Bird Pooped and left stain on my Raven :(
 

So After getting my first oil change I go to my car and find a poop stain on my passenger door. I tried removing it today and it left a black stain. I tried clay-barring it with no success. If anything I'm scratching the paint. What should I do?

Lick it off, works everytime!

Polish and buff it out would be my next attempt - but I'm no detail pro.

Wait till one of those guys chimes in.

I use diamondite bug eraser spray on my bird droppings. It works surprising well actually. I have a white FR-S, and a few squirts of this spray makes the dropping so soft that it literally just glides off my car in most cases. Works great with removing bugs too on the front bumper

How do you spot remove something? I'm worried about little pieces of dirt or rocks in the area that can scratch the paint when spot-cleaning. Do you have to rinse the area completely first to get all the dirt off and then spot-clean the poop?

Lol bird poop.....

that's some very powerfull bird sh*t! lol

Did you try blasting off all the stuff with water pressure then scrubbing with a soapy sponge?

I find it difficult to believe that a bird poop would cause a permanent stain so quickly. Birds must be eating a lot of berries.

I had the same problem and asked the same question a few months ago. People gave their opinions on this matter. After a while I just gave up, but recently I did something about it and removed it.. I was going to wet sanded, but my last effort came through.. This is what I did

1) Drank a beer
2) wash car with foam gun
3) drink a beer
4) wash car via 2bm
5) dry the car
6)drink a beer

7) By hand - Polish the stain and sorrounding area with Meguiars M105 diamont cut polishing compound and a Meguiars woold pad. ( I was a bit afraid of leaving swirl marks and fine scratches). Don't be afraid to put some elbow grease on the pad.
8) Optional - I repeated step 6, but this time using a 6" Griot polishing pad and M105
9) Using Griots polishing pad and Meguiars show room glaze #7, polish the shit out of that bird shit.
10) Use Griot waxing pad and meguiars Hi-tech yellow wax #26, wax that shit!
11) wipe off wax

Afte Step 11 , the stain was gone and I was a happy man. ( no swirl marks or scratches and shinny ass hood)...I followed it with another beer.

Good luck to you, I am sure someone else may have a different opinion, idea, and what not... BUT this is what worked for me, AND I am no expert at polishing. I just wanted to share what I did.

You would be surprised. The stain on my hood, would not come off for the love of god.. I left the poop on my car for about 4 hours, the poop had stained the clear coat real bad. I think it's the high temps. that makes the poop dig deeper into the paint.

The reason I am saying to put elbow grease is because I had tried this method once when it first happened, but the first time it only left the poop stain smooth and shinny.


The last time it completely removed it.

I had the same issue, used a little dab of Mothers rubbing compound and buffed it out by hand. Repeat if neccessary and then rewax. Can't see Shit now, Literally! ;)

Let's test this theory. I am going outside to the parking lot and taking a dump on my hood. I will let it sit for a few hours then try and remove it. Hope I don't get charged with "gross" indecency.

I hope you do! It will make for some interesting 6 o'clock news ;)

You know, if you just do steps 1, 3, 6 - then repeat X3, you might not care about it for another day. :bonk:

Pre-victory drinks, lol.

Crap. I've killed so many bugs the first night I drove the car, and its been sitting there since then. Should I wash it off before it becomes permanent damage? Or will it become permanent?

I wouldn't compound and polish just for a poop stain. You're just going to remove clear coat, and the stain may be deep. Wait for the swirls (if you get swirls from washing and drying) and other random scratches to add up and then tackle it then.

Just poop off

http://www.petco.com/product/12828/P...p-Remover.aspx

This explains a bit:

Pigeon droppings contain ammonia and acids, said chemist Neal Langerman, an officer with the health and safety division of the American Chemical Society. If the dung isn’t washed away, it dries out and turns into a concentrated salt. When water gets in and combines with the salt and ammonia, it creates small electrochemical reactions that rust the steel underneath.

Source:
http://www.bloggernews.net/19606

So it seems like part of the reason why a Minneapolis bridge collapsed was due to bird droppings.

Dude, wash the car and get the bugs off. Bug guts will etch your clear like birdshit will. I've seen etching in clear when birdcrap was on the car for less than an hour.

To the OP, try a light polish first to see if that removes the etching. Move to a more aggressive polish only if you have to and then go over it with a lighter polish to bring the gloss back and remove any polishing marks left by the more aggressive polish. Wax or seal after.

I have the same problem with a bird crap that happened yesterday. Weird thing is that i have NEVER seen this happen on the past on any other car I owned. You can't control birds and can't always get it off when it's still fresh and not dry. My car got paint protection applied by the dealer and this still happened. I don't want to have to deal with this every time there is a crap on my car. WTF???

dat pigeon on raven/bird on bird crime...

I wonder if OptiCoat would provide much additional protection from bird poo and bugs?

Get the poop stain buffed and buy a car cover.

Whatever stain was there disappeared after a day or so... weird.

op says, "you first!"

health conscious birds!

very acidic! nasty shit!

if it smells as bad as mine does,i would blame it on the dog!..just sayin'