Paintwork stains from mud and bird poo

**garbage** · 14th January 2016, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by jonesy63

There's bird poop... and then there is flying fox poop - dark orange/brown in colour, and it is the worst to get off.

I usually put the hose on it for a good while before attempting to remove it.

Lol. Actually that's a very good point. I now have orange coloured stains on my car so you're probably dead on there. Anyway, I am now armed with the products recommended above. Wish me luck!

**theresanothersteve** · 15th January 2016, 07:09 AM

Might be a bit late but have a look at using detailing clay...

Meguires does a kit that contains a clay block and one of its magic sprays to use as a lubricant. Costs (from memory) about 30 bucks. Removes contaminants and will leave the paint very smooth.

Our car detailing bloke uses clay, but he uses the suds from the wash to lubricate before he rinses.

**Pickles2** · 15th January 2016, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by theresanothersteve

Might be a bit late but have a look at using detailing clay...

Meguires does a kit that contains a clay block and one of its magic sprays to use as a lubricant. Costs (from memory) about 30 bucks. Removes contaminants and will leave the paint very smooth.

Our car detailing bloke uses clay, but he uses the suds from the wash to lubricate before he rinses.

Yes, "Clay" is brilliant stuff, but IMHO it takes a bit of skill to use it. I've never had that skill, but for sure, it does produce AMAZING results.
Pickles.

**Meken** · 15th January 2016, 09:09 AM

My detailed uses cornuba wax - should only have to redetail once a year - othertimes it just wash & chamois

curryinahurry · 15th January 2016, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by theresanothersteve

Might be a bit late but have a look at using detailing clay...

Meguires does a kit that contains a clay block and one of its magic sprays to use as a lubricant. Costs (from memory) about 30 bucks. Removes contaminants and will leave the paint very smooth.

Our car detailing bloke uses clay, but he uses the suds from the wash to lubricate before he rinses.

+1

At work, where I park, I get this pollen drop in spring. Add a light shower and the pollen was in the paintwork

No car wash or hand wash could remove it... My neighbour gave me some clay and this with slight car-wash-soapy water worked... but took some time to do it (one whole afternoon!)

Then I got the above Meguires kit.. works fine both on the D4 and my motorbikes

Cheers
Bala

**LandyAndy** · 17th January 2016, 04:52 PM

I polished Snow White today,its only the second time Ive done it since new(17 months old).
How often do you blokes polish??? Mine lives in the shed so except for dust remains very clean,it gets a good hose down every time it comes out,I wash it regularly.Only had a few birdie doo doos left after the wash yesterday.Ive been using the Autoglym Brian reccomends.Nice polish to use,no hard rubbing to remove it.I assume it lasts well as water was still beading on the paint from the last polish around 12 months ago.
Andrew

**Pickles2** · 18th January 2016, 07:13 AM

Gracie is kept undercover, and she has just a yearly polish on her birthday.
Pickles.

**jonesfam** · 18th January 2016, 03:02 PM

You blokes have "Car Detailers"?
I have kids that get $5 for washing the car, other than that it stays dirty.
Jonesfam
PS $5 on top of their pocket money.

**MR LR** · 18th January 2016, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by jonesfam

You blokes have "Car Detailers"?
I have kids that get $5 for washing the car, other than that it stays dirty.
Jonesfam
PS $5 on top of their pocket money.

Car detailers are cheaper than kids

Not that I have either...

*ok, maybe I paid to have some really deep scratches buffed out once...*

**Epic_Dragon** · 19th January 2016, 10:57 AM

even an $85 k + car needs its paint work to be looked after and maintained

it is a better quality paint used on more expensive vehicles and a more correct application. if the poop was left on for even a couple of days and car was parked in sun anywhere, it is bad news for your paint. auto glym is fantastic, professional grade and is what we used at work. wash your car and apply that regularly after a wash. be aware that if a cutting compound is ever used, it takes a thin layer of paint away each time. polish and wax adds a film. what ever you do, do not use a scotch bright pad or the likes (you know the hard side of your dishwasher sponge type thing) as that scratches and scuffs paint. haha the amount of times cars would come in as people had used those to get stuck into stains, tree sap, bird poop etc! i am over the top with my paintwork. been slack lately. but i normally like to apply auto glym high res polish every second month after a wash. and every time i do the quick wash using the wash bay things i always use the spray wax afterwards just so i know there is some sort of barrier protecting my cars paintwork. i am a fully qualified spray painter though so always carry water and soft rags in the car (or baby wipes) just to wipe bird poo especially off as soon as it happens. nasty stuff that comes out of birds! :O
the clay bars work well too as will not harm your paint. especially for industrial downfall. can find normalyl find those cheaper at paint supplies shops.

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