Insects welded to my bonnet

[RickS]

Do you think the Autoglym removes my wax as well as the insects?

Probably will; best thing to do with dried-on insects is to soak them with water as soon as you can, this will re-hydrate them and they will soften up and wipe off easily. No need to use bug removers.

Absolute tosh, it may remove the bug, but the acidic guts will stain the paint and you need a bug/tar remover for it.

You think so eh? I have NO insect marks on my paint work and I NEVER use bug removers. Spraying with plenty of water and washing with a high quality car wash such as Meguiars Gold Class gets them off and it also dilutes the acids and reduces any effect. By the time you come to using a bug remover any damage that could have been done will have been done anyway.

[R32UK]

I suggest you try the Polish/Kurdish guys at your local hand car wash... works every time for me

[RickS]

I suggest you try the Polish/Kurdish guys at your local hand car wash... works every time for me

Yeah, but what about the gritty sponges and astringent wheel cleaners they use? Wouldn't go near them with a new car, especially this one.

[Steve30]

I suggest you try the Polish/Kurdish guys at your local hand car wash... works every time for me

You can tell your cars on lease Gilly 

[The Danno]

I had to clay mine last time to get them off. Had to be quite vigerous!

Is claying gentler than bug spray, and does claying remove wax too?

[VWKev]

Do you think the Autoglym removes my wax as well as the insects?

Probably will; best thing to do with dried-on insects is to soak them with water as soon as you can, this will re-hydrate them and they will soften up and wipe off easily. No need to use bug removers.

Absolute tosh, it may remove the bug, but the acidic guts will stain the paint and you need a bug/tar remover for it.

You think so eh? I have NO insect marks on my paint work and I NEVER use bug removers. Spraying with plenty of water and washing with a high quality car wash such as Meguiars Gold Class gets them off and it also dilutes the acids and reduces any effect. By the time you come to using a bug remover any damage that could have been done will have been done anyway.

Your getting there, you have went from a soak in water and wipe off easily, to spraying with water - use a high quality wash like megs gold and wash off.

Meg's gold and almost all of the top brands of wash dont even touch your wax coat, never mind take off bug splat. Of course you may get a large percentage of it off, but thats just thats the way when washing and rubbing, but for the stubborn stuff you need a remover.

I use AS Tardis, its the best, I spray on and 2 mins later its melted away and dripping off the car. No rubbing (FroGTI)

[FroGTI]

Is claying gentler than bug spray, and does claying remove wax too?

Claying is a relatively gentle procedure, but anything that involves rubbing the paintwork is inevitably going to do some harm, albeit on an atomic level I claybar my cars once or twice a year max, to avoid too much damage.

[MAW73]

Regular washing of the car with meguiar's gold class car shampoo does the trick for me..... On a candy white you can't miss the little buggers!

[KennyGTI]

Do you think the Autoglym removes my wax as well as the insects?

Probably will; best thing to do with dried-on insects is to soak them with water as soon as you can, this will re-hydrate them and they will soften up and wipe off easily. No need to use bug removers.

I can't see Auto Glym bringing out a product that will stip the wax or mark your paint work. it works great, soak the car, spray it on, leave it a few mins and wash! Job Done! I wouldnt be claying my car all the time eithers, swirl marks galore! 

[p3asa]

Kev I take it you wax the car every time you use the Tardis?

Tardis doesn't touch my dead insects on the bonnet. In fact I tried all sorts the last time to remove them and nothing shifted them.
Tardis, G101, Citric cleaner, WD40.

I've never had this problem before. In fact I thought Tardis would have done the trick as between it and G101 it has removed everything I have flung at it.