Hey guys, I'm leaving on Saturday AM on a 1200 mile camping trip, and was wondering what ya'll use to help prevent the bugs from sticking to your trailer? Someone told me to spray the front with PAM and when I clean it off it will be a lot easier.......any suggestions?

Thanks

that might work, never tried that. I usually just get out a big bucket of elbow grease. so, I will watch this for ideas also.

Not sure about what to do before hand, but dryer sheets are the hot ticket for cleaning it off afterwards. Check some of the rv forums... Have fun on your trip.

I take like meguiars spray wax and just spray the shit out of it before going on a trip like that... DO NOT WIPE IT OFF.. just let it dry on there. When you get there it will wash right off... unless you get hit with some heavy rain.. then your screwed!!!

we also do that with the custom drag bikes we spray wax/wd40 underneath the tail section so after you do burnouts at the end of the night it just wipes right off ( normally that melted rubber is a biotch to get off)!!!

Try a detailer spray, the kind you use after a wax job. It's a little slicker than the wax it's protecting, and bugs come off easily.

Yup dryer sheets work like a charm. I have the old lady save the used ones and then get them and the trailer wet and the nastiest critters wipe right off.

Cheers!

Rejex works well for me http://www.corrosionx.com/rejex.html

I would clean it up real nice and wax the crud out of the entire front of the trailer. That should make it easy to clean off after the trip.
When I had my ninja sport bike I used pledge to keep it clean. It kept it shiney and smelled nice and lemony. But after a month our so it started to turn the paint a off yellowy color. I just washed it with soap and water and it came off. Of course I used it again, and again. Pledge was easier to clean the bike with than with soap and water. On the back tire I kept the rim clean using wd-40, The chain grease I used was super sticky and wd-40 took it right off.
Wish you luck and have a fun trip.

Hey guys, I'm leaving on Saturday AM on a 1200 mile camping trip, and was wondering what ya'll use to help prevent the bugs from sticking to your trailer? Someone told me to spray the front with PAM and when I clean it off it will be a lot easier.......any suggestions?

Thanks

Dont try it, The resulting mess is the s%%its to get off!

Dryer sheets and a bucket of water is certainly one way. I started using Fantastic and it works really good as well. Since the tool I use to clean the front cap is like a nylon scrubby, the Fantastic works even better than the dryer sheets.

I usually bring my extension brush on the trip and wash the bugs off in the morning when they are still soft from the morning dew. Just fill a small garbage can or bucket with water to dip the brush. One pass with the brush and they are completely gone...;)

Pretty difficult to prevent the bugs from sticking but after they are dried on there I add about a half a cup of kerosene to the car wash soap in the wash pail to get bugs off. Let it soak a few minutes and wash off. Works on the truck too. Keep it off the windshield tho.

Well, I went on the trip and guess what? I forgot to do anything to the front and didn't realize it till I saw all the bugs at a fuel stop. Now I'll try some of the ideas listed above. I know I'll need some elbow grease because its been sitting in the 100 degree sun for about a week and a half. Thanks guys for all the input, and by the way the trip went smooth, no flats, wrecks, problems,etc, but the cost of fuel.........OUCH! The trip ended up to be about 2700 miles on my speedo and its off because of the 285 tires so maybe closer to 3000? Anyways, thank again.

The dryer sheets (wet) attached by rubber bands to a window scrubber (from a janitorial supply) on a cheap aluminum extension pole will do the job in 10 minutes. Even dried-on bugs will come right off. Then hose it off or use the window scrubber (soft side) wet to rinse it all.

Just suck it up with the bug sh*t spattered all over. Hit it with some high pressure water. That's the best bet or you can starting collecting them. Take a trip to Walmart and get yourself a pressure washer I think it's one must have for a trailer owner. John

Just take a dryer sheet and try it the next time you wash your truck — easy, slicker than *#*#, cheap, and works on glass, too — and you won't risk blowing a hole in your RV with 2500# of pressure.

Just suck it up with the bug sh*t spattered all over. Hit it with some high pressure water. That's the best bet or you can starting collecting them. Take a trip to Walmart and get yourself a pressure washer I think it's one must have for a trailer owner. John

Just need to get the bugs.... Gel Coat and stickers must stay. :)

Really though if you get them off the next morning when damp they wiill melt away with a wet extension brush.

Apply Ice by Turtle Wax, then when you get there just wet a micro fiber towel and wipe the bugs off.

baby oil...works wonders also they make a product for drag racers to prevent the little tire chunks from sticking to the fenderwells. I think 3M makes it and it's called smoke off or something similar. I would try a racing catalog.