Removing Bird Droppings - Page 3

civicfan · 20th April 2008, 18:41

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Originally Posted by Inspector Gadget

Any recommendations for removing bird droppings,ie what products to use, i live quite far inland but we have a problem with seagulls and a large quantity at that, loacal takeaways,chinese and chip shops, also residents dont help with throwing their meal scraps out in their gardens, so we have some skittery birds out there, soon after washing the car it happens splat, who said it is lucky being hit by bird poo

There are lots of birds where I live as well, I use WD-40, if the "stuff" already has dried on, wait 5 minutes before wiping of or you might scratch your paint. Some people here use Ballistol (a sort of gun-grease) which works perhaps even better but might not be available in the UK. You can remove tar stains or resin quite well with that, too.

Jack The Lad. · 20th April 2008, 18:52

If only Honda paint went as hard as bird droppings.
Do you think we could patent it and sell it to Honda as an additive.

Albatros White.
Heron Green
Blue Tit Twinkle
Great Tit Grey etc etc.

Kremmen · 20th April 2008, 19:20

Lesser spotted grey Hammerite

Jack The Lad. · 20th April 2008, 19:22

Crackle Finish. ?

PJS · 20th April 2008, 21:51

QD - as already pointed out, is Quick Detailer, any brand. Doesn't have to be Meguiar's.
De-ionised water (filtered water from the Flash car system) would be okay too.
So long as you've something wet that you can mist on the crap to soften before wiping away with MF cloth (long fibre preferably).
Can't advocate baby wipes - used them once myself, and the streaking left was almost as bad as the bird muck.

Peekaboo · 6th May 2008, 00:03

Shoot the buggers

Put the car in the garage

Move house

-=Stella Artois=- · 6th May 2008, 01:26

Holy Thread revival

I remembered posting in this nearly a year ago!

robbo51 · 6th May 2008, 07:10

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Originally Posted by -=Stella Artois=-

Holy Thread revival

I remembered posting in this nearly a year ago!

Youve not made many posts since then

Woette · 6th May 2008, 09:19

i used an ice scraper a couple of weeks ago (very dry, very hard

) but this was on the front window, no damage or scratches.
But when its on paint you should remove it as fast as possible, my friends A6 now has a huge scraped spot on his bonnet because he left it on there for too long

-=Stella Artois=- · 6th May 2008, 12:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbo51

Youve not made many posts since then

Quality over quantity.....

Evanthe · 6th May 2008, 12:28

Any clarification as to 'how fast as possible' may stretch? Are we talking for hours or days?

-=Stella Artois=- · 6th May 2008, 12:30

Birdpoop can eat into your clearcoat within minutes, not even hours. Address it as soon as you see it.

Evanthe · 6th May 2008, 12:34

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Originally Posted by -=Stella Artois=-

Birdpoop can eat into your clearcoat within minutes, not even hours. Address it as soon as you see it.

That was quick!

You got me really worried now. I have a couple already on my car (it's an everyday problem like many have laready mentioned) and I was thinking of rinsing them off next time I washed my car. I suppose that doesn't help really...

-=Stella Artois=- · 6th May 2008, 12:56

If you cannot get to wash them off quickly, soak them with water, this will dilute the acidity in them so that you deal with them later, minimising the damage that they can cause.

Evanthe · 6th May 2008, 13:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by -=Stella Artois=-

If you cannot get to wash them off quickly, soak them with water, this will dilute the acidity in them so that you deal with them later, minimising the damage that they can cause.

Thanks, mate. I'll do that straight away.

Green Hornet · 6th May 2008, 19:36

I used water followed (too soon) by a damp cloth.

Goddamn bird must have been eating pebbles because it left some nice scratches. They were noticable too. My own stupid fault. Got them out using T-Cut Colour Fast Scratch Removal followed by Turtle Wax Metallic Car Wax. The scratch remover was for silver metallic paint.

Worked really well but I was EXTREMELY careful not to use too much or rub too hard. Worked for me but many people do not recomment T-Cut as it can be harsh if not used properly.

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PJS Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 27th May 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 429 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts iTrader: (0)	QD - as already pointed out, is Quick Detailer, any brand. Doesn't have to be Meguiar's. De-ionised water (filtered water from the Flash car system) would be okay too. So long as you've something wet that you can mist on the crap to soften before wiping away with MF cloth (long fibre preferably). Can't advocate baby wipes - used them once myself, and the streaking left was almost as bad as the bird muck.

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-=Stella Artois=- Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 8th June 2007 Location: Peterborough Posts: 360 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader: (0)	Birdpoop can eat into your clearcoat within minutes, not even hours. Address it as soon as you see it.

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-=Stella Artois=- Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 8th June 2007 Location: Peterborough Posts: 360 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader: (0)	If you cannot get to wash them off quickly, soak them with water, this will dilute the acidity in them so that you deal with them later, minimising the damage that they can cause.

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Green Hornet Wheelnut Join Date: 12th January 2008 Location: Waterford, Ireland Posts: 54 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I used water followed (too soon) by a damp cloth. Goddamn bird must have been eating pebbles because it left some nice scratches. They were noticable too. My own stupid fault. Got them out using T-Cut Colour Fast Scratch Removal followed by Turtle Wax Metallic Car Wax. The scratch remover was for silver metallic paint. Worked really well but I was EXTREMELY careful not to use too much or rub too hard. Worked for me but many people do not recomment T-Cut as it can be harsh if not used properly.