Bird Droppings

Bought two bottles of that from eBay (offer is two bottles of anything for £13.50 delivered), much better than their shop direct :)
 
Whilst working at Sandal BMW valeting their cars, i came across a little trick from one of the guys!

If after any bird poo has being removed and left a permanent mark, use a hot air gun! This brings out any imprinted marks etched in the paint leaving a near perfect result.

The gun was set to low and gently moved across the mark back and forth. It genuinely comes right out of the paint, I couldn't believe it !!!!!

Just don't leave it in one spot too long or use on plastic panels as it may melt.

I wonder if a hair dryer would do the same job? Has anyone else come across this unusual method?
 
not heard a heat gun being used for that, but I do use one to revive tired old black bumpers, like the ones on the ford KA ;)
 
Just wiped three splats off my bonnet this morning, baked on by the sun. Left some lovely silver splat marks on the black paint. Good job I'm planning a full detail this weekend...
 
Black cars and bird poo not good :thumbsdown: had some on the back of my 3series never got it off was well cheesed of with that. :evil:
 
All my zds I have never seen any damage due to bird poo, except now on my red new one. After cleaning it off you can see slight staining after removal. Had 2 big dumps, one on sat and one today so it got baked on. Gonna wax the spots in the morning to make sure no lasting damage.

So going to get the poo remover and stick some wax in as well.
 
Atom1 said:
Whilst working at Sandal BMW valeting their cars, i came across a little trick from one of the guys!

If after any bird poo has being removed and left a permanent mark, use a hot air gun! This brings out any imprinted marks etched in the paint leaving a near perfect result.

The gun was set to low and gently moved across the mark back and forth. It genuinely comes right out of the paint, I couldn't believe it !!!!!

Just don't leave it in one spot too long or use on plastic panels as it may melt.

I wonder if a hair dryer would do the same job? Has anyone else come across this unusual method?
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Sounds sort of feasible, think I've heard of this before. It basically melts the clearcoat and allows it to reform...? :?
 
Z4 Beemer said:
Sounds sort of feasible, think I've heard of this before. It basically melts the clearcoat and allows it to reform...? :?
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Not sure as to the ins and outs but it does genuinely work, there's some great info about this technique on detailers world.
 
Came back to the Zed after work yesterday to a humungus pile of the stuff on the bonnet, :cry: Out with the Supaguard aerosol but as it was baked on it took 3 atempts to get the evil stuff off, luckily had some bottled water which helped. Surprise surprise it had mildly etched the paintwork :( so had to spend a good half hour sweating over it last night to get it polished out. Awful stuff but whats worse is paintwork not upto the job.

Tim.
 
A couple of days ago my Audi got a few bird splats on the boot lid. I let the paint cool first, then soaked with soapy water for a bit, then washed them off. The clearcoat was marked around the outline of the deposit. I made a careful note of where the mark was (it was just above the TDI badge). Yesterday I deliberately parked the car at work, so the rear would have the sun on it for most of the day. This morning I've been over and over the paintwork, but the marks has completely gone.

I'm definitely a believer that the clearcoat has the ability to "dissolve" and reform! 8)
 
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