 of them ended up in the car. In the motel room....everywhere! I stopped at a car wash half way home to clean the radiator of the 928 out for the drive home. The following year we had crickets but not as many.
Don't try this at home I opened the hatch of my 928 to get my gear out and about 500 of them ended up in the car. In the motel room....everywhere! I stopped at a car wash half way home to clean the radiator of the 928 out for the drive home. The following year we had crickets but not as many.
