Unexpected Update on Flex Wax (Graphene) durability

[Don M]

My car has been sitting in the garage since Wednesday, when I put the 2nd coat of Flex Wax on it. I pulled it out into the driveway to do the interior (I HATE interiors), and saw that a medium-sized pterodactyl must have gotten in somehow and left a dino-sized deposit on the roof near the windshield and OF COURSE it had dried on.

Since I wasn't about to try and wipe if off, even if I had doused it in poo-be-gone, I hit it with a stream from the garden hose. It all came off in seconds, like it hadn't adhered at all. Examining the area, I saw the clear outline of where it had been and figured it had ate through the Flex Wax to the paint.

I dried the area with a waffle-weave and looked again - no outline at all, nothing indicating it had been there, so I hit it with water again to check for the tell-tale dead spot. Nothing. No dead spot, the water beaded like the poo had never been there and the finish was still flawless when I re-dried the panel.

A test I would rather not have done, but it's nice to know that the poo didn't adversely affect the Flex Wax. :xyxthumbs:

 

[Rsurfer]

All bird $hit are not created equal. Depending on what the bird was eating, it can sometimes etch into your clear.

The sooner you can remove it the better.

 

[Bruno Soares]

Maybe it was a vegan bird and only ate healthy stuff haha.

I started reading the post thinking you’d say not even a week in and it already failed or something like that. Glad to hear it was good news instead.

 

[DUBL0WS6]

I think bird poo with berries is the worst. I had my Trans Am painted last year. It was sitting in the driveway waiting the required 30 days before waxing and one day I came home and found a blob of bird poo. Used some rinseless wash to clean it and and son of #$%@%, that dang bird not only desecrated my Bird but also etched the clearcoat.

 

[bob m]

Don M,

Glad it went well, as others have said there is bird poop and there is bird poop, but I think the biggest factor working in your favor was the fact that your car was in the garage all that time. Might have been different if it was outside in the sun, getting baked on. Then again, you probably would have seen it sooner....