Well last Friday I had surgery so that meant the SS was going to be parked for awhile. So Thursday I parked it on the drive way and washed it so it would be all nice and clean when I can drive again. Well today is the only day I've been really clear minded enough to walk because of the demerol and the codone. I wait until its dusk to go outside because the sun hurts my eyes since I've been in low light rooms for 3 days straight. I go outside and take a look at my SS and there's a huge ostridge sized dung pile on the passenger fender. If I would have known I was going to write about this I would have taken a picture... So I stumble over to the water hose turn it on, grab some towels, and start washing. I get light headed and the next thing I know I'm waking up on the driveway after dark, which was hopefully only 10 minutes later. I'm sopping wet the car is half covered in dried soap and that damn dung pile is still there! I get up and open the garage door for light, get my 100% cotton towel and rub off the already flaking pieces. I get the car all rinsed off and dried and there's a mark where the bird turd was! SDLF:JKSDLIFJWELKJ! I tired everything I know of to get it to go away, rubbing it, washing it, praying, waxing it, and NOTHING...... Any ideas?

 

Tough break, Bro!

 

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Did u try goo gone??? jus a sugestion or wd40 maybe

 

bird **** leaves marks on cars b/c it is acidic... goo gone is also acidic... don't go there... if washing and waxing didn't work I don't know what else to say... it's always been stressed to me to get bird **** off of cars as soon as you see it's on there.... sucks....

 

Bird poop will eat away your clear coat, it's important to get it off as soon as you see it.

 

O well i tried.. But yea dat sucks

 

Well I've been dopped out of my mind for the last 3 days I couldn't go out there and get it off! UGS:LDFJSODJFLK ..... Now I hate birds even more...

 

find an experienced detailer... If it has just stained the clearcoat and not eatin it all away they can normally polish/buff it out with the right compound/mix and some TLC...
I had some water spots on my rear bumper... my detailer at work took them right out no prob...

 

But I waxed over it... still think it'll work?

 

Wax can be takin right off... thats not the prob... Only concern is how far the little birdy acids went down..... If you take it to someone good and you have some clearcoat left they should probably be able to take it right off...

 

There is something called a "Claybar"

It might be worth a try. I have been looking for one but havent been able to find one yet. A detailer friend of mine said a claybar can pull almost anything out of the paint of a car. Before you take it to a professional and pay big bucks I would spend a few bucks on a "Claybar" and see if it does the trick. If it does great! you saved some big bucks, if it didnt, keep it and it will pay for itself after you use it for other marks on your car.

If this works let me know

-Xen

 

Claybars are mainly used for taking off overspray, probably won't help with the bird poop. Once it gets through the clear there's nothing you really can do other than get it repainted. You can try running a buffer over it with some compound but 9 times out of 10 you'll still see it. I know at my dealer as soon as **** gets on any of the cars the lot boy gets a page over the PA hehe

 

You might be able to save it with a light compound. I wouldn't bother using a buffing wheel, but pour some compound onto a rag and scrub it as vigorously as you can. What compound actually does is take off some clearcoat (don't worry, you won't break through without a wheel) and the faster you work it, the more it'll take off. Wash the area after you compound it. Do it a couple of times if necessary, unless you notice absolutely no change.

Once the stain is completely gone (or to your satisfaction), I would pick up some hand glaze and apply that to the area you just compounded. It's like a wax-free polish that's designed to clean up the mess made by the compound. After that, you can wash the car again as normal.

If you take my advice, I'd get the stuff straight from an auto body supply place. It's more expensive than the stuff you get at Autozone or Walmart, but trust me, you get what you pay for It's good stuff to have around anyway for things like sap stains, tar, etc that get stuck in your paint and don't come off in the normal wash/wax cycle.

Good luck man, and most importantly, I hope you're OK from the surgery now.

 

Okay first off, bird crap will eat through your clear coat very quickly, the sooner you get it off the better. But if it left a mark that means it's already penetrated your clear. A claybar will not help with marks in your clear coat, it is used to remove surface compounds (overspray, tar, dirt) from your paint so that the polish/wax will bond correctly with your paint. You can easily remove any wax by washing your car with dawn or a mixture or rubbing alcohol and water (you may have to do this several times depending on how many layers of polish/wax you have one and whether it is a synthetic polymer vs. carnuba product). So to try and get the mark out of your clear you (or a detailer) can try and take it out with a buffer and some 3M Perfect It II or if it is really deep try wetsanding it. However if it is all the way through the clear then you will never get it out without a re-paint.

Also Xenozx if you are looking for a claybar go to www.tropi-care.com they have a 100gm bar for $10.95

 

You'll want to use a paint cleaner / scratch remover. Try one of these:


Of course you'll want to put on a good coat of wax afterwards.

 

Those products are only for scratches they will not help with the etching in the clear coat.

 

Paint cleaners and "scratch removers" will fix most etching issues on the clear coat. A clear coat scratch and an acid etch are very similar in the damage produced. I've seen it work as demonstrated by professional car care workshops and have experienced the results myself. As a matter of fact I removed a 1-month-old acid etch from a bird dropping on my last car using Meguiars ScratchX.

 

You must be lucky then. I've seen bird crap etch so deep into the clear that it won't even come out with wet sanding.

 

Claybar owns birdcrap. Use and rejoice.

 

i had some bird crap on my car and i got it off real quick, plus its ugly

 

Meguiars makes a kit that comes with some clay and the quick detailer spray.

Quick detailer kit

I sell it and I've used it on my truck, works great.

 

mothers claybar! it takes out dirt/contaminants with ease!