Cleaning bug sponge?

[Strive]

My experience with open cell (/honeycomb) bug sponges is that when I use them the bugs get off the paint and into the sponge. After removing the bugs from the paint, I'm not able to rinse them out of the sponge. Eventually, the sponge ends up with lots of bugs in it.

Anybody know how to get the bugs out of the sponge? Or do you just not care about bugs in the sponge? Maybe you just toss the sponges out and replace?

I am talking about sponges like this. I haven't tried this one, but I think its similar to the ones I have

 

[Mike Phillips]

Great question and sorry to say, I have no technique for getting the dead bug bodies out of the open cell structure of a bug sponge.

For anyone reading this into the future, I'll share my own personal practice for avoiding bugs and when I say bugs, I mean the nuisance here in South Florida known as Love Bugs if I need to drive any great distance during Love Bug Season.

Here's my tip...

Instead of potentially destroying the paint on your own car, rent a cheap rental car and let the rental car take all the bug splatter abuse.

Simply really. I've seen the front of cars after someone has driven a long distance during Love Bug Season here in Florida and it's nothing short of gross. And the acids in the bug bodies and bug splatter can and will eat and etch through your car's thin clearcoat layer of paint.

So instead of taking the brunt of all the damage on your own car, simply rent a car for the trip.

I just went to our local Enterprise Car Rental and selected an EconoBox for the weekend, the car rental alone, picking up on Friday and returning on Sunday is less than $100.00

You save your car's delicate, precious and THIN clearcoat from any bug damage and just as great - you don't have to wash the car after your trip! Someone at Enterprise will get the blessing.


-Mike