HELP - Bird stain on 1-day old BLACK Porsche Cayenne

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sws1

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Picked up a brand new jet black Porches Cayenne on Tuesday. Wednesday the front fender was splattered with bird crap. About the size of a dinner plate. By the time I washed it off, it had already marred the paint / clearcoat.



Fine detailing clay did nothing.

Hand rubbed some JW Prime on it. Also did nothing. (Didn't use a buffer or polishing pad.)



Generally, I use JW Prime and Acrylic Jett on my cars. And I have 3 different pads that I got from the Autopia-CarCare store. (To date, I've never used anything but the least agressive pad with my cars.) I think they are DAS pads, but they don't have the grooves in them like the current DAS pads do.



What's the recommended path for removing this stuff from Porsche paint?

Can I try JW Prime with a more agressive pad? Get some sort of polish? What kind?



Thanks so much.
 
In the interest of not taking too much paint off a brand new and expensive vehicle, I would start by wiping it well with IPA, then mix up a past of baking soda and water and apply that a couple of times, letting it dry and wiping it off (gently) with a wet towel. Then go over it with IPA again. This is to neutralize and pull out stuff that may have penetrated the paint. Whether this really helps or not, I'm not sure, but it seems to have helped me on certain stains.



Then I would definitely go ahead and machine polish with the Prime and your least aggressive pad, stepping up to your medium pad if that doesn't help. Although from the way your post is written, perhaps you don't have a machine. Do you? Either way, if you can't get the results you're looking for, you'll need to go more aggressive, either with an OTC polish like Meg's SwirlX, or online with something like Meg's 205 or one of the Menzerna finishing polishes, or one of many others. The Meg's stuff you oughta be able to get some results by hand, if that's how you're working.



Hard to tell without pictures (or maybe even with pictures) how deep it's etched. If it's deep, you likely won't be able to get it out (and shouldn't try to completely remove it). Sometimes you will be able to reduce it so that you will only be able to see the etch from certain angles. Hopefully it's shallow and a little light polishing will remove it.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
In the interest of not taking too much paint off a brand new and expensive vehicle, I would start by wiping it well with IPA, then mix up a past of baking soda and water and apply that a couple of times, letting it dry and wiping it off (gently) with a wet towel. Then go over it with IPA again. This is to neutralize and pull out stuff that may have penetrated the paint. Whether this really helps or not, I'm not sure, but it seems to have helped me on certain stains.



Then I would definitely go ahead and machine polish with the Prime and your least aggressive pad, stepping up to your medium pad if that doesn't help. Although from the way your post is written, perhaps you don't have a machine. Do you? Either way, if you can't get the results you're looking for, you'll need to go more aggressive, either with an OTC polish like Meg's SwirlX, or online with something like Meg's 205 or one of the Menzerna finishing polishes, or one of many others. The Meg's stuff you oughta be able to get some results by hand, if that's how you're working.



Hard to tell without pictures (or maybe even with pictures) how deep it's etched. If it's deep, you likely won't be able to get it out (and shouldn't try to completely remove it). Sometimes you will be able to reduce it so that you will only be able to see the etch from certain angles. Hopefully it's shallow and a little light polishing will remove it.
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Thanks.

Yes - I have a Porter Cable which is how I apply Prime to my other cars.



As it stands now, after washing it, you can't feel anything with your hand. And you can't see it, unless you're at the correct angle. However, since it is so big, anytime you walk to the car, you see it. I'll try to go get a pic now.



BTW - What is IPA?
 
There is plenty of paint on those vehicles, not something I would worry too much about. If polishing doesn't take it out (I don't think it will) you will need to have the area wetsanded with some 2000 grit. Really not a big deal at all. You should post where you are located, and I'm sure a local autopian will chime in for the repair. Best of luck.





John
 
I'd tape the area off and use the smallest pad possible. I just did some spot-correction on the A8 (horribly nasty marring, we don't know what happened there) with a 3" pad on my PC...with a 3.75" backing plate :soscared: Yeah, gotta be careful, but it worked like a charm and I only thinned the area that needed it.
 
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