Hi All-

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but we'll see.

The other day I had a bird dookie on my bonnet, and when I washed it off the next day there were three little spots that had been eaten through the paint. (the bird must have been eating acid) I'm on my way to purchasse touch-up paint, but does anyone have any tips or ideas for making the touch up less noticible?

Thanks, Kat

 

b4 u drop touch-up paint in that spot make sure its deep enough, most likely it only affected tha clear coat and not the basepaint(colour) it can be buffed out sumtimes

 

Don't bother with touchup paint until you are sure it cannot be buffed out.

Read this, I think it might help:

http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums...&threadid=1516

 

for some reason our cars (MINI's) are not very strong to bird poop.

my other j-cars can withstand bird poop for at least a few days...
not that i usually keep it that long.

 

I agree...generally in this case only the clear coat is etched. I wouldn't use touch up paint at all.

 

I use a 4/10 shot gun, it keeps the bird poo off my car.

 

but if you're cheny, you might shoot out the windows off your car.

 

Hmm, Darxar thinks to him self "roll windows down, open sun roof"

 

you're gonna have dimples all over your roof/bonnet when the pellets come flying down.

 

If the bird poo was only on there for a short time--less than a minute, the etching should be minimal and can be buffed off my a detailer. A PC won't remove it, though it may help make it less visible.

You could also try Meguiar's ScratchX which is applied by hand. Read and follow the directions and realize that if you aren't sweating and your fingers aren't hurting, you aren't using the product right.

Finally as a note, today I worked on an Acura TL with a dark blue metallic paint--appeared as black. It had two bird poo etchings and they had gone straight through the clear into the base coat. I buffed on them and had absolutely no effect until I looked closer. What it looked like was paint cracking--like puzzle pieces put together loosely and it appeared to be beneath the clearcoat. No way to repair that other than repaint.

Richard

 

3 little spots LMAO check this out fellas I felt like Mel Brooks in High Anxiety I was literally attacked by birds on Ft. Sill a few weeks ago for some reason they hate MINI's