Review: McKee`s 37 Road Kill Bug Remover

Marc08EX

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Review: McKee`s 37 Road Kill Bug Remover
McKee`s 37 Road Kill Bug Remover

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Description: (Taken from Autopia`s website)

Is the front of your vehicle covered in bug remains? Are your rocker panels littered with tar build up that won`t budge? McKee`s 37 Road Kill Bug Remover is the easy-to-use solution for difficult-to-remove deposits. McKee`s 37 Road Kill Bug Remover offers immense cleaning power without the use of harsh acids or caustic alkalines. McKee`s 37 Road Kill Bug Remover is safe for use on all exterior automotive surfaces including paint, plastic, rubber, and glass!

McKee`s 37 Road Kill Bug Remover is formulated with clear-coat safe surfactants that penetrate and break down sticky road deposits so they can be removed with little effort. Insect remains, which can damage delicate clear-coat paint finishes, will wipe away with ease. Detailer`s Road Kill Bug Remover, unlike some powerful bug removers, does not require rinsing and will not damage finishes if left to dwell too long.

Bug splatter is harmful to your paint! As insect remains break down they release powerful, acid-like enzymes that will etch into the paint and cause permanent damage. Additionally, they harden like concrete and become almost impossible to remove with normal washing methods. Read bug remains their last rights with McKee`s 37 Road Kill Bug Remover.

To use McKee`s 37 Road Kill Bug Remover for bug removal, spray directly onto the surface and allow it to dwell for 30 seconds. Wipe away bug remains with a clean microfiber to remove. To remove tar deposits, dampen a microfiber towel with water. Spray Road Kill onto both the damp down and surface. Hold the towel over the surface for 1 minute to loosen the tar, then wipe clean.

McKee`s 37 Road Kill Bug Remover is an extremely effective wash additive to help clean heavily soiled vehicles. Add 3-to-4 ounce of Road Kill into your normal wash bucket. Any wash solution supercharged with Road Kill will quickly cut through grease and heavy grime and rinse away easily off the surface.

Price:

$12.99 for 16oz
$36.99 for 128oz

Introduction:

We all do road trips occasionally - whether it be a vacation with your family or just to drive. After driving countless miles and now you`re back home, you are more likely to see some dead bugs splattered all over your front end. Don`t you just hate it when that happens? The longer you leave it on your paint, the harder it is to clean them off. In addition, these acidic bug guts could eat up and etch your paint if not cleaned off at a timely fashion.

I was never a believer of bug cleaners. I thought they were just a gimmick... UNTIL NOW! I mean I can clean the bug guts off with my wash mitt and they usually come off...

Review:

This car has done a few road trips and has accumulated lots of dead bug guts in its front end. It hasn`t been washed and had them left in there baking in the HOT AZ sun for about 2 months.

Here are some pictures of the initial condition of the front end:

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For a case this bad, I would normally bust out my bug sponge to make cleaning a little bit easier. However, I wanted to test out the cleaning ability of this road kill bug remover and see how effective it is in breaking down the bug guts baked into the paint.

So what I did was use Road Kill on half of the car`s front end (passenger side) and left the other half (driver`s side) untreated. Here`s a picture of the product being sprayed on the passenger side front bumper:
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Letting the product dwell:
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I then used my car wash sponge and washed the entire front end with equal amounts of pressure and agitation.

Passenger side (with Road Kill) being washed. As you can see, most of the bug guts were removed with ease!!
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Here`s the driver side being washed. As you can see, there were a lot of bug guts left. I`m sure if I scrubbed it real hard, more would come off. But I wanted to keep the pressure and agitation variable constant between the two sides.
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After washing both sides, I then rinse off the soap and I`m left with this.

50/50:
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Passenger side completely clean and free of bug guts!
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Driver side left with some bug guts.
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So I applied the Road Kill on the untreated driver side and let the product dwell:
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Here are the results!!! A clean, shiny and bug free front end.

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Opinions and Observations:

As you can see from my 50/50 test, this bug remover definitely helped remove the bug guts a lot easier. It was effective in breaking down the bug guts and it only takes very little effort to wipe them off. The smell has some sort of citrus smell to it. I couldn`t really pinpoint the exact smell. It`s not overpowering by any means. The product is clear and sprayed on very easily.

Conclusion:

I never believed in bug remover products but now, I`M A BELIEVER!!! Whenever I get bugs on the front end of my car, I know what product I will reach for to make the removal a whole lot easier. If you want to make removal of bug guts an easier process (especially for you FL folks with love bugs), pick up some McKee`s Road Kill. You won`t regret it.
 
I like that you can get a gallon and what I found really interesting is that they suggest adding some to the wash bucket. I`ve never read a bug remover product instructions suggest that before. Did you try that out?
 
Nice quick review and pictures,thank you! Will keep this product in mind.

Thanks a lot, Migue!

I like that you can get a gallon and what I found really interesting is that they suggest adding some to the wash bucket. I`ve never read a bug remover product instructions suggest that before. Did you try that out?

I didn`t get to try that method.

Marc08EX- Thanks for the well-done review!

How harsh is it on LSPs?

Thank you so much, Accumulator!

Unfortunately, I wasn`t able to test how this affects LSPs. This car probably didn`t have any LSP to begin with.
 
Great review as always!

I`ve been interested in a bug remover but UWW+ never has a problem removing dead bugs, so I still haven`t been convinced that another product is necessary. I actually pack a bottle of UWW+ and some MF when I go to the track to clean up the bugs just before I pull into the track. I also use it to remove the number paint from the window (works great for that).

How would you say it compares to a WW product (assuming you`ve used WW`es to clean dead bugs)?

-Thanks
 
Unfortunately, I wasn`t able to test how this affects LSPs. This car probably didn`t have any LSP to begin with.

heh heh, OK...copy that. If you *do* try it on something with a healthy LSP, I`d appreciate hearing about any observations.

My 1Z Anti-Insekt is quit LSP-friendly, as long as I don`t let it dwell *too* long. I thought it was downright LSP-harmless, but then I let it dwell for a LONG time and...oops...not "utterly harmless" after all, just "pretty gentle".
 
Nice, well written review. I`m going to have to give the McKee`s line another look. Now that this is heavy bug season here in GA I have been pondering the different bug removers. A side to side test with more than two different bug removers might be difficult to perform. Are bug removers really watered down APCs? I`m sure (hopefully) they have different formulas, but I wonder what really sets them apart from each other? I shoulda started another thread.
 
Great review as always!

I`ve been interested in a bug remover but UWW+ never has a problem removing dead bugs, so I still haven`t been convinced that another product is necessary. I actually pack a bottle of UWW+ and some MF when I go to the track to clean up the bugs just before I pull into the track. I also use it to remove the number paint from the window (works great for that).

How would you say it compares to a WW product (assuming you`ve used WW`es to clean dead bugs)?

-Thanks

Thanks a lot for the compliments 4u2nvinmtl! I sincerely appreciate it man!

I think the bug remover is more appropriate for bugs that has been sitting on the paint for a while and left to bake under the sun. If you have a habit of cleaning off the bugs after each drive then a waterless wash or even a quick detailer will be good enough since the bug guts are fresh. They should wipe off.

From my testing of the bugs that was left in the paint for 2 months, the bug remover product made washing the bug remnants off a lot easier. I could have removed the bugs without the bug remover using my wash mitt and car soap but it would require more pressure and agitation. It could spell disaster as it can instill new swirls or scratches.

Nice review, well thought out. Thanks.

Thank you so much GearHead!

heh heh, OK...copy that. If you *do* try it on something with a healthy LSP, I`d appreciate hearing about any observations.

My 1Z Anti-Insekt is quit LSP-friendly, as long as I don`t let it dwell *too* long. I thought it was downright LSP-harmless, but then I let it dwell for a LONG time and...oops...not "utterly harmless" after all, just "pretty gentle".

Hi Accumulator, I can definitely try this out on my own vehicle. I can apply a fresh coat of LSP, test for water beading, spray the bug remover then test for water beading again. Would this work for you? If you`d like to see the test done in a specific way, please let me know so I can try and do it.

Nice, well written review. I`m going to have to give the McKee`s line another look. Now that this is heavy bug season here in GA I have been pondering the different bug removers. A side to side test with more than two different bug removers might be difficult to perform. Are bug removers really watered down APCs? I`m sure (hopefully) they have different formulas, but I wonder what really sets them apart from each other? I shoulda started another thread.

Thanks a lot, rlmccarty2000!

I`d love to hear the answer to that question.
 
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