Powder coat frame + Off bug spray= !!

[BlitzAttack]

Words of warning,,,,, DO NOT spray Off bug spray close to your powder coated frame! It eats the freaking coating. I was working on the car tonight, and being in texas its hot and my shop lights were attracting a crap load of bugs. So I get out the bug spray, and some overspray gets on the frame. It immediatly looked like orange peel and does not clean off!

[Bill3422]

Thank you for the heads up. That sucks

[Jeff R]

It eats powdercoat, yet we're supposed to be able to put it on our skin. Hmmmmmm....

[tirod]

It's a serious plastic solvent - used it full strength for years in the Army Reserves. The newer formula blends it with a binder to reduce it's evaporation rate and make it last longer at lower concentrations.

There's probably a lot of other stuff in spray cans on the garage shelf than might attack the powder coat. The issue is spray cans themselves - for the price, you get 40% waste of the product in overspray (case in point.) Spraying anything does that - including paint - which is why it's more economical to powdercoat. No waste.

But, as a finish, it has it's limitations - it's just granulated polymer melted on.

[NiceGuyEddie]

wow this is weird.

can you please share the brand you are using?

i use the turtle wax bug and tar remover all the time. it works amazingly well, i never imagined it would ruin powdercoated metal.

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[hala514]

I noticed this exact same thing! I am using the orange can stuff that keeps the mosquitos OFF.

[Rich A]

Gonna try it on an intake manifold. Hope it works better than paint stripper.

[KEITH T.]

Originally Posted by Rich A

Gonna try it on an intake manifold. Hope it works better than paint stripper.

Rich now that is too funny I almost spit my beer out!!

[Technic-Fan]

Originally Posted by NiceGuyEddie

wow this is weird.

can you please share the brand you are using?

i use the turtle wax bug and tar remover all the time. it works amazingly well, i never imagined it would ruin powdercoated metal.

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LOL...he's not talking about bug REMOVER (for the car)...but rather bug PREVENTER (for the owner)...

[BlitzAttack]

Yes it was Off Deep woods. Here is a zoomed in pic, you can see the dots on the cross bar. Its like that over the entire rear trunk area, granted it will be covered and never seen but I still know it there.