Hi all,
I've come back from holiday and unfortunately have a pretty large bird crap on my car, could have been there around 3 weeks I think. I've tried washing it off but it really seems stuck in there, I can even feels it's raised and has slight bubbles in. Is my paint screwed or can I salvage? Pics attached
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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bigwinn told me a trick I haven't had a chance to try yet.
Clean it off as well as you can. If it's left a mark then get a hair dryer on it. Seems it will warm the lacquer enough for it to move and smooth out the mark. Stuart can probably give more detail
bigwinn told me a trick I haven't had a chance to try yet.
Clean it off as well as you can. If it's left a mark then get a hair dryer on it. Seems it will warm the lacquer enough for it to move and smooth out the mark. Stuart can probably give more detail
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Looks like seagull shite to me.
I would just keep it moist for a good few hours with a wet rag or similar. Then a couple of 'wet wipes' should get it off. Your paint should be fine but if there is any 'bloom' try T-cut.
I would just keep it moist for a good few hours with a wet rag or similar. Then a couple of 'wet wipes' should get it off. Your paint should be fine but if there is any 'bloom' try T-cut.
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If the seagull has managed to nab a bag of fish n chips from some poor unsuspecting tw@t walking along the promenade then its belly will have generated a bucket full of acid which probably now constitutes 10-20% of the composition of it's plop which now adorns your paintwork.
Warm water and washing up liquid will dispatch the caked-on crap easily but if it's etched a mark into the laquer then you'll need to crank up the DA.
Warm water and washing up liquid will dispatch the caked-on crap easily but if it's etched a mark into the laquer then you'll need to crank up the DA.
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If it does leave a mark deffo go the heat route
I tried polishers and all sorts to no avail
Got a small heat gun (or missus hairdryer) on it and kept the heat on and moving
After about 5 mins it literally faded all of a sudden and went
The car was covered in them as it had been a south coast car
An afternoons work and looked good as new
I tried polishers and all sorts to no avail
Got a small heat gun (or missus hairdryer) on it and kept the heat on and moving
After about 5 mins it literally faded all of a sudden and went
The car was covered in them as it had been a south coast car
An afternoons work and looked good as new
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Where are you Matty, if you are local I could help youMattyc531 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 6:52 pm Hi all,
I've come back from holiday and unfortunately have a pretty large bird crap on my car, could have been there around 3 weeks I think. I've tried washing it off but it really seems stuck in there, I can even feels it's raised and has slight bubbles in. Is my paint screwed or can I salvage? Pics attached
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Ditto, that's what I do and we have lots of seagulls down here.
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As others have suggested if it leaves a dent in your lacquer warm it carefully. Someone was doing heat packs. Not sure if they caught on.
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Here you go. Autoglym do them.
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We have heat packs that wifey got from somewhere to keep our coffee warm on those roof down winter drives. I think they are for muscle aches. Most likely from Amazon.
Now, Sterling grey Z4 2.2 with cup holders, stubby aerial and sport seats. Roadsters ‘cause they’re great with the roof down.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
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