Bird poo!

[true]

Some baked on bird poo has ended up leaving a mark on the lacquer on my roof. I've tried claying it but it looks like the lacquer itself is damaged. Any advice?

[Spiney]

Had the same thing with my Passat a few years back after it looked like an Golden Eagle had dumped on it! Unfortunately I never cured it. If anyone knows whether this is repairable without a respray I'd love to know how to do it.

[autoperfection]

If the bird poo has etched into the lacquer there are two ways of removing it... you can either polish the marks out by hand, using something like Meguiars Sracth-X or a Fine Polish such as 3M Extra Fine or Menzerna Final Finish... and a lot of elbow grease!

Alternatively you can machine polish the marks out - this process will cut away the very top microns of lacquer, which will remove the etched in marks.

Hope this helps

Taryn and Jim

[wigit]

true, i've been speaking to Autoperfection over the same issue, our black GTI has been suffering a similar problwm more than the blue on the roc

[true]

Cheers guys. If I have a go with some polish is it just a case of polishing the area, or will the part I've polished end up looking different to the rest? Do I need to reseal it afterwards with anything other than wax?

[Spiney]

Had the same thing with my Passat a few years back after it looked like an Golden Eagle had dumped on it! Unfortunately I never cured it. If anyone knows whether this is repairable without a respray I'd love to know how to do it.

I rather got the impression that the problem I had was that the acid in it it had worked through the laquer to the paint below. This is because I tried polishing (not waxing) it and it had absolutely no effect at all. Maybe wrong of course, often am!

The lesson I leaned was to get rid of it as soon as possible and not to buy a black car again!