I have some small bug or similar stains on the front bumper and air dam. I've tried claying and TW's bug remover, with limited success. I am obviously reluctant to do serious rubbing. You can't see the stains from more than a couple of feet, but I know they are there and it bugs the hell out of me. How do I get rid of this stuff?
getting rid of stubborn bug stains?
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Mikeyc
TheDetailingHandBook.com
It might be that the bug guts were highly acidic and etched the paint. I would try polishing. Although, sometimes the etching is so deep that there's nothing you can do about it except re-paint or live with it.
I think they are on top of the paint, you can feel them with your finger and pretty small, maybe a 1/64 to 1/32" in diameter for most of them; besides, the car is new and I can't imagine that the paint got damaged beyond repair in two weeks. Machine polishing is not an option for a lot of the stuff (not that I have a polisher) because the stains are in fairly tight spaces.
David Fermani
Forza Auto Salon
I'd use a yellow bug sponge brick with some degreaser and then wax. I've had great luck with this.
Lowejackson
New member
It might be worth soaking a cloth with the bug cleaner and placing this on the area for 5 minutes or so.
David Fermani
Forza Auto Salon
Lowejackson said:
As long as the bug cleaner is not solvent based. It might soften the paint and cause problems.
Accumulator
Well-known member
How about a paint cleaner such as Pinnacle PCL or Meg's DC #1? But when I can't get 'em off with clay I usually find they've etched the paint and I have to use a polish.
imported_Neothin
New member
I have one of those poorboy's bug sponge thingy's.... That combined with a bug and tar remover has gotten everything off.