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19th May 2009, 20:09
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autoglym shampoo and flies
every time i wash my car when i get my drying towel out and start i always notice loads of flies all over my car i dont know if its the shampoo that causes this or if it the colour of my car but its freaking me out even caught 2 flies doing it on my car today! like a bluebottle swingers party lol confused?
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19th May 2009, 20:22
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i found that as well, theres something in the smell that attracts flies to the paint.
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19th May 2009, 20:29
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i thought so because any other time there isnt any in site but as soon as i start washing they come lol
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19th May 2009, 20:32
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this happen to me to mate when i was useing ag super resin polish 
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19th May 2009, 20:37
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haha maybe its becuase your car is so shiney 
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19th May 2009, 20:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dellboy_furio
haha maybe its becuase your car is so shiney |
haha i wish mate should i try using other products or does it happen with all?
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19th May 2009, 21:03
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Originally Posted by Hopey121
this happen to me to mate when i was useing ag super resin polish |
Wow this happened to me to, trying to polish and flies kept landing on the car. must be the smell of the autoglym stuff lol
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19th May 2009, 21:18
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i use chemical guys shampoos and i have never experienced this lol
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19th May 2009, 21:26
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haha thought i was tyhe only one...me and my mate where just staring at my car thinking wtf! lol...there must have been around 20 flies on the front of my car!
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19th May 2009, 21:51
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its crazy aint it like i said i found 2 flies doing it on my bonnet and when i wafted them off the was still stuck together lol maybe cg shampoo is in order
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19th May 2009, 21:55
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dunno why this happens, whenever i get the polish out my car is covered in bugs and flies, must be something in the shampoo/polish/wax that attracts them.
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19th May 2009, 22:20
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I had this problem with autoglym products lol i thought it was my car hahaha
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19th May 2009, 22:33
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seems alot of people have this problem i didnt know thought it was only me lol
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19th May 2009, 22:34
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Snap mate clearly not though lol
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19th May 2009, 23:06
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I use AG shampo and SRP and ive never noticed this.
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19th May 2009, 23:13
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like flies to shit 
haha
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19th May 2009, 23:21
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haha, cant keep them away either
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20th May 2009, 00:13
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like flies to shit
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hahahah actually lol
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20th May 2009, 03:09
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Ive never had any problems with autoglym products and flies......  this is new one for me......
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20th May 2009, 06:17
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mine just attracts them anyway as its orange!
walked out one day and my car may as well have been black!
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