Those #$%#$%#% birds!

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The birds are out in force. Less than a few months, and already got some bird stains.

I know keep the following in my trunk inside the emergency kit:


  • Bottle of final inspection.
  • Bottle of Poorboy's Bird $h1T remover.
  • Microfiber towels.


I wanted to know if there was a way to remove a few bird stains, I got some photos of them tonight:


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This was before I started using Rejex sealant. I stopped using carnuba waxes, since the protection isn't as good.


I have a FLEX rotary and Porter 7424. I have just about all the Menzerna products. I also have 3M compound.

The backing plates I have are 7.5" and 6.5", although I suspect they are too big.

The pads are LC orange, green, blue and white. All the pads were cleaned with pad rejuvenating powder, washed and dried.

I always wash and clay bar the paint if I polish, no matter how clean it looks.

From the research I've done so far it seems like Meguire's 105 may do it, although on the Poorboy's anti bird $h1T bottle, they mention their own polish.

I'm also considering finding some junker car that's filled with bird poop stains and practice on it first.

Suggestions/Tips welcomed.

P.S: my friend has a BMW 535i that got bombed a few days ago, so it looks like removing bird poop stains may become my next expertise. Im the MAN
 
 
Th3 Factory Freak said:
I have a FLEX rotary and Porter 7424. I have just about all the Menzerna products. I also have 3M compound.


From the research I've done so far it seems like Meguiar's 105 may do it,
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The type you show in your pictures can probably be improved but not totally removed. (safely).

The 3M compound is probably for rotary buffer use only so if you use it do so with the Flex rotary buffer and clean up the swirls it leaves using the Porter Cable with one of the Menzerna polishes.

I'd tread carefully...

Typed words cannot even come close to the sinking feeling you will get in your heart if you turn your buffing pad over and see the color of the basecoat on the pad.



:)
 
In a prior career, I worked near a marina on the shore of Lake Michigan. I parked in an open muni lot, which was home to hundreds of seagulls. Hardly a day went by that I didn't have to remove bird droppings, often two or three times. I found that carnauba offered a little better protection against acidic droppings than my sealant. So I took to topping my sealant with Meg's #16. The result was no paint damage. Bear in mind the acidity of the dropping depends upon what the particular bird has been eating. If I had to do it all over again today I'd opt for a coating.
 
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