Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-13 Thread Allan Streib
Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com writes: Also, stores seem to be selling a lot of RainX windshield washer fluid. I wonder what effect it has on the wax coat if any and/or which washer fluid is best? I buy about a dozen of the cheapest bottles of blue stuff (basically diluted methanol with

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-13 Thread Gerry Archer
From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com writes: Also, stores seem to be selling a lot of RainX windshield washer fluid. I wonder what effect it has on the wax coat if any and/or which washer fluid is best? I buy about a dozen of the cheapest bottles of

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-12 Thread Russ Williams
Gerry, I use Bounce Fabric Softener Sheets to remove Love Bugs. Wet the bug infected area and the sheet start wiping. It will take some elbow grease to get the one that are baked on but they will come off and it's safe on paint and wax. I also treat my windshield with Rainex it keeps the little

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-12 Thread Bill Ringgold
R -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Russ Williams Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 12:51 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off Gerry, I use Bounce Fabric Softener

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-12 Thread Gerry Archer
Gotta try those fixes. I vaguely remember something about Pam but never heard of the other ones. We haven't had love bugs around here in quite a while. Thanks Russ, Gerry From: Russ Williams rawil...@eatel.net Gerry, I use Bounce Fabric Softener Sheets to remove Love Bugs. Wet the bug

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-12 Thread Gerry Archer
and the torque took them off of the shafts. She was not pleased. Bill R -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Russ Williams Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 12:51 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Love bug season

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-12 Thread Dan Penoff
PAM just makes a mess. Don't bother. Dan On May 12, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Gotta try those fixes. I vaguely remember something about Pam but never heard of the other ones. We haven't had love bugs around here in quite a while. Thanks Russ, Gerry

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-12 Thread Craig
On Sat, 12 May 2012 18:38:52 -0400 Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: I wonder what ... which washer fluid is best? Why the Benz Summer Wash and the Benz Winter Wash, of course. See Rusty if you want to buy those, otherwise, I don't know if it makes any difference. Craig

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-12 Thread Russ Williams
Yep I agree. That's what my buddy found. On 5/12/2012 18:01, Dan Penoff wrote: PAM just makes a mess. Don't bother. Dan On May 12, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Gerry Archerarche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Gotta try those fixes. I vaguely remember something about Pam but never heard of the other ones.

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-12 Thread Gerry Archer
Sounds good. I'll get some with the next order. Gerry From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: I wonder what ... which washer fluid is best? Why the Benz Summer Wash and the Benz Winter Wash, of course. See Rusty if you want to buy those, otherwise, I don't know if

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-12 Thread Mitch Haley
Dan Penoff wrote: PAM just makes a mess. Don't bother. It's like misting Canola oil on the glass. And if it polymerizes, (canola won't do it as quickly as soybean oil does, but I bet it happens) then you get a hard residue on the glass, somewhere between glue and varnish. I bet it's what

[MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-11 Thread Gerry Archer
That's what I was afraid of about using the volatile based products. Too bad the water based adhesive didn't work. Love bug season has started in the this area and north of here. What's the best way to clean them off the windshield, grill, fenders, etc. without removing the wax coating?

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-11 Thread Craig
On Fri, 11 May 2012 21:37:55 -0400 Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Love bug season has started in the this area and north of here. Ah, yes. I ran into them (pun intended) when I was stationed at Tyndall AFB in Panama City, FL, in the early '70s. Despite the slaughter on the

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-11 Thread Dieselhead
Very nasty tasting when they smack you in the face on a motorsickle. On Fri, 11 May 2012 21:37:55 -0400 Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Love bug season has started in the this area and north of here. Ah, yes. I ran into them (pun intended) when I was stationed at Tyndall AFB

Re: [MBZ] Love bug season. Was: Exhaust fell off

2012-05-11 Thread Gerry Archer
I'll get those products and try them, and then report back. Someone on the list might know which is the best wax preserving wash. I've been wondering about that since using 3Ms Show Car Wax which produced such a great looking finish. Thanks, Gerry arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Love bug