Removing Dead bugs n stuff.....

[Neo_VR]

...... you know the ones that have deeply splattered/ingrained on the front bumper of the car? they wont come off with heavy sponge action, and am trying to clean the car to apply a winter layer of swissol this weekend. help appreciated

[ventmore]

A clay bar should take em off a treat.

Cheers

Ventmore

[dsemuk]

A clay bar should take em off a treat.

Cheers

Ventmore

What is a clay bar heard it mentioned several times.

Maybe I would know if I cleaned my car more often

[Neo_VR]

And where can i get a clay bar?

ive heard them mentioned in my swissol kit.. but seems like a very long difficult thing to do the full car, so one just for front bumper would be nice

[lfc958]

I used HOLTS Bug & Tar wipes form halfrauds. it took some patience and around 3 hrs of time to remove a summer supply of ingrained bug splats across the front of my furby.

Steve

[ventmore]

What is a clay bar heard it mentioned several times.

Maybe I would know if I cleaned my car more often

Basically it's a bar of clay which also comes with a fluid. You spray the fluid on the car and rub the clay bar over it. This lifts all the surface contaminants off and holds them in the bar. You then wipe the excess fluid off with a cloth. I bought mine to remove the industrial fallout' date=' and would now never be without it.

I use one from meguiars - [url']http://shop.meguiars.co.uk/cgi-bin/specwd.pl?pc=G1116&tp=0[/url]

Swissol also do one but they call it a paint rubber I believe.

http://www.swissol.com/E/GB/Produkte_Lack2.htm

Cheers

Ventmore

[Neo_VR]

Does anyone know if something similar is avalible from halfrauds?

if its nice weather tomorra, id like to make a start, then i can do me interior on saturday

wonder if MC2 will help?

[rich1068]

A clay bar would probably be the best thing. Try the Meguiars site. I've tried various wipes and they're a bit ****e.

Saying that, try the MC2. So long as you don't use anything that will melt plastic you can use what you like because you intend to wax the car again anyway.

Bleach?

[Carsten]

What often helps on Motobike helmets can also bee good to the car..

I

[devonutopia]

ahem - bucket of water, damp cloth - some serious elbow grease... :confused: Whats with all the special stuff? :P

[Carsten]

Whats with all the special stuff? :P

I try to avoid throwing those hardcore chemical bombs at the car or remove those bugs by grinding the paint off

[Huck]

don't know if this will eventually do damage, but i've sprayed mc2 onto the affected area, left it a little while and then zapped it with a jetwash. after that, good coating of swissol - works an absolute treat for me so far!

[Neo_VR]

don't know if this will eventually do damage, but i've sprayed mc2 onto the affected area, left it a little while and then zapped it with a jetwash. after that, good coating of swissol - works an absolute treat for me so far!

How do you know that huck? thought you bought a new car when they needed cleaning?

i was considering trying that... i will give it a go tomorrow

[MonkeyHanger]

don't know if this will eventually do damage, but i've sprayed mc2 onto the affected area, left it a little while and then zapped it with a jetwash. after that, good coating of swissol - works an absolute treat for me so far!

Spot on!

Exactly the way i do it

Colin, with a good coating of Swissol, the bugs should mostly wipe off with a damp cloth, you're obviously not doing it right :P

[Stuart_J]

Spot on!

Exactly the way i do it

Colin' date=' with a good coating of Swissol, the bugs should mostly wipe off with a damp cloth, you're obviously not doing it right :P[/quote']

Same here

[philc]

And don't do what one of our (female) salespersons did, and use a pan scourer to get 'em off!

She didn't see the scratches until it dried -the whole car was scoured from end to end. Cue one respray..........

Phil

[Neo_VR]

Well.. there ya go, another amazing use for MC2... where will its abilities fail?

Just sprayed on... and jetwashed off... anything that didnt come off with the jetwash was pursuaded with a halfrauds "bug remover" sponge + MC2 the sponge was a normal sponge with a cotton mesh round it... works a treat... altho most the "bugs" on my bonnet are turning out to be stonechips

right... time to get the swissol out

[Huck]

ace!

[MonkeyHanger]

Colin..

Tis worthwhile to get into the habit of Swissol-ing the high-impact areas on a regular basis..

i.e. Front bumper, leading edge of wings, roof, pillars etc.

This should stop the bugs sticking, but with winter coming there's no real rush

[Neo_VR]

Well **** me!

just finished the cleaner fluid stage.... what a chore.. tho the car is looking gorge already

think i may pay the waxwizard himself to do it next time

[ColinD]

erm, I'll just need a new bumper.