WTF did this bird eat? I never knew about bird sh*t eating up the paint. i think it happened around wed of this week. i never had time to wash it and my car has been sh*tted on plenty of times and sat there for a while. I just finished up washing my car and noticed it wouldnt come off that easy. After drying it down it stayed on the hood. It looks like when you heat up plastic and it starts to bubble up a bit. thats what it looks like on my hood. i have 2 spots, i had a total of 4 bird sh*ts but the other 2 were obviously by anoter bird because they didnt leave marks. Ive tried Meguiars spray wax, liquid wax, paste wax, clay bar and scratch-x and none worked. this is adding on to my hood and bumper that did a complete 180* from when i bought the tC. they both look like sh*t with numerous of clear coat scratches on the hood along with paint chips everywhere!



Birds - 1
Me - 0

 

... uhm... it's common knowledge that bird poo is acidic and needs to be washed off immediately.

 

obviously not, im no bird fanatic so i never knew about this nor have i come accross to anything like it. Ive learned the hard way.

 

yeah sorry I had mexican and went all over the place, my bad.

 

lol, i knew you would post something in here.

 

it's not really anything about being a bird fanatic..

just anything about cars in general... and the fact that cars get poo'd on sometimes by birds...

*sigh*... depends on really how long you left it there, but you might need a high-speed orbital and a good polish to be able to get those suckers to look better

 

Bird crap and eggs will make it bubble like that, save yourself the pain and agony next time something like that by washing it or even taking it to the $4 car wash or however much the cheapest in your area is. Its better than painting it up.

 

Wow, that bird has some acidic schitt...
Seems odd that it would damage the paint cause I've left bird crap on my car for days and when I'd go to wash it, it came off!

 

exactly, ive left some on for a week or so and never did anything, came right off. maybe ill save up and get my hood and front bumper repainted later down the road?

 

Yeah you should definately do that, you dont want it to wear and rust through, eventually it will happen.

 

yea my hood is different colors because of bird poo... but its ok . Thats just a sign for me to get a carbon fiber hood. But as for my gas tank lid..ehh dumb birds

 

It depends on what the bird ate. I've had bird bombs etch paint after sitting for a few minutes while others have sat for near half a year before being washed off cleanly.

It's a crap shoot.

 

To remove that:

1.) Clay Bar it.

2.) Use a paint cleaner such as Meguiars first step in the three step system. Apply with a terry pad (more bite) and work it in hard.

3.) Use scratch X and again, work it in HARD. To the point the car would almost be shaking. Don't worry, it won't do harm.

4.) Check if it had gotten rid of it yet, if not, do another go with scratch X.

5.) Use a polish if you would like and then rewax the area.


I have the same issue right now currently on my hood... Just do the steps above and it should work. I am about to do mine...

Ill let you know how it goes, lol.

 

let me know how it goes.

 

Just got done and it turned out perfect. No longer visible!

First off, I don't know what happened to my paint originally. It was not bird poo that did it but after a storm. I was parked under a tree and the only thing I can think of is some type of dirt or sap from the tree or tons of birds had diahrea when it rained and it dried in big blotches on the hood...

Anyway... haha

First I clayed it (didn't do any good, but always a good prep), and I then brought out a terry pad and scratch X. Worked at the area (I had at least fifteen different spots on my hood mind you), and did two passes. After this step though since the terry pad is quite abrasive, I did have some hazing on the paint.

I decided to then bust out Meguiar's #80 and my porter cable and used it on the area I was correcting. I did two passes this way and the hazing was eliminated. You can use like I said above any paint cleaner and can do by hand if you don't have a buffer, but it will help.

Afterwards I checked the paint and could no longer see the etching. I then brought out NXT 2.0 and gave it a nice coat of wax.

Worked extremely well and no longer can see the spots thankfully. If you have any questions feel free to ask!

-Steve

 

bird poo is made from uric acid which is derived from ammonia. Actually our urine is also derived from ammonia. Ammonia as you should know is highly acidic and harmful to most environments.

 

ammonia is actually considered to be a base. it becomes a weak acid through the bronsted lowry reaction when combined with another specific substance. direct sunlight probably had more to do with it, when combined with the bird poo it should speed up the damage

 

well, i tried scratch-x again but this time with a different pad. I first used the orange/yellow pad meguiars gives you on their paste wax in which it didnt do anything. the second time i used a microfiber pad from a local auto store and rubbed the sh*t out of it (literally). about 90% visible came off, besides the "bubbling" that i think is inside the paint. the resedue around it as seen in pic #1 came off. So really right now its not noticeable unless looking for imperfections on my hood in which you will find MANY!


btw, today comming home from work i just so happen to see something flying off of the freeway and hit my hood. get home and see some white scuffs and thought it was yet another scratch but this one was not pretty and stuck out like a sore thumb. from the drivers headlight to the wiper blade, about 3" wide all the way up (seriously noticeable). scratch-x did the job for that aswell.


God i love Meguiars!

 

Man, I have to do these step also. My hood is a bulls eye for bird crap.

Damn you Big Bird!! LOL!

 

Glad it worked out! Yeah sometimes you may need a pad with more cut, in this case the microfiber worked better for you.

Just make sure to wax that area afterwords! Once you use that type of product the wax is removed.