Bug Residue

Keeping your car, truck or SUV bug-free can be an ongoing problem. Depending on where you live, it might just be a summer or road trip problem, or you might accumulate a fresh batch of insect splatter on your windshield, bumpers, or other areas of your vehicle every time you drive it.

If you live in Florida, you know that "love bug" season happens twice a year, and even a short trip down to the corner store results in hundreds of bugs splattered on the front of your car or truck. Longer trips require constant stops to repeatedly clean the windshield enough so you can see out of it!

Dead bugs are sticky, and harden onto the surface of the car, making clean-up a tough job and a pain in the neck. Commercial carwashes—and even high pressure spraying —will not remove some types of insect residue. However, you’ve got to get them off your car because aside from making it hard to see out the windshield, some insects are very acidic and will actually do permanent harm to your paint job if you don’t clean them off.

Did You Know: If acidic bugs are left on a vehicle for more than 48 hours, permanent pitting and etching of the paint may result? That’s why it’s best to clean dead bugs off your car ASAP –before they have a chance to harden and attach to the paint.

Whether freshly splattered, or dried on for days, you can effectively remove dead bug stains and debris with Goof Off^® Heavy Duty Spot Remover & Degreaser. This product gets out the tough stains, including dissolving insect stains and debris so you can wash them off easily - without harming your vehicle’s finish.

TIP: Start “bug season” with a fresh coat of polymer wax on your car’s paint, and a polymer coating on your windshield to protect your vehicle from the acidic effects.

Splattered bugs, road tar and tree sap are only three of the many stains, dirt and soils your vehicle is subject to every day. Goof Off^® Heavy Duty is a versatile, multi-tasking cleaner –it will quickly and efficiently remove all of these substances, as well as the oil stains on your driveway, paint, grease and and much, much more.