Love Bugs

[Gil_J]

It's love bug season again in the south.

What works best for getting these nasty things off your windshield and paint?

Pre soaking with diluted fabric softener and a pressure washer works. Still, there has to be something better that's paint safe.

What is your solution?

[Joe Camper]

A quick spritz of pam cooking spray on chrome and painted surfaces before departure. And whatever u do stay off the wipers if u drive into a swarm.

[truk4u]

I just had a neighbor give me a love bug removal tip, hydrogen peroxide. Tried it on both cars with a spray bottle, they immediately foam up and come right off with a brush and I followed up with soap and water. Try it Gil, you’ll be amazed.

[Gil_J]

Tom thanks,

Hydrogen Peroxide makes sense on the bugs. I'll give it a try. I wonder what it's affect is on painted surfaces?

[TheGadgetGuru]

Both of my cars have a ceramic coating that was applied when they were brought home from the dealership. I've found that as long as I don't wait too long, the bugs wipe away fairly easily without causing any damage.

Speaking of ceramic coatings, I had my Jeep toad treated and the ceramic allows it to stay fairly clean...even after spending multiple days being pulled behind the bus.

[truk4u]

Lots of Peroxide comments via google for love bugs and I don’t think there is any paint concerns, especially if washed off with soap and water.

[BadFitter]

NASCAR tear-offs... Someone should offer pre-cut windshield tear-offs then expand the line-up to include the front end below the windshield, and finally the mirrors.

It would be great to get to the campground, pop off the tear-offs, and open a beverage.

[Gil_J]

Les, it looks like you just created a solution for market that didn't realize it had a problem. When are you shipping? This would be a much better choice than anything I know of for those pesky bugs.

[BadFitter]

Gil, don't know about the liability of covering the windshield.... Might not do well when a tear-off is installed and it rained... windshield wipers and a tear-off... could be interesting. The rest would be simple with cutouts for the headlights.