Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Lasting paintwork damage from bird poo?

I've done this manually with Meguiars cutting compound and repair polish, but it takes a while by hand. My Golf is red, and the paint reacts very badly to bird poo.

I always carry a bird poo kit in the Morgan, and needed it at RFTH as we were under a tree and got a pigeon sized dollop on the front wing. It was still moist when I found it and so it wiped off and didn't leave a mark.

On holiday at the coast I'm super vigilant.................

Go on the net and look up
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Also check the others that show up , a good few on . But the smoother the finnish and higher the shine on your paint the worse it looks, hence stopped taking my mog to the seaside years ago . Good look

A combination of things black paint will get very hot on a sunny day add that to aggressive bird poo and unfortunately even in a short time span this can be the result.

The only real aid is layers of wax after polishing then the wax is sacrificed before the paint, quite surprised your car suffered so badly given the prior weeks award? Maybe try some spirit vinegar to neutralise any imbedded lime?

Many thanks to all for the helpful advice. I didn't know about AG bird dropping wipes - must get some for next time!

We have a newish Merc and paid for the "Star Guard" paint and upholstery protection because we were very impressed with the way the same stuff performed on the previous Merc.

With the treatment comes as pack of various cleaning chemicals, including a Bird Lime neutraliser/cleaner. It is VERY effective, we keep it in the boot together with a pack of "wet one" baby wipes.
the only downside is that it is essential to re-apply polish after removing the bird poo, as has been said polish is your best friend.

The same stuff is available, THIS is one source.

We had, some years ago, a black Merc. We were away from the car all day and the poo had set hard. It wasn't until the following day that we could get it off, but by then the poo on the boot top on a hot day ate through the clear coat and into the paint, in the end a re-spray was the only cure.

Although bird poo may appear to dry it is still acidic and will keep doing damage...it is vital to get it off as fast as possible, especially in the summer when heat makes the acid reaction go much faster!

Polish is not a protective substance - it removes paint or wax along with dirt.

You need to rewax or whatever modern protective layer of choice


Interestingly the surface coat deforms in heat around the dried droppings and effectively moulds the surface to the contents of the poo! effectively ingraining the contents into the surface!

This thread is shite

That's exactly what happens with my Golf. The paint surface under the shite retains the contours.