The infamous power of bird poo

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Yesterday I got off work and noticed this massive bird poo on my roofView attachment 48083

Seriously, I don't know what that bird ate but it must have been quite a lunch. I removed it as soon as I got home. Now today I noticed that it left me another gift on my front bumper just below my headlight. Removed it right away. But the damage was already done. It ate through my clear coat. View attachment 48084

So yeah, it is very important to get rid of bird droping as soon as possible.
 
Sometimes if you treat those with some baking soda paste, and some people also advocate an IPA wipe, and you let them outgas a little, you can get some of that stain/etch to come out. I'm talking mostly about the cloudy appearance, probably nothing is going to change in the pitted area.
 
My neighbor gets up like 4am to sprinkle bird food on the street and the bottom of my driveway.Bird crap everywhere.
 
jmsc said:
Ranger:

which lsp did you have on your cc?
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I put some CG Jet seal and CG Butter wet wax but it was in October of last year. I didn't have time to clay and put it back this year yet so there is most likely nothing left.
 
GSKR said:
My neighbor gets up like 4am to sprinkle bird food on the street and the bottom of my driveway.Bird crap everywhere.
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Dude I feel your pain. My old neighbor used to dump a total of a 5 gallon bucket of seed in the front and back yard twice a day and our houses nearly touched. Pigeons everywhere hundreds of them at all times. Glad I don't live there anymore lol.
 
Yep...Bird poo is powerful;
just the thought of birds...
is enough to drive me nuts:



Bob
 
RangerDetails said:
So there is no way to fix that clear coat right?
RangerDetails said:
Could I just sand and polish or even just polish?
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You've already stated that the clear-coat (CC)
had been eaten away...removed, as it were.

And...
Since polishing/sanding will wind up
removing even more CC...IMO: not
a viable solution.

Instead: You'll need to "fill-in", what
the bird poo has removed.


Bob
 
Bob,
Jim Morrison didn't have anything on that guy. LOL!!!



Folks, I know bird poo is powerful stuff, but I have a real hard time believing that bird poo left on for a 24 hour period is going to totally eat through anyone's clear coat unless is was compromised before hand. Stain the paint? Yes. Etch the paint? Likely. Eat through it? I doubt it.

I've seen poo stains left on for weeks that thoroughly etched the clear coat, yet didn't totally compromise it...as in burn through the clear.

I won't say it couldn't happen, but it's highly unlikely in my opinion.
 
Well I'm not saying that it ate completely through(was I?), I'm saying that it did leave a mark that I cannot remove. Which I find quite sad since I try to take good care of my not-fancy-at-all-car and it's not even a year old yet.
 
Since I started using Finish Kare 1000p I don't even worry about bird poo--car sat two weeks this winter with bird droppings on it for (what looked like) at least a week at the airport. Washed right off with waterless wash---good as new--no etching at all.
 
Lots of LSP options, but since using nano coatings and toppers, bird poop has been no match for the coatings (when removed in a timely manner).
 
RangerDetails said:
Well I'm not saying that it ate completely through(was I?)
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From your first post
RangerDetails said:
... It ate through my clear coat.
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Fairly specific language don't you think?


RangerDetails said:
...I'm saying that it did leave a mark that I cannot remove. Which I find quite sad since I try to take good care of my not-fancy-at-all-car and it's not even a year old yet.
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That makes more sense. It etched your clear coat.
 
Hoytman said:
From your first post


Fairly specific language don't you think?

Haha yes it is very specific. I guess I got too emotional in my choice of words.

That makes more sense. It etched your clear coat.
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Yep!

My car is a black(the official name is Ultra Black) Hyundai Accent GLS 2015. Nothing fancy.
 
My guess is the poo just etched the CC. and it might just take a little stronger product or technique to remove. I wouldn't necessarily jump into hitting it with 2000-2500 grit wet sanding just yet but in reality if you hit it a little bit then polished it up, you're not going to cause any major damage. I've wet sanded out some etch marks on my wife's van and can say that her 9-10yr old clear coat is pretty tough and not "cheap" by any means. Once you get it cleaned and polished, just keep a good layer of LSP on there and you should be good.

If you have a buffer, hit it with some polish and an orange pad and keep us posted.
 
Hey Bob,

Levi didn't know what to think about that video. He was in-between...call it puzzled amazement.
 
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