🦟 HOW TO REMOVE INSECTS FROM YOUR CAR 🦟
It is usually a very common sight in a car, and especially on a motorcycle, to have the windshield, bumper or the entire front end, full of our beloved travel companions 💼 , insects .
We know what you're thinking... "I'll just wash it with the windshield wiper and water and it's fixed." But we're sorry to break your heart, because all you'll do is spread even more insect remains or, at best, remove the most visible parts without doing a very thorough cleaning. 👎🏻
In today's Blog, we are going to teach you how to safely clean insects from your vehicle ✅ without damaging the paint and achieving 100% visibility .
1. WET CLEANING
Time is money 💸, and it is important that you hurry when cleaning up the remains of insects, since the more time they spend in the area ⏰ , the more guanine they will generate, which is an acid that deteriorates and corrodes the paint, making it more difficult to remove once it dries.
Once you reach a safe area (your trusted car wash), before getting down to work, you must wait for the area to cool down and soften as much as possible all the dirt and insects on the bodywork and windows to make the job easier and not scratch the paint.🚫
To do this, we recommend using Snow Foam . These active washing shampoos will soften the most embedded insects and eliminate the most recent ones. With this type of product you will also eliminate the guanine they may have generated.
Now it's time to deal with the most difficult insects , so you will need a specific Insect Cleaner , with which you will be able to eliminate any remaining guanine residue, and get rid of the most embedded insects that the Active Foam 🧼 has not been able to deal with.
We can hear you thinking, and we know that your question now is: What now? 🤔 And we are here to answer you. To prevent this from happening to you again , we recommend using products such as a Water and Dust Repellent 💦 or Car Body Gloss Enhancer , that is, products that contain waxes . This way you will create a layer of protection against these little devils and the few you have on your car body and windows will be removed more easily .
2. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT REMOVING THEM?
❌ Guanine: This is the acid that insects give off, and the more time passes ⏰, the more it generates, which damages and corrodes the paint and lacquer of your vehicle
❌ Reduced visibility: We've all suffered from the mess that comes with having our windshield and front of the car full of mosquitoes, and it won't be a mystery to you to know that they can reduce visibility 👀 no matter how hard you try to eliminate them with the windshield wiper.
❌ Deterioration of paint and lacquer: thanks to our dear companion guanine that we have mentioned so much in this blog and due to the impact of insects on the bodywork, both the paint and the lacquer deteriorate and leave marks. 👎🏻
3. BASIC TIPS
👉🏻 Keep an eye on the time! It depends a lot on the product and the manufacturer, but generally you should let specific mosquito-killing products act for 2 to 4 minutes ⏰ at most to avoid causing any disaster.
👉🏻 Use specific products! You will have been able to see first-hand how complicated and expensive it is to remove insects from any part of your vehicle, but the most difficult thing is to do it well and without rubbing or damaging the paint ✅. Therefore, the best advice we can give you on the blog is to leave aside home remedies that may give the impression of leaving a good finish, but will leave your bodywork shaking.
👉🏻 Apply the product cold! This tip is useful for any area in the world of detailing, and it is that you apply the products in the shade and wait for the area to cool down ⛅, so it is not at all advisable that you apply any product with your newly used vehicle, this way you will avoid any product you put on drying out and becoming patchy.
👉🏻 Don't expect to succeed on the first try! If you've had a long trip and have ended up with an insect invasion, it's important not to give up, because you'll probably have to repeat the cleaning process more than once. But don't be discouraged! 💪🏻.
👉🏻 Finish your job! Insects tend to accumulate on the front of the vehicle, so once you do this specific mosquito cleaning, remember the rest of your car/motorcycle and do a general wash to leave it perfect.
We know that returning to routine is not a pleasant experience, so we hope we have made it a little more pleasant for you with these little tips to eliminate our little friends, insects, after the holidays 💼.