Best washer fluid for insect splats?

I do alot of summer driving through insect infested highways.
The standard bug wash doesnt seem to work effectively enough.
Is there a better product or homemade concoction that works better?
Thanks

 

I dont know of any that are really effective. Warm water with a decent car
wash soap
will get it, if you give it time to soak and are patient.

I have always suspected that an enzyme based compound might make it go a
little
quicker, but havent experimented with it.

Dried bugs are somewhat like dried nasal mucous. Warm water and time will
do it.

 

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Insects leave a gummy residue. You need to dissolve that residue before the
bugs will wash off easily.

Soak some paper towels in a mix of dish detergent and water. Lay them flat
over top of the bugs, then wait an hour or so. Remove and attempt to wash
the bugs off. If they're still stubbornly stuck, give it another hour.

This should take care of most of the gunk.

 

If you're speaking of the windshield washer fluid in the car, I think I've
seen some auto stores carry a formula made for cleaning bugs. I've never
tried it but it's worth checking out.

-Dave

 

I have tried it... Works similarly to water ;>)

 

yes, there's gas stations along your route, and they all have the
solution: windshield wash/wipe squeegees. if you look at the foam pad
on those things, it's covered in a white net. /that/ is something like
a ballistic nylon which is a very effective scraper. simply rub, and
the goop disappears.

 

Best thing to do is clean the windshield with Bon-Ami or similar product,
then apply Rain-X (the clear watery stuff, not the windshield washer fluid,
which is pink). Rain-X is basically a glass wax; it fills in the
microscopic pores in the glass. This is why the water just beads up & rolls
off. It also prevents bugs from sticking. You will not end up with a 100%
bug-free windshield, just fewer of them, and those that do stick will come
off easier. Rain-X also makes it easier to scrape ice off when that time
gets here. Tip - don't use it on clear plastic headlights; they will no
longer be crystal clear. It's for glass only.

The down-side with Rain-X is that it needs to be reapplied every few months.
It doesn't do away with the need for wipers. Maybe the Rain-X washer fluid,
used after the glass is treated with the regular Rain-X, is the way to go.

 

Bugwash is shit. A total waste of money.

Even worse, it's so low in alcohol that it'll freeze up the first time
temps get below 30, so you can't use it past early fall.

 

wrote in article

In my days of heavy traveling, I used to make a couple trips each year to
south central N.Y. - down I-88.

In-season, we would reach the intersection of I-88 and I-90 on our return
trip, and need to stop at the first gas station on I-90 to clean the
windshield.

I was always impressed with how well their particular sudsy mixture worked,
so one day I asked what they used.

"Tide laundry detergent", was the answer.

I have also used sudsy ammonia in the wash bucket.

Can't say how either would work out in the WSW tank.

 

Cola is extremely useful for the hand scrub, usually executed in the
driveway. I've never found an in-car washer fluid that washes well,
so I tend to focus on the ice melting abilities in the winter and run
whatever's cheap in the summer.

 

'Stoner's Invisible Glass' (http://www.invisibleglass.com/) along with a
little elbow grease will clean most gunk on the windshield.