Bird dropping protection coatings

[Ian A]

My work is HECTIC for bird crap on cars. Would anyone recommend any wax / sealants / coatings which protect against bird dirt.

Rifle comes to mind, but health and safety weren’t keen.

 

[Gareth]

If left too long, not much can stop the etching. Quality ceramic coatings will offer the strongest protection, but what I have done is buy a pack of 10 little spray bottles from eBay and put citrus and a quick detailer in them to tackle the bird poop unless I'm heading home and can properly deal with the bird bombs.

 

[DC.]

PPF would be an extreme measure.

 

[Eddies]

As bad as it may seem this is great stuff. Foams over them letting them soak and just wipes off. Been using it the past 10 years of more. Handy to keep in the car with a micro and jobs done.

 

[big_pete]

A pro grade coating and ideally one that has an element of self healing so that if it does stain it then you can heat them out 90% of the time.

The thing with removing them with a microfibre is that you have a fairly big risk of scratching the car.

I actually have a belter of an etching on my wing from bird**** sitting on the car after sitting at the airport. Will put a video up of how easy it is to sort with a self healing ceramic

 

[DJMCA]

Our work car park is the same, the seagulls fill their bellys at McDonalds across the road and then come over here to empty their guts!!

The worst ones are the spots everywhere (i mean, does the bird explode??)

Nightmare this time of year as it bakes on with the sun. As above, i try and wet it best i can and remove until i get home

Always seem to be the talk of the office adjacent to the car park though, you can see them looking out thinking 'what is he at??' lol

 

[davyk31]

Same at my my work. I take a walk out every couple of hours to check but find the little Autoglym wipes pretty handy and of course lifting off after soaking so there is no rubbing.

But it’s the hundreds of wee spots that winds me up. They don’t really do any harm but make a mess of the whole car.

 

[gpaevo]

A pro grade coating and ideally one that has an element of self healing so that if it does stain it then you can heat them out 90% of the time.

The thing with removing them with a microfibre is that you have a fairly big risk of scratching the car.

I actually have a belter of an etching on my wing from bird**** sitting on the car after sitting at the airport. Will put a video up of how easy it is to sort with a self healing ceramic

I had fairly bad etching on my paint and someone on here recommended microfibre and boiling water and let it soak. It worked as I guess it draws the oils out of lacquer.

I'd assume that it's not good for the longevity of the paint?? What would you recommend other than a coating.

 

[big_pete]

That can work too, depends how deep into the clear it goes. Sometimes that may look like it’s fixed the issue as it causes to the clear to swell then as it sinks again it will reappear.

Prevention is better than the cure.

 

[B6GUE]

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As bad as it may seem this is great stuff. Foams over them letting them soak and just wipes off. Been using it the past 10 years of more. Handy to keep in the car with a micro and jobs done.

Ordered there mate cheers, it might come in handy

 

[Ian A]

That can work too, depends how deep into the clear it goes. Sometimes that may look like it’s fixed the issue as it causes to the clear to swell then as it sinks again it will reappear.

Prevention is better than the cure.

Agreed on prevention but it seems unavoidable here, hence the need for a coating.

Outside of full on ceramic, any wax / sealant recommendations? I’ve other things I’d like ahead of spending on a full detail & coat.

 

[Enda]

For cheap and easy applied you can’t go far wrong with something like gyeon wet coat (or cancoat with slightly more effort)

 

[Eddies]

Look at soft99 bazooka sometimes it comes up for 3/4 quid a tin. Can do a car about 3 times maybe more depending. I'd a bottle for ages used it at the weekend so far I'm impressed for all I paid.

 

[big_pete]

Look at something extremely hydrophobic, even something like Gtechniq easicoat every wash would help massively

 

[Ian A]

Currently using auto finesse tough coat but I really doubt it is giving the protection quoted.

Have a tin of naviwax which I love for ease of application and results but does not last

 

[Gareth]

What about Soft99 Fusso Coat? Real easy to apply and remove and if bird poop has 'killed' off the protection then just reapply to that particular spot

 

[Woodcutter]

Gyeon Can Coat, as close to a proper ceramic as you’ll get, easy applied and unreal hydrophobicity. I have it on my 944 and I am very very impressed.

 

[A6Avant]

Not sure if you can still get this but it came with a car purchase a few years back and works very well. Spray on, leave for 60 seconds, wipe off. Job done.

Would recommend it for a quick solution

 

[Ian A]

I’d need a pallet of it. The car was cleaned 2 days prior to below.

 

[Craggus]

I’d need a pallet of it. The car was cleaned 2 days prior to below.

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I thought the birds round our place were bad - but frig that's impressive

 

[A6Avant]

Washed the car at 7pm

Left the bin out at 10:30pm and was greeted with this.

 

[Ben P]

I’d need a pallet of it. The car was cleaned 2 days prior to below.

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Sh1tt1n Hell

 

[Ian A]

Birds must hate Audis

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

Birds must hate Audis

@Mel would agree.

It may look ridiculous, but since I put this up on Thursday, Mels car didn't get a single drop and its usually plastered in it.

 

[Mel]

@Mel would agree.

It may look ridiculous, but since I put this up on Thursday, Mels car didn't get a single drop and its usually plastered in it.View attachment 399105View attachment 399106

Of course I thought it would never work, the fake hawk was put up on Thursday evening and zero poops on my car since, I might invest in a mini one to hang on my aerial when I'm out and about