Just a suggestion of caution

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Ed Fisher

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Folks, as all you are monitoring the world news carfeully, I strongly recommend you guys STRICTLY AVOID letting bird droppings touch your skin in any way. Here in Europe we have a rash of avian flu and it spreads by the fluids and excrements of avians (birds, as long as a pilot doesn't decide to poop on your hood)



I absoloutely do not use QD a towel anymore to wipe bird bombs. hose it off or if no hose is available, I go have it sprayed off at a gas station or wash station.



I can go have it repainted or even buy a new car, but I cannot resurrect if I get killed by some lousy flu contracted thru bird $hit...



It's all up to you... decide for yourselves. It does not necessarily mean you are all safe until the gov declares avian flu is rampant. It may be lurking about and you may be the one to let the gov know that it was around for some time...



Did sound like an urban legend message but believe me, it ain't no joke...
 
andrewcbho said:
... how about using a huge wad of disposable tissue paper and qd.
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Never use tissue paper on a finish, it's abrasive and will leaves swirls.



If you want to be extra safe it may be worth dedicating a couple towels to the cause and wearing latex exam gloves when wiping. Then store the towels in a Ziploc bag until you can wash them with hot water and chlorine bleach. That'll kill any bugs (but may also kill mf so either use 100% cotton or mf you don't mind trashing).





PC.
 
While I'm not going to stress over it too much, if someone wants to sanitize an MF towel that's been used for removing a bird plop, it only takes about a teaspoon of bleach per gallon of water to make an effective sanitizing solution. If you're worried about the bleach damaging the MF, soaking in a mild sanitizing solution, then washing regularly (rather than adding a larger amount of bleach to the wash) will probably be gentler on the towels.



Tort
 
I'm not terribly concerned right now. All the birds have flown south for the winter around here. No bird poo to worry about now just snow & salt.
 
The World Health Organisation say "Exposure is considered most likely during slaughter, defeathering, butchering, and preparation of poultry for cooking" www.who.int/en although the BBC have said there is a possible transmission route by breathing in dried faeces from infected birds. However whilst some caution could be useful ie using Torts bleach suggestion the potential risk of infection by cleaning must be low and if there is a pandemic, cleaning bird poop will be the least of our problems
 
The bird bomb would be on one side of the MF. Your hand would be on the other. And transmission of any pathogens would likely require an infection route such as a cut on your skin.

But, no birds are stupid enough to be flying around here when it's below zero (Fahrenheit) so nothing to worry about as far as bird bombs for the next month or two.
 
Murat said:
hose it off or if no hose is available, I go have it sprayed off at a gas station or wash station.
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Very good advice.



Just use water to soften and rinse it off. A few cups of water is usually all that is necessary.



Be smart. Do not use anything to wipe it away. No paper towels. No cloths.

That is just asking for surface damage.
 
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