Clearcoat and birdsh@t!

puckman77 · 11-17-2009, 09:02 PM

Anyone noticing that after washing off bird crap or bug guts that sometimes the area underneath now seems to have distorted or slightly melted clearcoat? At least, that is what it looks like to me. I can feel a slightly grainy texture that won't change with wax and you can see it at many angles. I now have three such dime sized distortions on the hood and wonder if anyone else has this problem and if you were able to correct it. Thanks!

molamann · 11-17-2009, 09:19 PM

Well in my case, those distortion slowly faded away and now you can't even tell if they were even there in the first place.

50 plus · 11-19-2009, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by molamann

Well in my case, those distortion slowly faded away and now you can't even tell if they were even there in the first place.

I notice that also... one day the stuff is on the finish, I remove the material but It appears to have damaged the clearcoat and below... After two or three days the surface looks brand new...no defects noted... Do we have self healing paint or what????...Keeping a bottle of Maquire's liquid wax and a clean rag helps here in FLA...We have Kamakazi bugs called love bugs, that if left on a car finish for longer than 5 days, it starts eating away the clearcoat...and even the color coat!!! I think they're being produced in some University...

cptspeed · 11-17-2009, 09:53 PM

I had crap on mine for about 12 hrs. I used an orbital buffer and meguires swirl remover. Looks great!

feelzpwr91 · 11-17-2009, 10:07 PM

Meguiars swirls X 2.0,Meguiar's Direct SwirlX

should do the trick, let me know

cptspeed · 11-17-2009, 10:10 PM

Yeah thats it.

nogoodname · 11-17-2009, 10:12 PM

Some bird crap are acidic enough to burn through the clear coat !!!!

Pushing_Tin · 11-17-2009, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by nogoodname

Some bird crap are acidic enough to burn through the clear coat !!!!

Sure is, I havea feww spots that are still messed up, even after a lot of polishing. F*ckers.

370Zsteve · 11-17-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Pushing_Tin

Sure is, I havea feww spots that are still messed up, even after a lot of polishing. F*ckers.

+1 rep

Chan Chee Hoe · 11-18-2009, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by nogoodname

Some bird crap are acidic enough to burn through the clear coat !!!!

Agreed,esp those birds that eat alot of meat...

IDZRVIT · 11-18-2009, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by nogoodname

Some bird crap are acidic enough to burn through the clear coat !!!!

Yeah and it tastes bad!!!

JakeZ34 · 11-17-2009, 10:14 PM

that is why you carry a quick detailer and a microfiber towel in your glove box to wipe it off when you have time, the best thing to do is to wipe it off when you see it instead of holding it off til the wash.

nicknick · 11-17-2009, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JakeZ34

that is why you carry a quick detailer and a microfiber towel in your glove box to wipe it off when you have time, the best thing to do is to wipe it off when you see it instead of holding it off til the wash.

cptspeed · 11-17-2009, 10:14 PM

Well I didn't actually see what s--- on my car. But in florida we have some big birds.

370Zsteve · 11-18-2009, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by cptspeed

Well I didn't actually see what s--- on my car. But in florida we have some big birds.

Pelican Poo FTL!

11-17-2009, 09:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
puckman77 Base Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Connecticut Posts: 22 Drives: 09 Z Blue AT T/S/NAV Rep Power: 17	Clearcoat and birdsh@t! Anyone noticing that after washing off bird crap or bug guts that sometimes the area underneath now seems to have distorted or slightly melted clearcoat? At least, that is what it looks like to me. I can feel a slightly grainy texture that won't change with wax and you can see it at many angles. I now have three such dime sized distortions on the hood and wonder if anyone else has this problem and if you were able to correct it. Thanks!

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cptspeed Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: tampa Posts: 799 Drives: 09 370z Rep Power: 17	Well I didn't actually see what s--- on my car. But in florida we have some big birds.