Bird Crap

Derek@2020Kustoms · 04-16-2004, 10:04 AM

Well yesterday a bird decided to take a dump on my freshly painted hood. I got home and immedialtly washed it off. Problem is it left the paint rough. Can I polish it out or am I screwed. The same thing happend to my tonneau cover last year. I couldn't remove the mark it left. Luckily the mark on the hood is pretty small.. but still pisses me off.

Derek@2020Kustoms · 04-16-2004, 10:58 AM

Well I have been searching online and I've been getting mixed answers. Some people say it can be polished or wet sanded out. And others say there is noway to remove it, it has to be repainted. Repainting is not an option. I just had it painted like a month ago. Anyone have any experience removing the dull spot left by bird shiat? What pisses me off is that the bird shit was only on it while I was at work. Not like it was sitting there for a few days.

99xtreme · 04-16-2004, 11:00 AM

You should be able to use a Clay bar on it. The paint is 1 month old, it should have cured by now..

Derek@2020Kustoms · 04-16-2004, 11:14 AM

Would a clay bar really work? It doesnt appear anything is in the paint. The paint is dull and rough.

Derek@2020Kustoms · 04-16-2004, 11:31 AM

Actually you might be right with the clay bar. Did some searching and people have used it followed by some strach X and it did the job. going to try it tonight. I'll post how it turns out. I'll take some before and after pictures too... maybe make a "Removing Bird Shit Stains How-To"

dropt98chevy · 04-24-2004, 04:03 PM

Meguiars I think makes wipes for bird shit.

Skyphos · 04-24-2004, 10:11 PM

Yeah, it should be able to be removed or at least concealed. Just dont leave em on there for a long time or they'll damage BAD. I saw it happen to my moms car =-/

***Jess*** · 04-25-2004, 11:16 AM

bird crap/stains are fact of life. just clean it off as soon as possible. hope it didn't leave a bad stain. get on with life.

SpiffyPhilz · 04-26-2004, 08:18 PM

double post - oops

SpiffyPhilz · 04-26-2004, 08:19 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Jess

bird crap/stains are fact of life. just clean it off as soon as possible. hope it didn't leave a bad stain. get on with life.

If people just let crap happen to thier cars and didn't find a restorative answer, MAACO would be a monopoly and soon we would all have cars with paint sprayed ontop of unfurbished undercoat. So the best answer is a claybar, don't continue to rub compounds or anything on it, because you will just eat the paint away. Another nasty is eggs, which you're pretty much screwed if you can't get to soap and water on a hot day. Like your momma use to say; don't keep picking at the scab, or it'll get infected!

lowriderbowtie · 04-29-2004, 01:50 AM

WD-40 takes bird shit off paint and windows really well. damn birds...paint a cat on your roof

Mystik · 05-10-2004, 11:41 PM

lol paint a cat and they'll use it for target practice

Mystik · 05-10-2004, 11:42 PM

i actually found out that birds like to shit on shiny things, that is why freshly washed/waxed dark vehicles get hit more often then dirty, less shiny colored vehicles

Russ Wheeler · 05-11-2004, 12:04 AM

It depends how bad it is, if you can repair it or not. Not all bird shit is the same, depends what they ate and stuff...so the answer is, it might come out.

suprax · 05-29-2004, 03:25 PM

Well, this same shit just happened to me. Sometime this morning a bird shit on my hood, so I went out and washed it (a few hours after it sat in the sun) and it like made my paint rough. If you look right at it, its like an almost bubbly texture and looks like shit. This really pisses me off.

I think this week or next I'm going to try and claybar that area and see if anything helps. I know its a fact of life and all that, but I spend an amazingly amount of effort keeping my ride looking its best and one little bird shit messes up my hood this bad.

whitehat · 06-06-2004, 10:25 AM

how many coats of clear are on it?

I got 5-6 coats on mine and i park under an oak tree and it dosent do shit to my paint when birds poop on it.

suprax · 06-06-2004, 03:55 PM

Well I mean I've waxed twice or so in the past few months so some layers of wax are on there.

Bird shit hasen't done this any other time so I'm thinking the bird was just having a bad day after drinking some battery acid or something lol!

1QWKZ24 · 06-06-2004, 04:51 PM

Almost had a heart attack!!!!! DO NOT use WD40 its strips the wax. Its safe for the paint but not for wax. Just buy something to lube the claybar and go to work with the claybar. I promise the clay will take it off. Be sure to use a spray detailer or claybar lube though. Don't use the claybar dry i have seen the horrors of what it does from ppl who don't lube the clay. Clay always works!

suprax · 06-06-2004, 07:25 PM

Lol who said to use WD40? I would never think of putting that anywhere near my truck except on the door hinges.

1QWKZ24 · 06-06-2004, 11:10 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by lowriderbowtie

WD-40 takes bird shit off paint and windows really well. damn birds...paint a cat on your roof

Right there. lol

suprax · 06-06-2004, 11:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 1QWKZ24

Right there. lol

Oh haha I meant I didn't say it and I forgot someone said that. My bad!

LoRollinLS · 06-12-2004, 09:49 PM

clay bar, then take some mothers metal polish compund to it.....

Pewter1 · 06-13-2004, 10:16 PM

What if you hit a bird? And say that bird was a big fat @ss pigeon who left not blood, but grey crap all over the front of your truck? Then say, that when you wash it off, you still see where it was. Then say that you wax and polish it, and it doesnt come out.

Are bird brains acidic?

suprax · 06-14-2004, 12:09 AM

Man thats some gross shit. I have no idea, google it.

Deepskyy · 06-14-2004, 10:52 PM

shoot the birds
kill em all

Got-20z · 06-15-2004, 02:14 AM

bird shit is the debil

04-16-2004, 10:04 AM	#1
Derek@2020Kustoms Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,536 Location: Windsor, Ontario User is: OffLine	Bird Crap Well yesterday a bird decided to take a dump on my freshly painted hood. I got home and immedialtly washed it off. Problem is it left the paint rough. Can I polish it out or am I screwed. The same thing happend to my tonneau cover last year. I couldn't remove the mark it left. Luckily the mark on the hood is pretty small.. but still pisses me off.
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04-16-2004, 10:58 AM	#2
Derek@2020Kustoms Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,536 Location: Windsor, Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Well I have been searching online and I've been getting mixed answers. Some people say it can be polished or wet sanded out. And others say there is noway to remove it, it has to be repainted. Repainting is not an option. I just had it painted like a month ago. Anyone have any experience removing the dull spot left by bird shiat? What pisses me off is that the bird shit was only on it while I was at work. Not like it was sitting there for a few days.
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04-16-2004, 11:00 AM	#3
99xtreme Xtreme Dreams.. Age: 32 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,943 Location: Bensalem, PA User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap You should be able to use a Clay bar on it. The paint is 1 month old, it should have cured by now..
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04-16-2004, 11:14 AM	#4
Derek@2020Kustoms Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,536 Location: Windsor, Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Would a clay bar really work? It doesnt appear anything is in the paint. The paint is dull and rough.
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04-16-2004, 11:31 AM	#5
Derek@2020Kustoms Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,536 Location: Windsor, Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Actually you might be right with the clay bar. Did some searching and people have used it followed by some strach X and it did the job. going to try it tonight. I'll post how it turns out. I'll take some before and after pictures too... maybe make a "Removing Bird Shit Stains How-To"
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04-24-2004, 04:03 PM	#6
dropt98chevy R.I.P. Matt McCarville Age: 26 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 8,541 Location: Torrance, California User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Meguiars I think makes wipes for bird shit.
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04-24-2004, 10:11 PM	#7
Skyphos CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS Age: 24 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,614 Location: Ft. Campbell KY User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Yeah, it should be able to be removed or at least concealed. Just dont leave em on there for a long time or they'll damage BAD. I saw it happen to my moms car =-/
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04-26-2004, 08:18 PM	#9
SpiffyPhilz Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 147 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap double post - oops Last edited by SpiffyPhilz : 04-26-2004 at 08:19 PM. Reason: double post
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04-26-2004, 08:19 PM	#10
SpiffyPhilz Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 147 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Quote: Originally Posted by Jess bird crap/stains are fact of life. just clean it off as soon as possible. hope it didn't leave a bad stain. get on with life. If people just let crap happen to thier cars and didn't find a restorative answer, MAACO would be a monopoly and soon we would all have cars with paint sprayed ontop of unfurbished undercoat. So the best answer is a claybar, don't continue to rub compounds or anything on it, because you will just eat the paint away. Another nasty is eggs, which you're pretty much screwed if you can't get to soap and water on a hot day. Like your momma use to say; don't keep picking at the scab, or it'll get infected!
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04-29-2004, 01:50 AM	#11
lowriderbowtie 2LO4BC Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kamloops, BC CANADA! User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap WD-40 takes bird shit off paint and windows really well. damn birds...paint a cat on your roof
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05-10-2004, 11:41 PM	#12
Mystik Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,850 Location: So.Cal User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap lol paint a cat and they'll use it for target practice
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05-10-2004, 11:42 PM	#13
Mystik Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,850 Location: So.Cal User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap i actually found out that birds like to shit on shiny things, that is why freshly washed/waxed dark vehicles get hit more often then dirty, less shiny colored vehicles
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05-11-2004, 12:04 AM	#14
Russ Wheeler Custom User Title Age: 25 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 42 Location: Ontario, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap It depends how bad it is, if you can repair it or not. Not all bird shit is the same, depends what they ate and stuff...so the answer is, it might come out.
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05-29-2004, 03:25 PM	#15
suprax so fresh so clean Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 573 Location: Rochester, NY User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Well, this same shit just happened to me. Sometime this morning a bird shit on my hood, so I went out and washed it (a few hours after it sat in the sun) and it like made my paint rough. If you look right at it, its like an almost bubbly texture and looks like shit. This really pisses me off. I think this week or next I'm going to try and claybar that area and see if anything helps. I know its a fact of life and all that, but I spend an amazingly amount of effort keeping my ride looking its best and one little bird shit messes up my hood this bad.
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06-06-2004, 10:25 AM	#16
whitehat 1500 wants to be a 10 Age: 25 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 126 Location: Wichita, Kansas AKA hell User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap how many coats of clear are on it? I got 5-6 coats on mine and i park under an oak tree and it dosent do shit to my paint when birds poop on it.
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06-06-2004, 03:55 PM	#17
suprax so fresh so clean Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 573 Location: Rochester, NY User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Well I mean I've waxed twice or so in the past few months so some layers of wax are on there. Bird shit hasen't done this any other time so I'm thinking the bird was just having a bad day after drinking some battery acid or something lol!
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06-06-2004, 04:51 PM	#18
1QWKZ24 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 74 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Almost had a heart attack!!!!! DO NOT use WD40 its strips the wax. Its safe for the paint but not for wax. Just buy something to lube the claybar and go to work with the claybar. I promise the clay will take it off. Be sure to use a spray detailer or claybar lube though. Don't use the claybar dry i have seen the horrors of what it does from ppl who don't lube the clay. Clay always works!
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06-06-2004, 07:25 PM	#19
suprax so fresh so clean Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 573 Location: Rochester, NY User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Lol who said to use WD40? I would never think of putting that anywhere near my truck except on the door hinges.
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06-06-2004, 11:10 PM	#20
1QWKZ24 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 74 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Quote: Originally Posted by lowriderbowtie WD-40 takes bird shit off paint and windows really well. damn birds...paint a cat on your roof Right there. lol
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06-06-2004, 11:38 PM	#21
suprax so fresh so clean Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 573 Location: Rochester, NY User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Quote: Originally Posted by 1QWKZ24 Right there. lol Oh haha I meant I didn't say it and I forgot someone said that. My bad!
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06-12-2004, 09:49 PM	#22
LoRollinLS Chivalay Mane Age: 24 Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,008 Location: BFE South User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap clay bar, then take some mothers metal polish compund to it.....
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06-13-2004, 10:16 PM	#23
Pewter1 Ole skule VW nut Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 378 Location: Texas User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap What if you hit a bird? And say that bird was a big fat @ss pigeon who left not blood, but grey crap all over the front of your truck? Then say, that when you wash it off, you still see where it was. Then say that you wax and polish it, and it doesnt come out. Are bird brains acidic?
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06-14-2004, 12:09 AM	#24
suprax so fresh so clean Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 573 Location: Rochester, NY User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap Man thats some gross shit. I have no idea, google it.
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06-14-2004, 10:52 PM	#25
Deepskyy Get Bent Age: 29 Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 6,150 Location: Charlotte and Marion N.C. User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap shoot the birds kill em all
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06-15-2004, 02:14 AM	#26
Got-20z has committed suicide! Age: 27 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,945 Location: North East, Kentucky User is: OffLine	Re: Bird Crap bird shit is the debil
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