The Power of Bird Excrement

I've just moved work branches and where we park our cars, a LOT of Seagulls gather. Some of the other guys have had major trouble and even scratches where they've landed on the bonnet! A couple have invested in car covers - I've always been a bit reluctant to use them, but I'm tempted at the moment.
 
how about the bird poop thats dried on, how do you safely remove. i once tried QD and MF on it, but it just baked on the paint!!
 
Did you spray the QD on in the sun? That's a bad idea. Move the car into the shade, let it sit for a few minutes, then soak it with QD or soapy water, and then carefully wipe it off. That's what I do.
 
I recently detailed a Marauder that had a bomb on it for about 5 hours. After wash, IPA, Scratchx, AIO and ssr2.5, there was still very noticable etching. Must have been very acidic. I think it may be almost to the base color.
 
I just did a detail last weekend where two bird bombs on the roof seemed to have 'dried' out the clear coat, causing it to appear to have cracked in a spider-web style pattern, right down to the base coat. Cutting seemed to have very little effect. Percievably, it could have been there a LONG time as the owner confessed to rarely (if ever) washing the car.
 
Idz21 said:
Speaking of bird poop. On my way home from work yesterday i saw some lady driving a car which was tagged at LEAST 20 times by bird turds. It looks like she parked underneath the wrong tree. Of course, it bothered her none. She just drove her bird crap polka dot hood car like it was normal.
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Why did this one post put me into a state of laughter? I think the phrase tagged 20 times with bird turds and "polka dot hood car" just hit a laughter zone :laugh:
 
That can happen if the bird shot sits on a perfect paint surface for a little while. I have had black cars in the past, and the same thing has happened on various occasions. You should get used to the idea of carrying a spray bottle of water with you in your travels. It is VERY handy in spot situations.



Additionally, you may want to try one or two medium abrasive polishes or paint cleaners (give gliptone's pro-buff a try...it is a very active paint cleaner).



You could also, if it doesn't bother you, wait it out. I have found that if the bird spot wasn't too severe, in time the spot will dissipate. How....don't ask me, but my very few spots over the years in time have vanished from my surfaces (with my traveling water bottle, though, it will be a very hard task for a bird bomb to take residence on my paint surface.....but as the saying goes....sh*t happens!).



PS: One more thing....never attempt to wipe off poop with a dry towel. Always wet down the spot. Some bombs can be as abrasive as needles, as I had found out on one unfortunate occasion.
 
I've learned to use the IPA:water solution ( or IP based glass cleaner), let it dwell and wipe carefully. If I'm lucky and there's no marring, I'll spray the IPA solution again and wipe another clean MF.



This has helped me on several occasions. No signs of etching appearing after contact or water or anything like that. Of course after about a day or so, I must reapply my LSPs. I also attribute my success to being able to tend to the bombs shortly after they appeared.They were never hardened.
 
I remember when I had an 89 K5 Blazer. I must have had it a month . I swear these birds must have been eating at a razor blade factory. I couldnt get this crap {no pun intended} off without marring. No matter how gently I was with removing. Even spraying with a full straem from a garden hose left marring. Back in the day though, microfiber wasnt invented yet and all we had were baby diapers or terry towels
 
Bill D said:
I've learned to use the IPA:water solution ( or IP based glass cleaner), let it dwell and wipe carefully. If I'm lucky and there's no marring, I'll spray the IPA solution again and wipe another clean MF.



This has helped me on several occasions. No signs of etching appearing after contact or water or anything like that. Of course after about a day or so, I must reapply my LSPs. I also attribute my success to being able to tend to the bombs shortly after they appeared.They were never hardened.
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Bill what ratio of IPA and water are you using????
 
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