Bird crap on black car

[djefvert]

Hi folks, my car is only 2 months old and I had a huge pile of bird crap on my car (3" around!!) must have been a goose. :) Anyway I washed the car and I can still see where the pile was. I actually tried some Mequiars Paint cleaner and it didnt seem to take out the mark completely. It seemed to actually make it worse since now I can see fine scratches where I rubbed. I dont feel comfortable using an orbital since I've never used one I feel I'll mess up the paint even more. What would you recommend on this? Thanks :mad:

[in_d_haus]

Wow, a rash of bird attacks today (See London Talkings "HELP" thread)

Best thing to do is wash off the "matter" and let it breathe a day or so. Then you can clay bar it and polish if necessary before giving it a good waxing

With your scratches you should use a hand polish to clean them up

[Guest84]

First, the discoloration will eventually disappear. You'll want to let the paint breath after a stain or discoloration of this sort, so distilled water is recommended for cleaning up bird crap, maybe alittle detail spray, but keep the wax off it for a bit. Let it reassume its natural color. I'd suggest since you're past that stage that you get a good fine hand polish and work back the luster into the clear coat. Naturally I'm gonna recommend Griots Fine Hand polish since I've had good success with that prior to owning a polishing machine.

How'd I do Alee? (King of Bird Crap) :D

[alee]

You've done all you can do at this point. Treat the area with paint cleanser, and don't wax it. You will need to let it breath for several days.

If you're lucky, most of the acids will evaporate and you will be back to the way it was. But if it has been sitting there a really long time before you took it off, then the paint is burned and you can really only hide it using mineral spirits like 3M Imperial Hand Glaze.

But give it a chance. Leave that area untouched after using the paint cleaner, and then after maybe a week, re-evaluate. Then wax the spot.

[in_d_haus]

Al is the doo-doo guru :D :thumbup:

[alee]

Originally posted by in_d_haus
Al is the doo-doo guru :D :thumbup:
:lmao: :lmao: Not by choice. :D

[Guest84]

Originally posted by alee
:lmao: :lmao: Not by choice. :D

Birds can communicate with Jellyfish, didn't you know? ;)

[F1Crazy]

If polishing fails there is still something you can do but it's not for faint hearted...

I had a really nasty bird do some damage to my fender. Nothing I've tried worked and after mild polishing I used some rubbing compound but damage was still much deeper that I could level paint by hand. The spot was way too small to use any buffer so I decided to wetsand it. I used 2000 grit sandpaper and worked only on the spot. After 3M rubbing compound and swirl remover it was completely gone and the paint is flawless.

If you've never wetsanded the paint do some search on the subject and try it on a beater first.

[·clyde·]

Originally posted by alee
But if it has been sitting there a really long time before you took it off

What is a "really long time" for bird ****?