Dead bugs on the front bumper

kenchan

Problem with sponges is that sometimes the hard shell of bugs and grit drags at the surface of the sponge causing scratches to the paint where as plush MF towels or wash mitts pickup the bug and you just use another clean section to wipe the rest of the guts off.

9Zs_Ed

This is not really a sponge. It's like a block of foam with deep cells like a 3D honeycomb. It seems very coarse and something that you wouldn't want to use on the surface of a prized vehicle, but when you soak it, it becomes soft and safe, and the bug bodies get lifted off by the honeycomb construction.

As I said, not used on my black Z yet, but last season it did the job on a Ruby Red (medium maroon) Subaru Outback with no scratches at all.

Baer383

I know I'm going to show my age with this great solution but here it goes.

All you need is a can of 7up and some panty hose (Preferably clean)

Use the panty hose as a rag dump the 7up on the bumper and lightly wipe the bugs they come off better than anything you can buy.

Just remember to wash the car when done.

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The BlueMax

I don't know what to think about Asian paint it seems to be hard and brittle. Although I haven't had too many paint chips, certain types of bird droppings can be fustrating. I was at the gym thur. and when I came out there was a real large bird dropping on my roof [passenger side] it didn't look especially bad but when I got home and removed it I found etching in the clear coat in the areas that were harder to remove. I have several coats of good wax but they didn't protect the paint long enough. Domestic paint seems to be softer than asian paint and more forgiving to clear coat etching. Its really kind of sad that Nissan's paint can't resist this type of contamination for a longer period of time. This bird dropping only took an hour to penatrate where I would of had maybe 6 or more hours with my domesticlly painted car

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kenchan

hey billybob it's not the Asian paint. it's the crap your local birds are eating that's creating very acidic poop. there is a huge variation between bird dropping damage. some crap you can leave on for weeks and no issue. some crap you leave it for a few hours and it etches the paint.

The BlueMax

I'm fully aware of what your saying, birds that eat berries produce a very acidic form of waste I just felt that I should had more time before the etching took place. There are fundamental differences between asian, domestic, and even german paint. My Z sat on two different car lots for a year before I found it and the spyder scratchs were numerous. I took a blue sponge pad with perfect it but didn't get down deep enough, so then I used my black pad and that almost did it but I'm going to have to go down a little further. The black paint on my GM car never needed anything more than the black pad.

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Inner-Self

Fill a bucket with HOT water and soak a towel in it for a minute...then place towel or towels on the "bugged area" for a couple of minutes. Will come off easily with a nice spray or wipe.

onzedge

Your wax may not be as good as you think. I have zero problem removing bird poop, tree sap, bugs, etc. I can take off these things with a damp microfiber easily. My paint (except for rock chips on the nose) blemish free.

Meguiar's Direct NXT Generation® Tech Wax® 2.0

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