I didn't know that bird poop can seriously damage car paint. A friend of mine saw two splotches on my car that were there for about a week and said I should remove them immediately. So, as soon as I got home, I washed them off. However, if you look closely at the finish, it looks like those areas have lost a little of the gloss...but no discoloration.

So, is there a simple one-step product/process one can recommend that might clean and restore some of the gloss to those spots without having to wax, buff, Primo...etc, etc....?

 

Most likely you will have to strip the finish/wax and use clay to remove the spots. Then re-apply your finish protection to the area. It just depends on how deep it stained. I keep a bottle of detail spray and some microfiber towels in one side boot compartment for emergency clean-ups like this.

 

Yup, bird crap etches paint. You'll likely need to clay and polish the spot to return it to normal, and then rewax.

 

Dangit! Can you recommend a good detail spray?

 

scratch-x to polish..use a foam pad. nxt or watever available to wax.
i personally recommend Hydro...

 

LOL. I was looking at the ads for Hydro...so I can just spray on Hydro whenever and just wipe it off with some microfiber cloth and thats it?

 

Well that's sort of vague...lol...but you want to put Hydro on a clean car (preferably freshly washed...it's the easiest way, just put a few spritzes on each panel and wax and dry at the same time).

You can use it on a clean dry car too...but you kill off a step if you use it while you dry.

 

I resent this thread!!!!!!!

 

There's another threat from bird guano not yet mentioned in this thread...

In early April I left my MINI parked in a driveway in Aiken, SC for a couple of days while some friends and I attended some Masters practice rounds across the river in Augusta, GA. When I returned, I had three big dollups of goo on the drivers side windscreen near the post that had dried to the consistency of concrete.

So, as I was leaving town the first order of business was to stop at a service station and use the squeegie/scrubber thingy to clean the windscreen. The solidified poo required some concerted scrubbing.

It was only after I got back on the road driving into the rising sun that I remembered that a lot of bird droppings have some serious grit in them. I had managed to grind a whole grouping of tiny scratches into the glass -- not very deep but everywhere outboard of my direct line-of-sight. Looking into the sun made it seem like looking through etched glass. Rats!

I've since used some glass polish (vigorous buffing by hand for a couple of hours) and improved the situation, but after detailing you can still see a lot of shallow scratches. Next step is to use the polish with the electric buffer to see it I get more improvement. After that, I guess I just wait for a good rock to send my scratched windscreen into its afterlife...

Bottom line -- bird dung can be dangerous to glass too!

 

you can have all the birds (less chicken cause i like KFC) in IL.

 

Is Hydro safe on vinyl?

 

Yup!