MK5 Golf GTI

General => Detailing => Topic started by: s3dubbin on July 17, 2011, 07:36:25 pm

Title: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: s3dubbin on July 17, 2011, 07:36:25 pm

Please give me some tricks of the trade to removing bird sh*t stains on my back quarter? What a mess!! Audi s3 8p phantom black. Have hit it with all my megs products and it has laughed at them all. Heard a rumour about removing the stain with a hair dryer??? Seems to remove the ammonia? Cheers peeps, Stevie.

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: winrya on July 17, 2011, 07:38:28 pm

you'll probably find it has etched the clear coat so you will need to wet sand it and polish to fix the paint

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: stealthwolf on July 17, 2011, 07:39:36 pm

How long was it left on there for? Under what conditions? Bird lime can damage clearcoat to the point where a respray is needed.

Please post up some pics.

EDIT: beaten to it by winrya. I presume you've tried tar remover and claying it?

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: s3dubbin on July 17, 2011, 07:47:53 pm

Cant get pics tonight but will try tommorrow if i can. Wasnt there 7am and returned 3.30pm so maybe 8hrs....in the sunshine. Is the hair dryer nonsense??? The amount of bird crap that has been on my car and never marked it, this has annoyed me. Not a polisher but like my car clean. Stevie.

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Snoopy on July 17, 2011, 10:26:11 pm

Sorry i cannot help
but i have exactly the same problem with a shadow blue Golf and have a mark on the bonnet  :confused: I washed it off as soon as i spotted it but it could have been on for a few hours. It seems to have stained the clear coat on the bonnet and i have tried claying and light polish but nothings touching it  :confused:

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Boothy on July 18, 2011, 12:49:03 am

Might they polish out by machine?

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: s3dubbin on July 18, 2011, 02:01:52 pm

Been trying to upload the damage but for some reason when i copy the link from photobucket then paste it into the forum it is saying the image has been removed or deleted?? Just going to try again with the stain. Stevie.

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: s3dubbin on July 18, 2011, 02:15:28 pm

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1114.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk524%2Fs3dubbin%2F18072011136.jpg&hash=0341163a4e35f98c276b234ba8101fd1930e09b9)

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: baldwined30 on July 18, 2011, 02:51:35 pm

I want to know how to get this sorted too! Black cars are a pain!

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: s3dubbin on July 18, 2011, 04:27:42 pm

Now sorted!!!! The polishers will drop to the floor in disgust when i show what was used to sort this out. Always been told never to put this stuff near my paint work but today this has completely sorted it, gone from all angles! Stevie.

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: s3dubbin on July 18, 2011, 04:29:53 pm

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1114.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk524%2Fs3dubbin%2F18072011141.jpg&hash=61234d67b33fa96442e19393cfea3cd502ce565c)

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: stealthwolf on July 18, 2011, 08:16:10 pm

Actually, I won't bad mouth T-cut. In the right circumstances, it's good. In fact, in an emergency, I had to use some.

Well done on removing the marks.

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Saint Steve on July 18, 2011, 08:23:04 pm

I have some in red of that stuff, and sorted the same problem I had on my roof :happy2:

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: s3dubbin on July 18, 2011, 08:35:38 pm

Spot on! Well chuffed. Looks great. Cheers stealth its certainly got something in it, abrasive as hell but didnt take much to shine back up. Woohoo!  :happy2: Stevie.

Title: Re: Bird sh*t!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Snoopy on July 18, 2011, 09:09:55 pm

Glad you fixed it  :happy2:
Sadly i tried it on mine and it can still be seen from certain angles so guess mine has marked quite bad.