HotRodZilla
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Peroxide shouldn't hurt the paint. It works well for bugs because it breaks down protein. It works great for getting blood out of clothes, carpets, upholstery etc...
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I have been using the dryer sheet as bug cleaner/remover for a couple of yrs now. My wife discovered it somehow - I'm sure she read it somewhere - regardless, I always carry a ziplock bag with several sheets when I travel on the FJR. Easy to use, works great, packs small, and if you run out more are available everywhere. Just make sure you use plenty of water which I supply from my hydration setup. Just the ticket for MC/LD!
ahchiu
FJR Commander
Peroxide won't harm the paint. I will keep fabric sheets on the bike when traveling, lighter than Peroxide
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creekstone
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I don't touch road grime at all while traveling. Part of the fun! Tells the tale!!
I'll clean it when I get home. Maybe.
I'll clean it when I get home. Maybe.
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Zorlac
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fjrob1300
Frost-back1 IBA 34867 / Brown Sider 002/ Dark Side
Why waste all that valuable time. When the last snow melts off the windshield in April it looks just like new. Then you're ready for another riding season.
Rob
Rob
Bustanut joker
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Rob, When yer right you're right!!
Washing is for gurl bikes!
Washing is for gurl bikes!
airboss
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If everybody cleans the bugs off their bikes.
Then I ask you. How are the flys gonna get fed???
Then I ask you. How are the flys gonna get fed???
FarWestFastEddie
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Every year his bike is cleaned,its a spring cleaning,,, wheather it needs it or not!!
FWFE
I dry my bike off after it's rained on at the office with a microfiber waffle weave cloth. Bugs come off with the water.
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Try mud and small rocks. They take bugs and everything else right off the bike, paint too. Leaves a cool textured finish.
timk
timk
Have been using the dryer sheets for years. Learned of it on an RV site.
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pcarnut
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HotRodZilla
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No. By that time, the blood is dry and much harder to remove. Gotta get it while its fresh.
That being said, you guys are messed up. I learned the trick working as a phlebotomist. With my current job its a good way to keep from having to destroy a bloody uniform shirt.
I once needed almost two good sized bottles to get all the blood out of one of my BDU shirts. The three positive aspects of that experience were
1: It was not my blood.
2: I was in a hospital, so there was plenty of peroxide and a large sink I could use. I would have never attempted a clean up like that at home.
uke: 3: my shirt came clean and after having it cleaned, it was good as new.
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garyahouse
newbs need the forum
I use a toothbrush to take care of the bugs, and a quick shower gets the rest of me clean as well.If you're on the road and need to clean your windscreen or headlights, try some Coca Cola. It works great on love bugs.
Gary
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evilmedic13
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Silly fact. Saliva works as well, if not better than Peroxide. It just depends on how much you have to clean, and how much you have in "reserve". I do it all the time to get that dried, caked blood out of spots where nothing else works. Like the clots the lazy *** I relieve in the morning doesn't feel like cleaning out of the stretcher from the trauma the night before! Yes, it gets out blood that has had 8+ hours to set. I follow up with bleach, or cavicide afterwards, but they don't come close to saliva. Saliva contains enzymes that help break it down, just like when you chew your food, for digestion. At least, that's the reason an old partner gave me as to how it works. He proved it by spitting on a bloodstain on the concrete in front of Cook County trauma that had been there for at least 12 hrs. He spit on it, waited a minute or so, sprayed it with water, and that stain was gone! Used it ever since.No. By that time, the blood is dry and much harder to remove. Gotta get it while its fresh.
That being said, you guys are messed up. I learned the trick working as a phlebotomist. With my current job its a good way to keep from having to destroy a bloody uniform shirt.
I once needed almost two good sized bottles to get all the blood out of one of my BDU shirts. The three positive aspects of that experience were
1: It was not my blood.
2: I was in a hospital, so there was plenty of peroxide and a large sink I could use. I would have never attempted a clean up like that at home.
3: my shirt came clean and after having it cleaned, it was good as new.
palerider
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That must have been some lugey.Silly fact. Saliva works as well, if not better than Peroxide. It just depends on how much you have to clean, and how much you have in "reserve". I do it all the time to get that dried, caked blood out of spots where nothing else works. Like the clots the lazy *** I relieve in the morning doesn't feel like cleaning out of the stretcher from the trauma the night before! Yes, it gets out blood that has had 8+ hours to set. I follow up with bleach, or cavicide afterwards, but they don't come close to saliva. Saliva contains enzymes that help break it down, just like when you chew your food, for digestion. At least, that's the reason an old partner gave me as to how it works. He proved it by spitting on a bloodstain on the concrete in front of Cook County trauma that had been there for at least 12 hrs. He spit on it, waited a minute or so, sprayed it with water, and that stain was gone! Used it ever since.No. By that time, the blood is dry and much harder to remove. Gotta get it while its fresh.
That being said, you guys are messed up. I learned the trick working as a phlebotomist. With my current job its a good way to keep from having to destroy a bloody uniform shirt.
I once needed almost two good sized bottles to get all the blood out of one of my BDU shirts. The three positive aspects of that experience were
1: It was not my blood.
2: I was in a hospital, so there was plenty of peroxide and a large sink I could use. I would have never attempted a clean up like that at home.
3: my shirt came clean and after having it cleaned, it was good as new.
