Bug - non stick

[Allen]

I have not tried this yet and was very surprised to hear this remedy, especially from the source. I was talking with a friend yesterday morning and commented about having to go home and remove a layer of "beach bugs" from my truck. Hence forth generated this reply: "If you are going on a trip, spray the front of your vehicle with Pam cooking spray", I immediately was blown away, due to the fact that this guy is "Mr Clean" and would not dare do anything to taint any of his vehicles. He stated that he regularly applied this to the front of his truck and enclosed trailer (contains 2 ARCA Vipers). He said when he got where he was going, he simply hosed the bugs right off, no problem.
Have you guys ever heard of this? I know that he is ultra carefuly about car cleaning and relative products. I questioned him about possible harm and his comment was simply, there's no silicone agents in it or anything that would hurt you, much less the paint. So, I think I'm going to try it.

[MTI]

This is a variant of the classic list of WD-40 uses. Spraying any lubricant on the paint surface is going to make it harder for things to stick to it, but eventually you do have to clean it off the surface of the paint, since it won't prevent all bugs from getting smooshed on your grill, hood, and windshield (you don't want any grease on your windsheild).

There are insects, whose insides are sufficiently acid enough, when smashed to smithereens, can damage paint if left on the surface long enough. Therefore, the best defense is to keep a spray bottle of water and a rag in the trunk during "bug season" to wipe up the dearly departed as soon as possible, hopefully no more than a couple days, a week at the most, after they hit.

For long trips on interstates, consider 1) using blue painter's tape on the forward surfaces of the car to shield it from bugs, gravel, and larger debris at interstate speeds; 2) buying and applying those clear 3M paint protectors or 3) having a paint shop apply some of that new sprayed on paint protection to the front. For windshields, Rain-X will do what PAM might do without causing loss of forward vision.