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Someone mentioned the other day that they had never heard of using Mr. Clean to remove the rotting corpses of dead bugs you kill on a happy highway run.
The organic material of dead bugs effectively welds itself to the finish of pretty much any car. Ceramic coating most certainly helps, but for those with clear bras or those running nothing, you know how irritating it is trying to get that material off the car.
A few years back, a buddy of mine who is a chemical engineer told me about how Mr. Clean contained a compound (insert engineery technical explanation here) would break down the organic matter within the dead bugs and allow you to effectively wipe it clean with no shadows of former bugs remaining.
As I just spent 2000kms killing bugs in plus 30c weather, they were very well bonded to the car and windshield.
I dilute it in a little water, wipe it on, let it sit for a couple of minutes, wash it off, voila, bugs be gone...
Personally, I have never noticed that - it is fundamentally a cleaner, so one would think that yes it would. However, I wax the car once a year and usually clean it with Amour All ceramic wash, so I think a little application once in awhile wouldn't hurt it.
I have used this solution on all my motors - no problems.
Any word on it's effectiveness on love bugs? The ONLY thing that works for me and my fellow S. FL people are dryer sheets.
Yes, works wonders - up north Alberta we have a bug called a Tar Sand Beetle - a particularly obnoxious insect with a hard shell and gooey insides - wipes 'em right off.
Yes, works wonders - up north Alberta we have a bug called a Tar Sand Beetle - a particularly obnoxious insect with a hard shell and gooey insides - wipes 'em right off.
My pleasure; I do not know what the specific sorcery is that makes this stuff so good, but I gave up on all of those products too - I suppose it could be a form of marketing, and likely the makers of 'bug/tar/small child' removal products would like you to keep buying them, hence why they do not work as well.
Mr. Clean on the other hand is marketed as a household cleaner with no cross affiliation with the automotive world.
I think it was me asking about bug stuff, and someone said Mr Clean. Instead of scubbing it off, just dropped it off at detail shop to get new PPF on and detail, still covered in bugs. They can just peel them off this time. For future though, this is good to know.
Mr Clean magic eraser work wonders too on certain applications.
The eraser works great at removing the dried white residue from wax if you get some on any black plastic trim on the front and rear bumpers. Works like magic.
08-23-2022, 03:26 PM
Mr. Clean versus caked on dead bugs...
