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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Flying Haggis on 30 July 2012, 16:23
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Anyone ever seen this happen before?
I made the mistake of taking the car to a cowboy car washer (it was covered in bird sh!t). Could a high power pressure washer do this?
Apparently only £10 (part only) to replace....which is reassuring.
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I wouldn't have thought the high-powered jet washer could have done this, but maybe the acidic bird crap had eaten away at the rubber. This time of year the birdies eat many berries, meaning that their waste contain acidic material. How long had you left the crap there before having it washed...?
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4 days maximum. Imagine an idiot with a high pressure washer, at about 1cm from the rubber....? Could it do this? (Obviously I ll never be going there again!)
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Possibly a combination of both...?
Glad to hear that it won't hurt your wallet too much to replace. Just out of interest, could this also be covered by the free windscreen-crack repairs offered by insurers..?
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Jetwash damage :angry:
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Anyone ever seen this happen before?
I made the mistake of taking the car to a cowboy car washer (it was covered in bird sh!t). Could a high power pressure washer do this?
Apparently only £10 (part only) to replace....which is reassuring.
There's your problem! :sad: one of those petrol powered jetwashes could easily do that. Lesson learned though aye?
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Certainly is a case of lesson learnt...was trying to weigh up the pros and cons of getting that bird sh!t off...and they were the only ones open on a Sunday eve.
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Definitely jetwash. I took a chunk out my last cars trim although it wasn't as uneven and rough as yours but I could imagine the cowboy trying to get all the bird crap off and going in close enough to cause the damage.
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carry a few old MF towels and a bottle of quick detailer in the boot for bird poo/tar/sap situations
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Never let a cowboy wash your motor.... :smiley:
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Never let a cowboy wash your motor.... :smiley:
^+1. Or the Kosovans in the supermarket car park, or the VW dealer when your car goes in for servicing or warranty work!
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Never let a cowboy wash your motor.... :smiley:
^+1. Or the Kosovans in the supermarket car park, or the VW dealer when your car goes in for servicing or warranty work!
Or the wife!
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Autoglym do a bird sh!te wipe too.
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Literally like a ostrich had shat on it head to toe, it needed drastic action! Won't be parking it there again. Will def pick up a portable spray/towel.
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Had a local car wash clean my mk4 few years ago and they put a scratch right thro to primer, prob is they use the big tubs full of soapy water witch is full of dirt and crap from about 100 cars before yours, I found a local car wash after and keep my own buckets wash MIT there witch they use. Def keep dropping wipes in car if u love your motor,
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carry a few old MF towels and a bottle of quick detailer in the boot for bird poo/tar/sap situations
Yes this...I keep AG fast glass along with a couple of MF in the side door!!
But shame on you, why ain't you cleaning your pride and joy yourself? Tut Tut!!!!
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Had a local car wash clean my mk4 few years ago and they put a scratch right thro to primer, prob is they use the big tubs full of soapy water witch is full of dirt and crap from about 100 cars before yours, I found a local car wash after and keep my own buckets wash MIT there witch they use. Def keep dropping wipes in car if u love your motor,
Ed35 chunk/Flying Haggis - Gents please - I don't believe it, you leave your own bucket and wash mitt at a car wash and Flying Haggis is obviously too lazy to wash bird poo off his car for 4 days then takes it to a car wash where they cause damage. Why don't you guys wash your cars yourself as all real car lovers do? I wouldn't trust a car wash to get within 100 metres of my motors.
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^^^^ I agree, i wouldn't trust anyone especially those monkeys :grin:
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^^^^ I agree, i wouldn't trust anyone especially those monkeys :grin:
+1, I am the only one who washes my car and I would not use a pressure washer on mine either as it just strips any wax off the paint. If you wash them regularly (once a week) and get the bird poo off quickly then there should be no probs in keeping your pride a joy at its best.
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Glad to see this post isn't about forum member nudity through the windscreen.
Sucks mate, though I do know hard it is to find time to clean a car, 4 hours it took me portaging water form a second storey flat on Saturday morning.
Makes those Acid Spraying Albanian's seem quite cheap on the hourly rate figure.
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I hear you all, but I have two problems, firstly I don't dare park outside my flat as its a bit of a rat run and I see bumps/scrapes too often. So I search out the quietest street around, within my zone and park there. I don't really have time to check it every day, so when I found the poor thing covered from head to toe in guano I panicked...
There is a v good car wash service near my office, but it's closed due to Olympics at the moment, charge a small fortune but good enough for a monthly tart up.
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Thumbs up to VW Cameron in Perth. They're one of the good guys it would seem. Fixed the part for £25 (i reclaimed it from cowboy washers) and they even pointed out some poor adhesion work on the bonnet. quick painless and honest it would seem. Recommend to any Scottish GTI'ers.