Cicadas Are Destroying Your Cars Paint, Here’s How to Fix It
Over the past few weeks, cicadas have emerged around Louisville, KY. While they are annoying to listen to, many have began to notice the front of their cars covered in cicada and bug guts.
These bug splats aren’t just bad to look at, they are also eating away your cars clearcoat! If left on too long, they may become too difficult to clean off and will require costly repairs.
How to Protect Your Car From Bug Guts
If you care about your car, you will want to protect your car from bug guts. While there is no way to prevent bugs from splattering on your paint or windshield, you can protect your cars clearcoat.
The most important thing you can do to protect your car is get your car detailed ASAP. The longer the bugs are left on the car, the worse.
Every day, the acidity of the bug guts etches further into the clearcoat. Eventually, the guts will become so hard to remove that not even the strongest of chemicals or washing can remove them.
If your vehicle has no protective coating on it, bug guts will harm paint faster. Having a coating on your vehicle, such as a wax or sealant, protects the clearcoat against the elements by serving as a sacrificial layer.
While you may be considering taking your car to an automatic car wash to remove the bugs, it should be the last thing to consider.
Why You Shouldn’t Run Your Car Through an Automatic Wash
While convenient, automatic car washes do nothing but harm your paint. Bug guts are difficult to remove, and automatic car washes are simply not capable of removing them and their acidic guts.
Bug guts usually require specially wash practices, clay barring, and decontamination to fully remove, which is something only detailers can accomplish. When your car is taken through an automatic car wash, the bug guts are not removed and a cheap coating is applied over them, sealing them in. A proper detail fully decontaminates the paint before applying a high quality coating.
Simply put, automatic car washes seal in the acidic bug guts. This allows the guts to continue eating away your clearcoat.
Why You Should Book With us to Solve This Issue
We at Wheelhouse Detailing offer many services to restore the look of your vehicle. With our Exterior Detail service, we fully clean the exterior of your vehicle, removing all bug guts, and protecting it with a 6-10 month coating. Our coating protects your car from the elements. This includes bug guts, rain, bird poop, and more. Best of all, we come to you!
We ensure your vehicle leaves our hands easy to clean in the future, making stuck-on bug guts a thing of the past. With all the cicadas, summer bugs, and crazy weather we have been having, there is no better time to get your car detailed!
