nccamper
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Post by nccamper on Aug 18, 2019 12:42:55 GMT -8
We just finished a trip out west where the bugs are the size of small birds. An old man told me the safest way to remove bugs was with a wet dryer sheet.
It worked great. Just rub wet bug guts gentle with the dryer sheet. It also took off off specks of road tar.
Somebody out west suggested a cloth damp with WD-40 but I'm not sure if it would damage the paint.
Thoughts?
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Alaska Shasta
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Post by Alaska Shasta on Aug 19, 2019 14:31:17 GMT -8
Multiple companies make a "bug & tar" remover in aerosol. Look for the Meguiars brand, but others will work well also. If your paint has a hardener in it, the WD-40 will work on removing the tar, without damaging the paint.
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shastatom
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Post by shastatom on Aug 19, 2019 17:05:46 GMT -8
On my motorcycle we would take a large towel and soak it and lay it out on the front end and windshield and come back about 15 to 30 minutes later and it would most of the time wipe right off. If not a little elbow grease would take care of the remains.
I haven't tried it on a camper but I would think it would work the same way.
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Post by nccamper on Aug 19, 2019 18:15:58 GMT -8
At dusk we hit swarms of bugs in ND like a hailstorm. The windshield was covered.
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Post by mel on Aug 20, 2019 5:28:47 GMT -8
I was just looking at all the dead bugs on mine thinking about how to clean them. So this post is just in time for me, I will try the dryer sheets.
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