It's Bug Season--tips for newbies

Larry B

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Even though the weather has been colder than usual, the bugs are arriving splattered on the front of trucks and trailers. ENJOY!!

Here are some tips for those relatively new or into their first spring/summer.

1. Pre wet bugs. I give them a shot of water as I move down the truck to the the rear wheels/trailer etc.. A little presoak goes a long way.

2. Watch your drying time. As the sun is warmer now, your chems will dry much faster than before. The windows will be fairly hot from the sun and will dry out your chems fast. Work in smaller areas, make sure you have fuel in your PW'er (running out with chems on a surface/window, while it is warm out can be an expensive mistake) and re-wet or rinse an area if you get held up somewhere else.

3. Relish in the fact that summer is a fairly easy time for truck washers
 
Good tip Larry,

I would take just a step further on the presoak and actually knock off as much of the bugs as possible on the first pass. This give the detergents a better chance at penetrating into that dehydrated mess that is so hard to get off.
 
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