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Bugs on Front Bumper - 9/26/2005 3:23:39 PM

Zincpony

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the bugs on my front bumper are welded on there. what can i use to get them out.

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RE: Bugs on Front Bumper - 9/26/2005 4:04:37 PM

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Claybar. Also goo gone or something. They also make a solution just for this application.

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RE: Bugs on Front Bumper - 9/29/2005 10:24:20 PM

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Spray on some BUG GONE, let it sit a minute or two then douse the bumper in HOT water and use a bug brush to scrub them off. Once clean, be sure to wax it as the bug gone will most likely take any wax off.

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RE: Bugs on Front Bumper - 10/12/2005 3:34:22 PM

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i use concentrated simple green, hasnt failed me yet

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RE: Bugs on Front Bumper - 10/12/2005 6:15:24 PM

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Ive always used meguiars #6 cleaner wax to get the bugs off. May have to rub a little bit, but it has worked for me for years.

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RE: Bugs on Front Bumper - 10/12/2005 6:18:48 PM

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i use concentrated simple green, hasnt failed me yet

^^^^ discovered that one myself during this past summer. Made a road trip from my house in Chandler, AZ to San Diego CA, you would think with the desert being at 116F that there wouldn't be bugs..my god...the front of my silver car was yellow from all the dang butterflies I hit on the way there along the 8 freeway. Simple Green, a sponge and water took it ALL off. Been using it ever since.

Spray teh simple green directly on the affected area. While that's soaking, take a bucket with water and simple green mixed. Take a sponge, dip it in the bucket and then go to town on the bug area, takes them right off without any scrubbing. Hit it with a hose after you're all done, dry it off and rewax. Done.

Took about 15 minutes to do my car each way.

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RE: Bugs on Front Bumper - 10/12/2005 6:33:17 PM

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i use BUG AND TAR REMOVER and it comes in a spray bottle.

my mom gave me this goo gone stuff (i think thats the name of it) and it worked but even after i washed my car it left a slimy residue on it and was just a PITA to dry the car and took a fewdays for it to finally dry up or whatever happened. it almost felt like clear glue avtually more like a reallyu thin pine that couldn't be seen but you could def feel it.

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RE: Bugs on Front Bumper - 10/13/2005 12:40:09 AM

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I just use Maguire's Gold Class car wash soap, and a mit. Works every time.

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RE: Bugs on Front Bumper - 10/13/2005 2:14:09 PM

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For those of us that wash/wax our cars regularly - all of these recommendations are very easy. But if his/her car hasn't been wahsed or wax in a while and bugs have been on there for a long time (as I'm guessing by the welded on comment) then its going to take a little more work.

My boss gave me a Navigator as my company ride (yeah I know, its rough

) and it hadn't been waxed in probably a year or two. And it was COATED with bugs that were also "welded" on. My usual trick of bug-gone did not work, I had to use my method mentioned above and apply A LOT of elbow grease to get rid of them.

No matter what you do, the key is keeping the bumper and mirrors (if painted) waxed - which will aid any product in getting rid of fresh (or not TOO old) bug goo.

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