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Offline Gene Hunt.

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Re: bird sh1t has burnt my bonnet!
« Reply #10 on: 25 June 2010, 15:20 »
help!  bird sh@t on my car at some point in the evening yesterday (the splatter is as big as my hand). 

anyone had this before?  any solutions?
Well if a bird sh@t on my car I would finish with her.  :grin:
.........shouldn't make light but ........ :grin: an oldie but goodie.
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Re: bird sh1t has burnt my bonnet!
« Reply #11 on: 25 June 2010, 17:29 »
help!  bird sh@t on my car at some point in the evening yesterday (the splatter is as big as my hand). 

anyone had this before?  any solutions?
Well if a bird sh@t on my car I would finish with her.  :grin:
.........shouldn't make light but ........ :grin: an oldie but goodie.

 :grin:

its defo pigeons, there were 4 mahoosive ones in the garden last night, and by the size of the turd on the bonnet it was one of them for sure.  time to borrow the neighbours shotgun me thinks!
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Re: bird sh1t has burnt my bonnet!
« Reply #12 on: 25 June 2010, 17:37 »
Best bet is getting it off as soon as poss as it burns through within hours  :sick:




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Re: bird sh1t has burnt my bonnet!
« Reply #13 on: 25 June 2010, 17:43 »
Bird attack is a nightmare in this hot weather. I usually soak it with water immediately and wipe it off gently with some SRP follow by Zymol quickdetailer.
Wonder any of you guys/gals notice, birds do seems to pick darker colours to dump their waste. My previous cars are mainly silver and I never have any problem. Since I drive my carbon-grey GTI to work, they always leave me something to do after. Evn when I park my car elsewhere they still follow it and do their business on my roof and bonnet!!!! :angry:

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Re: bird sh1t has burnt my bonnet!
« Reply #14 on: 26 June 2010, 09:16 »
Try living where I am in Seagullsh!t City Brighton.  Theres about 50 of the Fockas on every rooftop.  I got dive bombed the other day because there was a young one that had fallen out of its perch, and its mother wasnt too pleased with me in its proximity!

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Re: bird sh1t has burnt my bonnet!
« Reply #15 on: 26 June 2010, 09:32 »
Try living where I am in Seagullsh!t City Brighton.  Theres about 50 of the Fockas on every rooftop.  I got dive bombed the other day because there was a young one that had fallen out of its perch, and its mother wasnt too pleased with me in its proximity!

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Can't do it myself due to bad neck and shoulder :cry:
I am pretty desperate.
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Offline JonnyG

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Re: bird sh1t has burnt my bonnet!
« Reply #17 on: 26 June 2010, 15:24 »
Bird sh#t can be blo#dy lethal this time of year.

If you leave it for long in the baking hot sun, it can soon etch into your clearcoat and need a machine polish or even a wetsand+machine polish to remove it   :shocked:

I think the little bugg#rs also go for blue cars too (something to with thinking blue is water ? :grin:).

My tips are :-

1. Always carry a couple of MF cloths and some detailing spray (or shampoo mix) in your boot.
2.  Inspect your car when you return to it for the dreaded sh#t
3.  Get it off your paintwork straight away -soak the poo for a few minutes with the lots of spray and then wipe off
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