I had this thought too. I put 4 coats of top of the line coating on my car and I still need to gently wash it with all the steps and then add a ceramic “topper” on it after anyway as drying aid etc. Basically it looks nicer in between and I love my car is really the only reason haha
John the whole front of my bike looks twice as bad as this from a Sunday ride.. I just spray A.F citrus on hard hit areas, then B.H touchless snowfoam over the top leave for few mins and rinse off.. the little blighters literally fall off..
The colour of the car isn’t going to make a difference as if you’re gonna get swirls, you’re gonna get swirls. But I don’t see why you would here - it’s a soft brush, plus there is clearly a layer of paint protection so I don’t think moving soft squidgey bug residue around is going to lead to clear coat marks?
@@sebster6031 paint is paint, swirls might show up easier on black paint which I’ve heard described as ‘soft’ but John’s (or anyone’s method) would absolutely not lead to different swirls level by virtue of car colour. You’d get the same swirl levels on any colour paint but they would show up more on the darker car.
@@sebster6031 you’ve still not actually refuted my point. Whilst my ‘paint is paint’ may be oversimplified, the compounds within different coloured paints by a single manufacturer will be virtually identical other than the dye chemicals and this has a negligible impact on ‘softness’. Anyone can detail, it’s a manual job that barely requires a brain. The fact that you think a soft brush clearing bug residue will lead to swirls on a clear coated car by virtue of the fact that it is black tells me that you’re just trying to make out that you know more about detailing/paint than you do because you’re essentially saying one could lightly run their finger over a black car and it’s going to lead to some marring or paint defect 😂
John, 99,99% of you videos are excellent, but I disagree with this one: I see no reason to drag all those bugs around inside a single brush. Also, looks like a lot of work. I'd use surfex HD + hose down. If anything is remaining on the paint, use a rinseless wash and a microfiber towel folded in 4. Also not drying my black car would be a bad idea for water spots, so I'd use another towel to dry the car using the rinseless solution as a drying aid.
i also found weird how he starts off saying no force be gentle and then at the end just goes to town with the dirty brush literally using high force. absolute nonsense.
Or have a coating on the paint and these sort of stuff will come off with a mild snow foam and rinsing. But I agree he's probably caused some marring with what he's just done.
@@scottlehuray7062 if he knows what he's doing then how come they didn't all come off straight away? You know that there are products called bug and tar remover built specifically for this application?
Really great tip, a couple of cars for friends recently could have done with this as a starter and would have saved me a lot of time and effort using other products. Been browsing citrus options for a bit, still on the BH autofoam. it's nice to mix it up and experiment for one, and secondly this is great for when a whole wash just isn't practical for whatever reason. Thanks! (edit: typos)
Jup, bug season has commenced. My method is pretty weird.... Since I use Rinseless, I can't really use APC as I can't just rinse it off easily. So instead, I found that summer windscreen washer fluid works very good and easy! It doesn't interfere with the rinseless performance, but hits hard on bugs and bird poop!
I would have just hit that up with uber rinseless, if you have decent protection it just comes off without needing any specialist bug off type products. You've really got to get around to trying some of the ONR competitors John. Wolfgang Uber, Ultima, McKees etc
Try driving in Florida in may and October. The love bugs are 100x worse, on a daily basis…I have to clean my windshield and front end everyday…..thank God it only lasts a few weeks twice a year..
Everybody is very complimentary of ONR. My big detractor is that it has soy polymers in the formula and I don’t want people seeing me use ONR and thinking I’m a 😬soy boy😬
Citrus is detergent blend plus limonene solvent. Tfr is typically detergent plus caustic alkaline and stronger acids... Non caustic tfr exist too. Tfr is stronger for heavy film removal.
Great vid. I have rotated between CarPro Bug Out and Gtechniq W5 Citrus APC for bug guts removal. Simply blasts of with a PW of course, but using a normal garden house should also work.
If your bin is like mine its covered in dust and scratched to high hell where bigger dust and grit particles can hide and be picked up by anything you put on it.
It protects it to a certain extent but eventually it will eat through the wax or ceramic and then into the clear. I never leave mine for more then a week as I’ve had them etch even with a good sio2 wax. Bird shite is even worse!
I used ONR after 160 miles including 60 miles round Goodwood, the bugs came off easily, good soak & rinse after a bit of gentle brushing. Like John said, the trick is not to leave them to dry on. I did rinse the brush out though plus a final rinse of deionised water. Disappointed not to see the grey BMW there today. 😃
This video leads into something I've wondered for a while, and I've not found a decent video for (as yet) ... "Essential Kit for a Road Trip". I'm thinking a box of items to use in association with a garage pressure washer whilst away for a couple of weeks. The bug relevance being "Scottish Midges", but also overall keeping clean and shiny without taking every bit of detailing kit (I don't have a tow hitch 🤪). Anyway, just a thought for a video, perhaps. 👍
This is something thing I’ve been trying to formulate. We’ve got a little beach house so I’ve been trying to build a skeleton kit to leave there so I can wash the car, but a travel kit, or a small kit to keep in the boot is a great idea.
Jon, are dedicated bug removers just citrus cleaners or is there more to it than that? I seem to recall a video where a bug remover was sprayed and you could see the bugs 'melting' away in a streaking fashion, similar to how iron remover bleeds iron spots, it creates a purple trail on the paint. Got any experience as to whats in those products which differ from your APC/citrus?
citrus and surfactants... most are water based some can be solvent based. the solvent properties of limonene even in a water based formula seem to work well on bugs. but you could just use APC>
What dilution ratio did you use? Looks pretty strong, full strength? Also, if this is "severe" than what is worse than that? Or this it - I ask because I thought it gets to a point where you need to polish it out. I currently have GTechniq's APC but so far it hasn't taken it all out. But I also didn't try this, and probably didn't let it dwell long enough.
Great video as always Jon. The only reason I don't use citrus wash is because it strips off wax, and I don't have the time to keep re applying it every week.
Well done Back in the uk with some more useful subjects I’ll try this one out with the citrus splash and the soft brush at the weekend Thank you very much for the link too Hope you enjoyed your dinner
Hi John. I've just got home from a driving holiday in Wales. But the bugs have been on the car for nearly a week. Most have come off, but some looked properly baked in! Should I clay it? Or something less abrasive? Thanks
Griots Garage Bug and Smudge Remover will remove the bug guts easily and also remove all the tar and rolled up rubber that sticks to your inner wheel rims making you think your tires have lost a wheel weight! And to prevent future bugs from sticking in the first place, use Griots Bug Barricade.
Great video, thanks. Why didn't you just wait until the complete wash of tomorrow, which is very close in time ? (with the car sleeping in the shadow inside your garage - no sun on the paint to "cook" the bugs) If it's really urgent to remove all the bugs within a few hours, I wonder how all the detailing lovers do when they come home at 8 p.m everyday after work.
Hi John, I’d be interested if you could do a paint inspection ‘before and after’ video following this same method. I’m shocked at the number of people who seem to think you’re absolutely destroying your paint when I wouldn’t expect any such thing if you’ve got a layer of protection on top. Happy to be proven wrong, but at the same time, would be equally happy to be proven right! Thanks for all you do on tbe channel 👍🏽
Out of the ones you've tried, is there a favourite citrus pre-wash you're particular enthusiastic about, or are they largely the same? I think I recall seeing you at one time or another you using AG Spritzer, Car Chem Citrus and now Bouncer's CI-Wash.
Here we go into bug season 🙂 I coated my vehicle with adams graphene coating just few days ago and 100% sure I will face bug problems tomorrow… Is citrus safe for just coated car? Maybe ONR will do better? What would you advise for such situation?
I know this is unrelated, however what is the best product to hide scratches on interior plastic please, it's dark grey almost black, previous owners must have used it for a dump run , thanks
Just a couple of small details. NO pressurized pump up sprayer, that's the best sized soft brush u can find to do the front end. Bless ur tut vids, 1st class
John im intersted to know if you suffer from water marks where you are? If I were to rinse it down as you've done here and leave it I would normally get terrible water marks. I'm in Wokingham in Berkshire. I invested in a DI water vessel from Infinity wax in Feb and haven't needed to dry any of my cars since! :)
I have much better way how to remove bugs. Splash clean water on the area with dead bugs. After that cover the wet area with bugs with paper towel. Leave it for 30 minutes and after half hour simply remove the paper towel with bugs. Thats all, you don not need more.
Not for me this approach John! Takes 5 minutes to blast citrus wash over it and then jet wash off! Leave pressure washer setup hanging on garage wall. Always good to go then 👍
Hi John great videos as always. How about doing one on tyre pressure gauges? I'm sure mine isn't accurate but i have no way of testing it. 👍👍 Ps. watched that vid you did the other day of you playing tennis and no offence but Stephen hawking would have taken you to 5 sets i reckon 😂😂😂👍👍👍 really enjoying the channel 👍
any mild degreaser that is alkaline and non-caustic will remove most bugs if followed by a pressure rinse. Ive seen people use dryer sheets, the dreaded bug sponges, and much more. Mineral spirits or a decent bug remover followed by a pressure rinse does wonders. Requires no scrubbing. Hit it with ONR or N-914 and walk away. I do this literally every day
John why don't you have puml sprayers not trigger sprayers for certain jobs- I've leaned so much from you ( thank you again) but ive 2 such bottles, ok I use loads more of whatever it is ( one is citrus) but having medical conditions and also the time they save....still regardless thank you for alive learned from you 👏👏👏
8:36 Maybe today, but tomorrow you'll be removing all the water spots XD. Could just spray it down with a good ONR solution after hosing down and then wipe it dry. I'd never let a car with hose water air dry unless I had one of those fancy CR Spotless filters.
I find a brilo pad and fairy liquid works great. Being more serious great video as the title sudjests its an easy way of dealing with it especially when your dinner is ready soon after a long day. How many of us have said "ill just quickly sort this out" then it turns into a full blown safe wash.
I use Surfex HD with Meguiars waterless wash and wax. I figure the waterless wash gives solid lubrication to protect the paint and Surfex makes easy work of the bugs
I drove through a swam of wasp yesterday. But I don't care as it my van. Car on other hand would of washed off even if it ment buying a bottle of water a kleenex
@@M.E63 Yeah they can etch in, especially the bigger splats! Damage from squashed bugs is underrated and a lot of detailers don't really mention it...bug shift products break down the proteins to make them easy to jet wash or brush off.
Hi John. Good video. Bug splatter is a nightmare to get off. As you say the longer they are left on, the harder they are to remove. Also the damage they do to the paintwork. I watched a video recently, and this guy who dies derailing, said he uses hand sanitizer gel which contains alcohol for removing bugs. I tried it, and didn’t work. Have you ever tried that’s method. Thanks. Mark. Keep up the good work.
I have a graphene coating on my car. I purposely left bugs on for 2 weeks just to see was it going to be easier hard to get off. All I had to do was turn on the pressure washer and they all blasted off on the first pass
Personally I'd have just left it for the following day, John did mention he'd been out all day so not wanting too drag the pressure washer out plus all his cars are well protected.
Howdy, got a quick question for you. I've been a keen home detailer for years and have used most of what youll find in the popular UK orange shop until I discovered Bilt Hamber years ago and now the 'core' of my wash stages consist of BH foam, shampoo and Surfex as my exterior APC of choice. Iv'e never used a Citrus cleaner however. Would say 10% surfex do the job here, or is there something special about citrus cleaners I am missing? Thanks
Sure it’s a good idea to leave the water to dry? I would be worried about water spots especially without a filter system. I’ve been using ONR to do a similar thing and can spray most of them off with a pressure sprayer without touching it. Then using a thick pile microfibre to gently remove the rest and then dry
Do you use any type of water filtering? I noticed you didn't dry off the car at the end. Don't you get water spots? I've a black car, so super paranoid about it!
Does mixing something like ONR or other waterless product to the cleaner like Surfex HD work to reduce brush scratches? or does the cleaner negate the effect from it. Might be an option if there are brushes on paint involved, i prefer a soft towel.
ONR on its own is more than effective enough to remove those bugs with zero effort/pressure and no need to rinse...or worry about working fast in the sun. Take your time and get it clean, then wipe dry. Use a drying aid/topper if you like.
I've powerlines that run over my driveway with birds sitting and crapping off them all the time.... pain when i catch it late and its already burnt into the clear slightly so have to give it a little quick cut and reseal... do you recommend anything? apart from an air rifle to get rid of them pests
The Red liquid isn't blood but fluid from certain bug's eyes.
Boom. Great knowledge love it
Vampire bugs?
“Looks like blood”…. I imagine if my arse went through my face there would be blood involved! Haha
A question. Why are we even bothering with protections like ceramics, waxes and so on if we can't even leave dead bugs on the paint the night over?
I had this thought too. I put 4 coats of top of the line coating on my car and I still need to gently wash it with all the steps and then add a ceramic “topper” on it after anyway as drying aid etc. Basically it looks nicer in between and I love my car is really the only reason haha
Definately ceramics are not worth it. Only the edging of rain after coming outside from work already put me off to not get my car coated haha.
Surfex HD does the job for me. 5-10% left to soak for five minutes is so potent. Never failed me yet.
John the whole front of my bike looks twice as bad as this from a Sunday ride.. I just spray A.F citrus on hard hit areas, then B.H touchless snowfoam over the top leave for few mins and rinse off.. the little blighters literally fall off..
I use hydrogen peroxide then rinse
Why make it so easy for yourself? Better to spend 10 minutes uselessly scrubbing with a make up brush which only takes some of them off
If you do this on a black car, swirls guaranteed. Have to say I'm a bit surprised by this video lol
The colour of the car isn’t going to make a difference as if you’re gonna get swirls, you’re gonna get swirls. But I don’t see why you would here - it’s a soft brush, plus there is clearly a layer of paint protection so I don’t think moving soft squidgey bug residue around is going to lead to clear coat marks?
@@hmmpppsaywhat7878 well this paint is rock hard, black paint is soft by nature, so I'm sorry but yes it will.
@@sebster6031 paint is paint, swirls might show up easier on black paint which I’ve heard described as ‘soft’ but John’s (or anyone’s method) would absolutely not lead to different swirls level by virtue of car colour. You’d get the same swirl levels on any colour paint but they would show up more on the darker car.
@@hmmpppsaywhat7878 "paint is paint" lol please tell me you don't know much about detailing without actually telling me
@@sebster6031 you’ve still not actually refuted my point. Whilst my ‘paint is paint’ may be oversimplified, the compounds within different coloured paints by a single manufacturer will be virtually identical other than the dye chemicals and this has a negligible impact on ‘softness’.
Anyone can detail, it’s a manual job that barely requires a brain. The fact that you think a soft brush clearing bug residue will lead to swirls on a clear coated car by virtue of the fact that it is black tells me that you’re just trying to make out that you know more about detailing/paint than you do because you’re essentially saying one could lightly run their finger over a black car and it’s going to lead to some marring or paint defect 😂
John, 99,99% of you videos are excellent, but I disagree with this one: I see no reason to drag all those bugs around inside a single brush. Also, looks like a lot of work. I'd use surfex HD + hose down. If anything is remaining on the paint, use a rinseless wash and a microfiber towel folded in 4. Also not drying my black car would be a bad idea for water spots, so I'd use another towel to dry the car using the rinseless solution as a drying aid.
i also found weird how he starts off saying no force be gentle and then at the end just goes to town with the dirty brush literally using high force. absolute nonsense.
Or have a coating on the paint and these sort of stuff will come off with a mild snow foam and rinsing. But I agree he's probably caused some marring with what he's just done.
High force 😭.. m4cs rehkt.
I think he knows what hes doing, he could not have been more gentle with that very soft brush so pipe down princess.
@@scottlehuray7062 if he knows what he's doing then how come they didn't all come off straight away? You know that there are products called bug and tar remover built specifically for this application?
I tend to use Autoglym Insect remover and have some ONR to wipe them off 😀
wouldn't Surfex HD have done the same job??
Really great tip, a couple of cars for friends recently could have done with this as a starter and would have saved me a lot of time and effort using other products. Been browsing citrus options for a bit, still on the BH autofoam. it's nice to mix it up and experiment for one, and secondly this is great for when a whole wash just isn't practical for whatever reason. Thanks! (edit: typos)
Jup, bug season has commenced. My method is pretty weird....
Since I use Rinseless, I can't really use APC as I can't just rinse it off easily. So instead, I found that summer windscreen washer fluid works very good and easy! It doesn't interfere with the rinseless performance, but hits hard on bugs and bird poop!
I would have just hit that up with uber rinseless, if you have decent protection it just comes off without needing any specialist bug off type products. You've really got to get around to trying some of the ONR competitors John. Wolfgang Uber, Ultima, McKees etc
Try driving in Florida in may and October. The love bugs are 100x worse, on a daily basis…I have to clean my windshield and front end everyday…..thank God it only lasts a few weeks twice a year..
I love taking my car out for a drive at dusk in the summer the trouble is the bug splatter is insane
Have you tried ONR? It works well when you presoak and then can use the brush to remove after like 5 minutes
Everybody is very complimentary of ONR.
My big detractor is that it has soy polymers in the formula and I don’t want people seeing me use ONR and thinking I’m a 😬soy boy😬
This might be a stupid question but what’s the difference between citrus & traffic film remover ..?
I would like to know this too
Citrus is detergent blend plus limonene solvent. Tfr is typically detergent plus caustic alkaline and stronger acids... Non caustic tfr exist too. Tfr is stronger for heavy film removal.
@@ForensicDetailing thanks Jon for clearing that up for me
Long gone are the days of using a bug sponge, (the sponge that's gone a fish net stocking around it). 🙈
The good old days lol
I’m a big fan of AutoGlanz Bug Off for bugs👍🏻
Great vid. I have rotated between CarPro Bug Out and Gtechniq W5 Citrus APC for bug guts removal. Simply blasts of with a PW of course, but using a normal garden house should also work.
Great to see a pro like yourself often using your bin as a make shift bench like myself. Bugs are a pain.
If your bin is like mine its covered in dust and scratched to high hell where bigger dust and grit particles can hide and be picked up by anything you put on it.
@@the_wilkini I tend to put bottles on there or pressure washer bits not so much MIT's or brushes.
@@adblf yeah, not really a professional as it's not his job.
Why not just stop off at a services and jet wash and drive home slowly. No bugs no water spots and no swirls?
Just put some wet clothes ( water+onr, but water alone work ) on the bugs, wait few minutes and gone! That's what I do on my bikes in summer.
So all the waxing/ceramics/graphenes etc don't really protect the paint from much at all?
It probably makes them come off easier and causes less damage to the underlying clear coat.
It protects it to a certain extent but eventually it will eat through the wax or ceramic and then into the clear. I never leave mine for more then a week as I’ve had them etch even with a good sio2 wax. Bird shite is even worse!
Wearing a hard hat doesn't stop debris hitting your head 🙃 but it sure helps
Great to see the proactive approach, and I get the exhaustion after a long day...but I worry about water spots.
🐝🐞🦋 We will seek revenge Jon
Why the citrus product and not BH Surfex HD? Do you need both products?
Could use surfex
This would've been the perfect situation for ONR. No need to hurry in the sun, won't break down your sealant/topper, and no need to rinse after.
@@adblf you’ve not tried it then?
I used ONR after 160 miles including 60 miles round Goodwood, the bugs came off easily, good soak & rinse after a bit of gentle brushing. Like John said, the trick is not to leave them to dry on. I did rinse the brush out though plus a final rinse of deionised water. Disappointed not to see the grey BMW there today. 😃
Nice process, ill switch from a microfibre to soft brush, saves having to keep shoving cloths in the washing machine.
You will scratch the crap out of any soft paint doing this.
Zepp Citrus did the trick with the brush, thanks!
I use Poorboys bug squash which is also very effective and melts away dead bugs after a good soaking.
This video leads into something I've wondered for a while, and I've not found a decent video for (as yet) ... "Essential Kit for a Road Trip".
I'm thinking a box of items to use in association with a garage pressure washer whilst away for a couple of weeks. The bug relevance being "Scottish Midges", but also overall keeping clean and shiny without taking every bit of detailing kit (I don't have a tow hitch 🤪).
Anyway, just a thought for a video, perhaps. 👍
This is something thing I’ve been trying to formulate. We’ve got a little beach house so I’ve been trying to build a skeleton kit to leave there so I can wash the car, but a travel kit, or a small kit to keep in the boot is a great idea.
Jon, are dedicated bug removers just citrus cleaners or is there more to it than that?
I seem to recall a video where a bug remover was sprayed and you could see the bugs 'melting' away in a streaking fashion, similar to how iron remover bleeds iron spots, it creates a purple trail on the paint. Got any experience as to whats in those products which differ from your APC/citrus?
citrus and surfactants... most are water based some can be solvent based. the solvent properties of limonene even in a water based formula seem to work well on bugs. but you could just use APC>
What dilution ratio did you use? Looks pretty strong, full strength? Also, if this is "severe" than what is worse than that? Or this it - I ask because I thought it gets to a point where you need to polish it out. I currently have GTechniq's APC but so far it hasn't taken it all out. But I also didn't try this, and probably didn't let it dwell long enough.
It's prolly etched m8. It should wash off.
Great video as always Jon.
The only reason I don't use citrus wash is because it strips off wax, and I don't have the time to keep re applying it every week.
Well done
Back in the uk with some more useful subjects
I’ll try this one out with the citrus splash and the soft brush at the weekend
Thank you very much for the link too
Hope you enjoyed your dinner
Would surfex HD do the job ?
Yes
Won't you now get water spotting?
I tried this but got quite water spotting because of not drying it ..
I was thinking this, I did the same but the water spotting was way worse then the grime before!
Was that neat or mix? I’ve got Jennychem citrus and it’s rubbish unless it’s neat.
Mixed 8 think m8
Hi John. I've just got home from a driving holiday in Wales. But the bugs have been on the car for nearly a week. Most have come off, but some looked properly baked in! Should I clay it? Or something less abrasive? Thanks
use a detailing factory brush mate and a citrus mate. If that dont shift it then try hoggs hair brush. If that dont shift it clay and polish mate.
@@ForensicDetailing
Thanks for the help, I'll try those and see how it goes 👍
Griots Garage Bug and Smudge Remover will remove the bug guts easily and also remove all the tar and rolled up rubber that sticks to your inner wheel rims making you think your tires have lost a wheel weight! And to prevent future bugs from sticking in the first place, use Griots Bug Barricade.
I just use some goo gone
Great vid, looking forward to the review of the product. 👍
Great video, thanks. Why didn't you just wait until the complete wash of tomorrow, which is very close in time ? (with the car sleeping in the shadow inside your garage - no sun on the paint to "cook" the bugs)
If it's really urgent to remove all the bugs within a few hours, I wonder how all the detailing lovers do when they come home at 8 p.m everyday after work.
My paranoia 😁
Hi John, I’d be interested if you could do a paint inspection ‘before and after’ video following this same method. I’m shocked at the number of people who seem to think you’re absolutely destroying your paint when I wouldn’t expect any such thing if you’ve got a layer of protection on top. Happy to be proven wrong, but at the same time, would be equally happy to be proven right! Thanks for all you do on tbe channel 👍🏽
@@adblf that’s why I’d love to see John do a video
Out of the ones you've tried, is there a favourite citrus pre-wash you're particular enthusiastic about, or are they largely the same? I think I recall seeing you at one time or another you using AG Spritzer, Car Chem Citrus and now Bouncer's CI-Wash.
I think spritzer but price can issue with it.
Here we go into bug season 🙂 I coated my vehicle with adams graphene coating just few days ago and 100% sure I will face bug problems tomorrow… Is citrus safe for just coated car? Maybe ONR will do better? What would you advise for such situation?
Is the Adams the spray form or the one is the glass bottle is its the one in glass bottle don't wash your car at least for 7days
Is there anything you can so if they have etched into paintwork?
Polish
I know this is unrelated, however what is the best product to hide scratches on interior plastic please, it's dark grey almost black, previous owners must have used it for a dump run , thanks
Try meguiars X 2.0. works awesome.
@@agent699 many thanks, I'll give it a try
Man invest in a pump sprayer
So therapeutic
Thanks. Some ppl have suggested PEROXIDE for this puprpose, has anyone ha e any experience or knowledge about the use of PEROXIDE? Thanks again.
Just a couple of small details. NO pressurized pump up sprayer, that's the best sized soft brush u can find to do the front end. Bless ur tut vids, 1st class
John im intersted to know if you suffer from water marks where you are? If I were to rinse it down as you've done here and leave it I would normally get terrible water marks. I'm in Wokingham in Berkshire. I invested in a DI water vessel from Infinity wax in Feb and haven't needed to dry any of my cars since! :)
That's what drying towels are for
I didn't dry but the next day i washed it. Most of the water just pooled off. So was ok. I have hard water to. No ideal.
I have much better way how to remove bugs. Splash clean water on the area with dead bugs. After that cover the wet area with bugs with paper towel. Leave it for 30 minutes and after half hour simply remove the paper towel with bugs. Thats all, you don not need more.
Not for me this approach John!
Takes 5 minutes to blast citrus wash over it and then jet wash off!
Leave pressure washer setup hanging on garage wall.
Always good to go then 👍
Hi John great videos as always. How about doing one on tyre pressure gauges? I'm sure mine isn't accurate but i have no way of testing it. 👍👍 Ps. watched that vid you did the other day of you playing tennis and no offence but Stephen hawking would have taken you to 5 sets i reckon 😂😂😂👍👍👍 really enjoying the channel 👍
🤣🤣🤣😉
The Michellin digital guage is good and accurate. Tested against my PCL Accura digital inflator which is a calibrated instrument.
I went for the topeak one in the end which seems ok but thanks for the reply 👍
any mild degreaser that is alkaline and non-caustic will remove most bugs if followed by a pressure rinse.
Ive seen people use dryer sheets, the dreaded bug sponges, and much more.
Mineral spirits or a decent bug remover followed by a pressure rinse does wonders. Requires no scrubbing. Hit it with ONR or N-914 and walk away. I do this literally every day
John why don't you have puml sprayers not trigger sprayers for certain jobs- I've leaned so much from you ( thank you again) but ive 2 such bottles, ok I use loads more of whatever it is ( one is citrus) but having medical conditions and also the time they save....still regardless thank you for alive learned from you 👏👏👏
8:36 Maybe today, but tomorrow you'll be removing all the water spots XD. Could just spray it down with a good ONR solution after hosing down and then wipe it dry. I'd never let a car with hose water air dry unless I had one of those fancy CR Spotless filters.
With my ceramic coating I can leave bugs a few days and use warm soapy water wash over once wait few min then go again they are all gone 🤷🏻♂️
I find a brilo pad and fairy liquid works great.
Being more serious great video as the title sudjests its an easy way of dealing with it especially when your dinner is ready soon after a long day. How many of us have said "ill just quickly sort this out" then it turns into a full blown safe wash.
I use Surfex HD with Meguiars waterless wash and wax. I figure the waterless wash gives solid lubrication to protect the paint and Surfex makes easy work of the bugs
I drove through a swam of wasp yesterday. But I don't care as it my van. Car on other hand would of washed off even if it ment buying a bottle of water a kleenex
Literally did this just now. Except my front bumper was covered in Derbyshire dales bugs and flies 😂
John you wouldn't have needed the brush with hd car care lime pre wash seriously....blows any citrus pre wash out the water
Great just in time , I went on 300 mile trip to Scotland and my bumper and number plate is covered with bugs, need to tackle this issue this week
ASAP dude, bug splatter can etch into clear coat pretty quick! I use Gyeon Bug & Grime, good stuff.
@@23hublock1 thanks I never knew that to be honest, brand new car aswell
@@M.E63 Yeah they can etch in, especially the bigger splats! Damage from squashed bugs is underrated and a lot of detailers don't really mention it...bug shift products break down the proteins to make them easy to jet wash or brush off.
Go to channel for non biased product reviews but I think I'll stick to snow foam or a very mild mix of surfex if need be 💪🏾
I use Auto Finessse citrus in a Marolex pump sprayer. You can lock the trigger on which saves a load of trigger pulling😃
Don't them hose guns have like 6/7 different spray options , should of switched to a higher pressure on the options
Hi John. Good video. Bug splatter is a nightmare to get off. As you say the longer they are left on, the harder they are to remove. Also the damage they do to the paintwork. I watched a video recently, and this guy who dies derailing, said he uses hand sanitizer gel which contains alcohol for removing bugs. I tried it, and didn’t work. Have you ever tried that’s method. Thanks. Mark. Keep up the good work.
I have a graphene coating on my car. I purposely left bugs on for 2 weeks just to see was it going to be easier hard to get off. All I had to do was turn on the pressure washer and they all blasted off on the first pass
I wonder how doggers get on when they go meet up in the woods and their cars are covered in a different type of splatter 😂
Yer Nah
The bugs bleed of with bilt hamber touchless when sprayed on dry then pressure rinse after and there gone
£1 elbow grease spray works like a hot knife in butter on bugs
Basically does the same as the citrus wash
good stuff... you must have a water deionizer ... I would have hard water spots all over
Personally I'd have just left it for the following day, John did mention he'd been out all day so not wanting too drag the pressure washer out plus all his cars are well protected.
At this point you might as well just do a quick one bucket wash on the front end
I used to do a method like that on my motorbike helmet until I became the bug
Boy that pressure is extremely low from the garden hose.
Impressive citrus cleaner Jon, to eat into those 150MPH bug guts! They love a bit of track day fast food, so good to get them off quick 😁 👍🏼
Howdy, got a quick question for you. I've been a keen home detailer for years and have used most of what youll find in the popular UK orange shop until I discovered Bilt Hamber years ago and now the 'core' of my wash stages consist of BH foam, shampoo and Surfex as my exterior APC of choice. Iv'e never used a Citrus cleaner however. Would say 10% surfex do the job here, or is there something special about citrus cleaners I am missing?
Thanks
Surfex will do the job. The citrus is all about the limonene which is a mild organic solvent. Solvent function is usefull fir bugs and degrease
Lovely Jubbly video, always so enthusiastic he's hard to beat.
Sure it’s a good idea to leave the water to dry? I would be worried about water spots especially without a filter system.
I’ve been using ONR to do a similar thing and can spray most of them off with a pressure sprayer without touching it. Then using a thick pile microfibre to gently remove the rest and then dry
It was fine but yes it is something to worry about I think most sheeted off
I've had some vehicles that are more bug than grille haha nice one John.
What's the difference between a citrus wash like you use in the video and an APC like Surfex HD?
Limonene
Omg mines abit like that but not that bad🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈
Question John.. How is your foam so thicc? I've got a kranzle k1322ts and it's not as nearly as thicc as yours.
My water is hard, do I need DI?
I have hard water... It's my lance mjjc pro v2
Do you use any type of water filtering? I noticed you didn't dry off the car at the end. Don't you get water spots? I've a black car, so super paranoid about it!
No m8
Does mixing something like ONR or other waterless product to the cleaner like Surfex HD work to reduce brush scratches? or does the cleaner negate the effect from it.
Might be an option if there are brushes on paint involved, i prefer a soft towel.
ONR on its own is more than effective enough to remove those bugs with zero effort/pressure and no need to rinse...or worry about working fast in the sun. Take your time and get it clean, then wipe dry. Use a drying aid/topper if you like.
What about the water spots if you’re not drying ?
I've powerlines that run over my driveway with birds sitting and crapping off them all the time.... pain when i catch it late and its already burnt into the clear slightly so have to give it a little quick cut and reseal... do you recommend anything? apart from an air rifle to get rid of them pests
Stick with the air rifle, get a cover or park somewhere else. None ideal but there you go.
Hi thanks for this does it effet any wa protective coating already applied to the paintwork? thanks Stu
No more than other detergents really.
How do you find your m4 on track I find them rather heavy and clumbersome compared to the M2 which I much prefer
The CS is lighter than m2. I love it on track but just can't commit with it for fear if wipe out. M2 is wicked though. Maybe more fun than m4
I like the gentle soft start then the harsh brushing actions @ the end 👌
Good one John
Could you make your own citrus spray ??
Innovacar Prewash+ONR is fabolous combo.
Jon, another great video as per usual, what trigger heads would you recommend for the IK spray bottles, I'm after some different ones for mine.
@@adblf cheers Adam, I'll have a look through them 👍
Soooo - did you get all the soap off.....?
What were you using to get rid of it please.... Where you get that paint brush from.....
Detail factory brush