Dealer paint protection vs Bird poo

[Manno]

Hello all

My pearl black car got pooed on yesterday and by the time i got it home to clean it, the purple berried poo had burnt throught the clearcoat! Had to get my mate to come round with his electric polisher and a myriad of polishes to sort it. It had a dealer £150 paint protection on too....supposedly??
Not worth the money at all.
Nice car though. Had a RX8 previously.

Manno

[RW1]

Not good

Always deal with the stuff ASAP. I carry wipes in the Scirocco with me.

Dealing with Bird Poo - 1
Dealing with Bird Poo - 2

C.

[Shaun]

I can't believe the dealers still say it protects against bird lime, TBH the protection is OK if put on correctly but no better than you putting a decent coat of wax on yourself

[bleedsoff]

Autoglym do bird poo wipes!

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... t&istBid=t" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[maisbitt]

I'm surprised the bird crap went through the clear coat of a metallic/pearl paint job - the clear lacquer coat is pretty inert to acids (not against brake fluid or thinners), bird lime mainly causes surface fading/discolouration of solid colour paintwork rather than eating through the paint. You sure it wasn't an Alien Xenomorph bleeding all over your car?

[nd10]

Autoglym do bird poo wipes!

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... t&istBid=t" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I have never used them but just a thought....as they are a 'wipe' does it not involve rubbing the bird lime which is contrary to good advice of not rubbing? Assuming it isn't wiped off immediately which as we know isn't always possible.

[Manno]

It could have been an Alien Xenomorph! More likely some new mutant species of Herring gull created by Hartlepool's Nuclear power station.