The Power of Bird Poo

[bunzee]

Parked my car in a multistorey car park the other day, and a seagull still managed to poo all over it :dapprove:

I just washed it off and where the poo had been on my newly colourcoded rear bumper it had eaten into the paint, I had to wet sand and then scratch-x it to make it shiny again!

Not overly worried cos the bumper needs to come off and have another coat of lacquer at some point but I just couldn't believe the power of the poo!

 

[Fred@BTM]

took the paint off the roof of my mates clio

 

[bunzee]

What the hell do they eat? Acid?

 

[Dave]

Berries. Fruit juice is acidic.

 

[Norris_309]

i'm forever washing my car, as birds seem to love pooing on it when it's on my drive!! every day!!

Very nasty stuff that bird cr*p, one of our works cars never got washed in the 3 years of having it.. you could see where the poo had been when clean!! proper dull paint work.
Hence i'm washing mine all the time now!!.. i need a garage or a car port!

 

[dick]

my cars been shitted on twice in a year.

once otherday on bumper, other time on bonnet.

 

[Norris_309]

twice in a year!!..
Mines more like twice an hour... normally more!

My neighbours have a birds nest on their house. great!

 

[dick]

shoot it.

i no, im pretty lucky

 

[Brasseye]

bloody birds.........

 

[Rich]

Renault paint seems to allow it to etch quicker than on any other cars I have seen, hot sun at this time of year is not going to help tho.

 

[GarethM]

i get bird crap on my car nearly every week really frustrating having to clean it all the time!!!

 

[fizzy_drink]

A good coat of wax 'n' sealant seems to work for me.

As long as I keep on top of waxing/sealing, bird poo doesn't seem to have an effect.


My old 1.2 on the other hand.... GAWD, I didn't believe my eyes when I saw what bird poo can do! It's nasty stuff, lol!

PS, bird poo ruined the finish on my spanking new A3 - all the T-Cut in the world wouldn't get it out!

 

[bunzee]

A good coat of wax 'n' sealant seems to work for me.

As long as I keep on top of waxing/sealing, bird poo doesn't seem to have an effect.


My old 1.2 on the other hand.... GAWD, I didn't believe my eyes when I saw what bird poo can do! It's nasty stuff, lol!

PS, bird poo ruined the finish on my spanking new A3 - all the T-Cut in the world wouldn't get it out!

Wax and sealed paint seems loads better, it was all down the boot lid and that just wiped off. I can't seal the bumper atm though cos it's new paint

I have learnt the hard way, remove poo asap

 

[benhwolves]

my mates citroen C2 got crapped on the other day and it was still fresh so wiped it off and it had etched the paint - wouldnt mind but there was a good couple of layers of klasse sealant on there. Took a lot to get rid of, megs DC#1 in the end got rid of it

 

[Dan@SJM]

its got ammonia in it.