best way of getting flies off paint work ?

northernneil

after my tour trip both the car, the roof box and the front of my bike are covered in small fly smears, have cleaned all 3 of them and no joy, have used some 'bug shift' spray and still no joy.

anyone got any additional tips for getting rid of bug smears, they have ruined the paint work / carbon fibre !!!!

deptfordmarmoset

Keep them as proof of how fast you cycle...?

northernneil

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

Keep them as proof of how fast you cycle...?

the downhills were long and fast but, not not 90mph fast !

Mr Smooth

Try again when they've been soaked by the rain for a few hours and are still wet.

mrushton

Saop and water? WD40 and/or bike polish? T-cut? Baby wipes? I'd go for the latter followed by bike polish as T-cut may be too abrasive

blu3cat

yep, baby wipes clean anything easily (except, bizarrely Baby Sh*t).

or a very hungry spider.

morstar

Microfibre cloths are surprisingly good with hard to removes.

I have a microfibre backed sponge for the car that works wonders.

surreychris

Brake cleaner! It's the only thing, we use it on the race cars at work.

Quick squirt then a bit of soft cloth or paper towel, straight off!

You can pick some up at an auto factors or halfords.

Chris

northernneil

cheers for the tips

Spender45

Lick them off. Carb loading and cleaning in one- job done

stratcat

put some wet newspaper on the fly splattered bit. Leave it to soak, don't let the paper dry out. Then just wipe off, no nasty chemicals and cheap as chips. It works best on fresh splats and isn't as good on old baked on carcasses!

Halfords used to make a fly removing spray. It was brilliant- I used to use it on my motorbike all the time. Then they changed the recipe, probably because of dangerous chemicals and the new stuff is rubbish.

dodgy

stratcat wrote:

put some wet newspaper on the fly splattered bit. Leave it to soak, don't let the paper dry out. Then just wipe off, no nasty chemicals and cheap as chips. It works best on fresh splats and isn't as good on old baked on carcasses!

+1 Though I use a an old cloth, wrap it around the area that is coated in flies then keep it wet.

Same technique works for getting flies of motorcycle visors, car headlamps, bonnets, windscreens etc.

ilm_zero7

northernneil wrote:

after my tour trip both the car, the roof box and the front of my bike are covered in small fly smears, have cleaned all 3 of them and no joy, have used some 'bug shift' spray and still no joy.

anyone got any additional tips for getting rid of bug smears, they have ruined the paint work / carbon fibre !!!!

Clay blocks are the new car paint wonder product - down to Halfords....!!!