There are many products on the market for removing bugs, road tar, brake dust, and for general car or motorcycle cleaning. Most all of them contain petroleum based chemicals. These are very harmful to both you and the environment.
When you use chemicals to clean your car or motorcycle you are breathing in their fumes and getting the chemicals on your skin. The purpose of your lungs is to transfer what you breathe in (hopefully only oxygen) into your blood. Well, if you are breathing in chemical fumes then they get transferred to your bloodstream and you suffer the harmful effects, if not now then in the future.
Your skin absorbs anything that is on it! If chemicals are on it then they get absorbed. Since the body cannot break down petroleum based products they are stored in your tissues, liver, etc. These chemicals were never meant to be ingested and god only knows what effect they will have on your body!
When you use chemicals to wash your car or motorcycle you naturally rinse them off. Those chemicals you rinsed off are now on the ground and rain will wash them into the soil, eventually getting into our drinking water supply.
Usually the chemicals used to wash off brake dust from wheels are the worst offenders.
We recommend that you use our BOSS Sponges to wash your car or motorcycle. They will clean all surfaces using only soap and water, including getting brake dust off your wheels. As you wash with only soap and water they remove dirt, grime, bugs. road tar, and even brake dust. They will even clean your leather or vinyl interior surfaces using only water! They are great for getting spots out of your carpeting or mats too! The benefit is that they are chemical free.
Use a good car or motorcycle wash soap
You’ve probably heard this before but I can’t stress the importance of using a good quality car or motorcycle wash soap. They usually cost a little more than cheap brands but the benefits are worth it.
Don’t use dish soap! It contains degreasers that clean the oil, grease, and food off dishes but it will strip the wax off your finish and hasten the demise of your clear coat.
Always use plenty of soap and water when you wash your car or bike. That helps to float away loose dirt, bugs, and grime.
Clean dirt, grime and bugs off your paint
Importance of rinsing with water before washing
It is extremely important to rinse your vehicle with water once, if not twice, before washing it or using any product to remove bugs, road tar, etc.
The purpose of this is to flush away the looser dirt and grime before you use any cleaning product on the surface of your car, motorcycle, or truck, even car wash soap.
Dirt is abrasive! Especially on light plastics such as windscreens on motorcycles. That is why we recommend flushing the surface 2 times with water. The first pre rinse loosens dirt and washes dust and surface grime away. Let the water sit on the surface for a minute or two. The second rinse will cleanse the dirt loosened by the first application of water.
Now the vehicle surface is ready to be washed. Our Bugs Off Pads are ideal for removing bugs, insect residue, and even road tar from small areas of vehicle surfaces or are great to use on motorcycles, and clean with only soap and water.
Our BOSS Sponges are an excellent product for washing larger surfaces such as your car or truck, using only soap and water. No chemicals are needed with either of our products.