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Old 20 July 2005, 03:46 PM
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Unhappy Removeing Bird S**t

Right, It's on my dads beemer i've washed it and poished it but there's still this matt look and rough feel and i've tried eveything i've got !!!
please help as my dad is not not a happy bunny
Old 20 July 2005, 03:52 PM
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Have you tried a decent wax like Autoglym? Failing that what about Scratch X?
Old 20 July 2005, 03:55 PM
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i've tried meguiar's and more , it just seem's to not what to move not even a little bit
Old 20 July 2005, 03:57 PM
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tried the clay bar?
Old 20 July 2005, 04:01 PM
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I'd be very tempted to try T cut (oh God I'm gonna get flamed for that ). But I'd only use that as a last resort...depends how nice/new the BM is...
Old 20 July 2005, 04:08 PM
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clay bar then some cleaner wax
Old 20 July 2005, 04:10 PM
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Looks like the crap has eaten through the lacquer , if so I don't think polish etc is going to bring it back , might be a job for a chips away type outfit

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Old 20 July 2005, 04:11 PM
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F**k thats what i starting to think
Old 20 July 2005, 04:13 PM
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why are you sorting your angry dads car out?

did you dress up as a bird and shat on his car or sumthing?
Old 20 July 2005, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamesemt
I'd be very tempted to try T cut (oh God I'm gonna get flamed for that ). But I'd only use that as a last resort...depends how nice/new the BM is...
What's wrong with T-cut? I've used that a few times - done the job Good stuff for getting dirty wheels clean too!
Old 20 July 2005, 05:22 PM
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why are you sorting your angry dads car out?

did you dress up as a bird and shat on his car or sumthing?
hes angry because of the bird crap on his car and he can't get it out, wouldn't you be a bit pissed off ??

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Old 20 July 2005, 06:35 PM
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another for clay bar alot easyer to use than t cut

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Old 20 July 2005, 08:14 PM
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I try to avoid this by making sure my bird knows where the local toilet is
Old 20 July 2005, 08:30 PM
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Try Swissol Cleanor Fluid medium or strong, plus a fair amount of elbow grease.
Old 21 July 2005, 08:42 AM
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I've got the same probelm, tried AG super resin, t-cut, swissol standard & strong cleanse + swissol wax, various other polish but nothing shifts it.
Old 21 July 2005, 09:49 AM
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i think it's eaten through the lacquer
Old 21 July 2005, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by chelsea77
hes angry because of the bird chap on his car and he can't get it out, wouldn't you be a bit pissed off ??
well if i let a bird shat on my car and leave it long enough for it to be damaged, it would be my own fault.

did he not know that bird shat damages paint?

your message read that you were in trouble for the bird problem IMO
Old 21 July 2005, 12:02 PM
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it was only on there for a day !
Old 21 July 2005, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by chelsea77
it was only on there for a day !
I've got a few blemishes on my Scoob for the same reason Not sure if it's certain types of bird that have extra caustic poo as prior to getting the damage I hadn't been that vigilent and sometimes left it a day or two but never had a problem. I always wash it off straight away now.
Old 21 July 2005, 01:13 PM
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i think you may be right Graz , i've left bird poo on my wifes 306 for days and when i came to washing it off no worry's no marks nothing, so i guess it's down to what bird crap's on your car
Old 21 July 2005, 01:17 PM
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Birds**t ate through the paint on my Rav4 in 10 hours when left on the bonnet.
Old 21 July 2005, 03:31 PM
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Zymol HD clense and a lot of elbow grease has always done the job for me, had to do it last week when I left a crap on there for a day, make sure you apply wax after using the HD because it removes all wax already applied. Applying numerous coats of decent wax will slow down the process of it eating into your paint. The only other thing you can do is leave the car dirty because they only seem to crap on shiny cars!
Old 21 July 2005, 09:45 PM
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Clay bar is good though innit? Just done mine for first time, body panels like mirrors.
Old 22 July 2005, 07:22 AM
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Had the same problem earlier this week.

I washed the car to get the crap off and once I dried it I could see the 2 marks it had left.

I tried a couple of different polishes on it, but in the end I used Black T-Cut (as my car is black )

That seemed to work

Just use a small amount and rub it in slowely in small circles.

As soon as you have covered the area thats gone funny, wipe it off.

If you can still see it, then do it again.

I only needed to do it twice, and rub it in quite hard (just be careful not to go too mad when doing it).

Worked for me

HTH
Old 22 July 2005, 11:00 AM
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thanks cossie i think i'll try the t-cut
Old 22 July 2005, 11:19 AM
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I think Seagull crap is the stuff that does the real damage. Something to do with it being quite strongly acidic.

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Old 22 July 2005, 11:59 AM
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I think the birds round your way eat brake fluid or something I've had s**t on my car for a day or two and it always washes of no problem!


PS Q, What do you do if a bird ****s on your head

A, Sack her off and find a nicer one

Old 22 July 2005, 02:39 PM
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Old 22 July 2005, 02:58 PM
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Do a search on here. They also have a good online forum with plenty of info.

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/
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Kev,
Try some wet and dry mate, i'll bring some up with me today


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