Beware Cicadias
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Beware Cicadias
I probably spelled the bugs name wrong...anyway.
The 17 year cicadias are out on the east coast now and I wanted to put out a warning. 17 years ago I arrived on the east coast with my first brand new car (a cool :D Ford EXP) and had the darn bugs plastered all over it. I didn't give it any thought and left them for a week or so. When I got to washing them off, I discovered that the bug juices had eaten the clearcoat clean off. They didn't mess up the paint, just the clearcoat.
Keep the bugs off and keep the wax on.
AT
The 17 year cicadias are out on the east coast now and I wanted to put out a warning. 17 years ago I arrived on the east coast with my first brand new car (a cool :D Ford EXP) and had the darn bugs plastered all over it. I didn't give it any thought and left them for a week or so. When I got to washing them off, I discovered that the bug juices had eaten the clearcoat clean off. They didn't mess up the paint, just the clearcoat.
Keep the bugs off and keep the wax on.
AT
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Re: Beware Cicadias
Originally posted by Atacdad
I probably spelled the bugs name wrong...anyway.
The 17 year cicadias are out on the east coast now and I wanted to put out a warning. 17 years ago I arrived on the east coast with my first brand new car (a cool :D Ford EXP) and had the darn bugs plastered all over it. I didn't give it any thought and left them for a week or so. When I got to washing them off, I discovered that the bug juices had eaten the clearcoat clean off. They didn't mess up the paint, just the clearcoat.
Keep the bugs off and keep the wax on.
AT
I probably spelled the bugs name wrong...anyway.
The 17 year cicadias are out on the east coast now and I wanted to put out a warning. 17 years ago I arrived on the east coast with my first brand new car (a cool :D Ford EXP) and had the darn bugs plastered all over it. I didn't give it any thought and left them for a week or so. When I got to washing them off, I discovered that the bug juices had eaten the clearcoat clean off. They didn't mess up the paint, just the clearcoat.
Keep the bugs off and keep the wax on.
AT
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