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General => Detailing => Topic started by: wisebuddah on May 21, 2012, 09:11:46 am

Title: Bird Poo..
Post by: wisebuddah on May 21, 2012, 09:11:46 am
Morning all,

I've recently been away for a few days and returned to find a dollop of seagull mess down the side of my car. Typical. Anyway, it's affected the paint work..bloody toxic waste. Is there anything I can do to fix or is it a job for a professional?

Ta
 :sick:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: stealthwolf on May 21, 2012, 09:15:49 am
Depends on the damage. May polish it. May need a respray.
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: Gene Hunt on May 21, 2012, 09:28:39 am
Try scratch x & then a good polish after. :smiley:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: wisebuddah on May 21, 2012, 09:30:28 am
Scratch X.. Ace, I'll look into it.

Cheers guys  :congrats:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: rich83 on May 21, 2012, 09:31:19 am
Try..

A good quality polish by hand....

Then...

Try some T-cut....

Then...

Machine polish

Then...

Respray.
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: heavyd on May 21, 2012, 04:58:37 pm

Try some T-cut....


 :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

that word should be banned on this forum :surprised:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: higher1 on May 23, 2012, 11:32:39 pm

Try some T-cut....


 :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

that word should be banned on this forum :surprised:

+1 !!!!
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: rich83 on May 24, 2012, 12:05:15 am
Nothing wrong with t-cut if used correctly.
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: heavyd on May 24, 2012, 05:14:48 pm
Nothing wrong with t-cut if used correctly.

But if used incorrectly with happily take the clear coat off your car :surprised:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: reflex11 on May 28, 2012, 01:04:17 pm
could have burnt the paintwork, I would use a quick detailing spray to get it off and go from there, hate bird poo
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: wisebuddah on June 02, 2012, 10:19:37 pm
Quick update..

The scratch - x was a genius move!! All signs of burn poo damage gone.. :congrats:

Thanks  :laugh:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: Gene Hunt on June 03, 2012, 07:01:02 am
Quick update..

The scratch - x was a genius move!! All signs of burn poo damage gone.. :congrats:

Thanks  :laugh:
..........worked on mine also. :happy2:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: SRC on June 03, 2012, 02:32:40 pm
I came back to my car yesterday to find a similar story.

I've learned from bitter experience to get it off asap, but it took two buckets of very warm water and a lot of patience to soak off the stubborn substrata (I'm not showing off, just proving I'm sober)

What do those birds eat??
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: Gene Hunt on June 03, 2012, 03:54:42 pm
I came back to my car yesterday to find a similar story.

I've learned from bitter experience to get it off asap, but it took two buckets of very warm water and a lot of patience to soak off the stubborn substrata (I'm not showing off, just proving I'm sober)

What do those birds eat??
........i did when i found it on mine & always do. Car is covered in AG HD wax but this one time it still left a mark after washing it off. Good going over with the scratch x & then a re-cover of the HW wax & good as new. :happy2:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: Frodo-anni on June 03, 2012, 08:01:40 pm
I carry babywipes in the car for this exact reason! G/f thinks im made when she sees me in a car park wiping it off the car.
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: Frenzy on June 06, 2012, 01:01:57 pm
so far i've been lucky, i've always got the bird poo off with minimum lingering time, i always carry some QD spray in the car and agitating the bird poo with that always removes it in one go with no marks (the car is also sealed and waxed - car is still beading well enough whenever it rains, which is a lot right now, but needs redoing soon.)

Where i live we have cherry trees and they are currently bearing little fruits. Some of the folks who have parked beneath them have had their cars re-sprayed in a very patchy manner by the pigeons in a very violent purple/black/white effect...  :sick: i never park under a tree unless i absolutely have to. The funny thing is that these folks do nothing about the mess on their cars they just leave them to gather more...  :stupid:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: E30Dom on June 06, 2012, 09:02:22 pm
Try..

A good quality polish by hand....

Then...

Try some T-cut....

Then...

Machine polish

Then...

Respray.

You missed wet-sanding before respray...
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: Chunkyjh on June 14, 2012, 07:16:55 pm
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fad226%2Fchunkyjh%2F70d72f5c.jpg&hash=5e88925d4cdc951f2f3618faa5755b6753ce5919)

Luckily this was on the windscreen! God knows how big this bird was!  :confused:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: Jussa on June 14, 2012, 08:05:04 pm
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fad226%2Fchunkyjh%2F70d72f5c.jpg&hash=5e88925d4cdc951f2f3618faa5755b6753ce5919)

Luckily this was on the windscreen! God knows how big this bird was!  :confused:

 :signLOL: do you have wild ostriches in your area!!!!!
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: Chunkyjh on June 14, 2012, 08:17:14 pm
I thought someone had thrown a wedding cake at my car  :grin:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: dmac1969 on June 17, 2012, 05:41:33 pm
I thought someone had thrown a wedding cake at my car  :grin:

Hahahaha!  :congrats:
Title: Re: Bird Poo..
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on June 20, 2012, 01:08:19 pm
^^^OMG that is nasty!!!