Hope this is not OT for this forum, but it doesn't exactly fit the wash & wax subforum.

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with the protectants that spray on to keep bug splatters and road debris from marring your paint. You supposedly just wash them off after use. Rain-X makes one and I've also seen one advertised from Dupli-Color (the spray paint people).

When I go on road trips, the bugs are of course brutal, and even after a thorough cleanup, they leave little "ghost" marks in the clearcoat that require clay bar to remove. I'm hoping this stuff might prevent that ...

Anyone ever use them? Any good?

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I was wondering about this too....oh and everytime i leave my car almost anywhere when i come back there are bugs sticking to it. I think maybe they are attracted to my wax smell or taste..

 

get a clear bra, then you can scrub them off

 

Never used the spray-on which have just recently appeared on the shelves this past spring.

I have just apllied RejeX this past Sunday and should have a very good idea within the next 2 weeks as I drive my car for work.

I know what you mean by brutal, the whole front end of my car needed special treatment of Bugg-off after I washed it in preparation for the RejeX, I spent a good 30 minutes and could not get the surface spec free, ghost marks were left on the 3M Paint Protection Film after a 870 miles work week.

I can't wait to see how this stuff will hold up and will post result soon. If you don't get any news from me within the next 3 weeks, please reply to this thread.

Best regards from Montreal, Canada

frenchnew

 

They will not scrub off totally with a clear bra!

I know, I have the whole front end of my TL done and the bugs are harder to remove from the clear bra then from the paint.

The bugs leaves ghost on the film and no rubbing whatsoever get's the stuff spec free but I love the protection from stone chips.

Best regards from Montreal

frenchnew

 

I use rejex. It lasts a long time and is some good stuff. How ever the bugs do not come completly off, but are easier to get off.

 

Try using a scrub brush . Let me know what happens after the rejex, it works good for me, I put on 2 coats

 

Thanks for the replies, guys. I have a trip coming up for Thanksgiving, and I think I'll try this stuff.

I just wondered if it really comes off easily when the time comes, if it washes off if you go through a rainstorm, and mainly if it really works. Guess you'd just carry it with you and reapply.

In any case, sounds like it's definitely better than nothing!
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What stuff are you going to try, rejex? If so, you have to let it "cure" for 12 hours after wiping the haze off. It lasts 6 months also.

 

You can get more info at their website and read the Car and Driver review as well.

 

Look on ebay, they should have some good deals.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RejeX...spagenameZWDVW

 

A good coat of Zaino works just as good as Rejex for bugs on the front end. The bugs just rinsed off literally.

 

Oh and ubnpast please don't use a scrub brush on your paint

 

yup, i saw that on spike TV this past weekend ( the diplicolor one) haven't used it yet tho...about to look into it at the auto store this weekend

 

Who sells zaino??? i can't find it around here?

 

http://www.zainostore.com/

 

I just came across this stuff when I was looking into seafoam...

http://www.seafoamsales.com/bugsBGone.htm

 

I would never use one on my paint. I was replying to frenchnew about his bug problems on his bumper. He has the clear bra and so do I... If you have the clear bra you can scrub them off lightly with a scrub brush

 

The two products I was originally referring to are:

Rain-X Protectant

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Duplicolor Shield

Both are temporary shields against bug splatters and general road debris. The Duplicolor one even refers to itself as a "temporary bra". Cool.

I think I'll try to locate some of the Duplicolor stuff and give it a whirl. Can't hurt.
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I guess they should have a warning on that spray can from Duplicolor that state the following" Will not offer any protection against Stone Chips like a paint protection film"

Hope it works good for you

Best regards

frenchnew

 

LOL. No, I didn't expect it to. This is primarily to keep all those bug splatters from etching the paint too badly before they can be scrubbed off.

And contrary to many here, I'm just not a clear bra aficionado. I know paint touchup guys who can make chips disappear for 'way less than the cost of a bra, and I don't like that little line bras make, either.

But then again, I don't use Zaino, either, so I guess I'm a total freak.
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the bra is cheap if you do it yourself

 

Zaino...works for me and no waterspots since i used it.