Bird Poo Etching

[F.A.]

The bonnet of my GSF was  bombed today by some seagulls and despite  me removing their excrement within 20 minutes, it has left a significant amount of damage to my bonnet, which was otherwise in perfect condition 😡. The car has a ceramic coating on which was placed by the dealer which apparently has a ‘life time guarantee’ against bird poo damage but I am very disappointed that the paint has been damaged so easily. Our previous IS250 and RX450 have been hit by seagulls on multiple occasions with out any damage. I guess Artic Pearl is more forgiving than Sonic Titanium. I will see what the ‘guarantee’ will offer. 🤞🏾

[NemesisUK]

I had the same on my boot lid on the ceramic coated Sonic Red RC. Took it to the dealership and they arrange for the boot lid to be polished and recoated. 

 

[gdh300]

Ah, "Bird Poo Etching"; my favourite part of 'Take Hart'... 😉

 

[Guest]

I use 3m ultrafina se to remove marks. However I don't have ceramic coating.

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[NothernDan]

Meguiars.... Compound then polish, then a decent carnauba wax. Sorted. 

Get lots of this as we live and park next to lots of trees. 

Plenty of carnauba wax, never any issues, the poop just comes straight off with water. 

Current faves are, Collinite Marque d'elegance as the main barrier and Dodo Juice light fantastic (at its best on silver and white) for the shine. Never any bird poo issues at all despite plenty of perpetrators 🦅🦅

The more I read about ceramic coating the less bothered I am about it. 

[Chris.S]

I've heard by using a heat gun removes the etching

[Chris.S]

https://youtu.be/IN1mqoWuQpw

[F.A.]

1 hour ago, Chris.S said:

I've heard by using a heat gun removes the etching

I too have heard about this from the car detailing forums. I was very skeptical and if I’m being honest, I don’t think I would risk damaging the paint using a heat gun or even a hair dryer. However the car has been stood in the sun over the weekend and the etch markings have been dramatically reduced. I first noticed this yesterday evening and there has been another improvement today. You can only see the damage when looking horizontally across the bonnet from the passenger side. The company who the body care guarantee is with  do not open until tomorrow morning so I haven’t contacted them yet. The problem is now that it’s so faint, its going to be hard to show them when they turn up. I think I will wait a few more days to see if there is anymore improvement. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Thank you to everyone for their comments. 

[Flytvr]

On 7/13/2019 at 10:57 AM, Comedian said:

I use 3m ultrafina se to remove marks. However I don't have ceramic coating.

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Personally I prefer prevention rather than cure.

I use a Browning 12 bore and magnum cartridges. You’ll get better results with shot sizes of 5 and lower.

Only joking.................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

any cartridges will do 😬🤣

 

[Goldberg]

dont get me started on bird poo .I just cleaned the car and then this

 

[Flytvr]

What do you do if a bird 💩 on your bonnet?

Don’t take her out again! 🤣

[i-s]

Our GS has suffered the same fate - two patches of lacquer crazing on the bonnet. The damage occurred before we got the car, and when we noticed it I took it up with the dealer. They suggested that they could repair it (for a price!), and recommended Gen3 Glasscoat to prevent it happening again. That trigged our memory (from the various history documents we have) that the car was already treated with Gen3 Glasscoat - I enquired about claiming against the "warranty" on that, but was told that only applied to the original owner. 

It's clear that that product does not protect against this. I've also generally noticed that the GS paint (Crimson Red) is pretty soft and prone to marking easily. 

[NemesisUK]

I'm surprised the dealership suggested that as I'm pretty sure the T&C's pertaining to the Gen3 Glasscoat specifically excludes bird lime protection.

[rayaans]

Didn't read this earlier but you don't need a heat gun

A hairdryer will work safely, takes a little longer. Its pretty quick on Lexus paint as I believe the self healing clearcoat is activated by heat. 

This is what I did on my son's car. You need to do it within a week otherwise the marks become permanent over time.

Car wasn't even washed, just warm water in a jug used to soften the bird poo, wiped away with QD and then hairdryer. Took less than 5 minutes

I've done this to multiple cars now with no issues. It will not damage the paint as the paint gets no hotter than on a warm sunny day

[F.A.]

6 hours ago, Flytvr said:

Personally I prefer prevention rather than cure.

I use a Browning 12 bore and magnum cartridges. You’ll get better results with shot sizes of 5 and lower.

Only joking.................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

any cartridges will do 😬🤣

 

😂

 

15 minutes ago, rayaans said:

Didn't read this earlier but you don't need a heat gun

A hairdryer will work safely, takes a little longer. Its pretty quick on Lexus paint as I believe the self healing clearcoat is activated by heat. 

This is what I did on my son's car. You need to do it within a week otherwise the marks become permanent over time.

Car wasn't even washed, just warm water in a jug used to soften the bird poo, wiped away with QD and then hairdryer. Took less than 5 minutes

I've done this to multiple cars now with no issues. It will not damage the paint as the paint gets no hotter than on a warm sunny day

Oh wow that’s a good result. 

My damage appears to have disappeared, so maybe the recent heat has had the same effect 🤷🏾‍♂️. 

I read somewhere about the self healing paint but I wasn’t sure if that applied to the GSF, or how effective it would be. 

4 hours ago, i-s said:

Our GS has suffered the same fate - two patches of lacquer crazing on the bonnet. The damage occurred before we got the car, and when we noticed it I took it up with the dealer. They suggested that they could repair it (for a price!), and recommended Gen3 Glasscoat to prevent it happening again. That trigged our memory (from the various history documents we have) that the car was already treated with Gen3 Glasscoat - I enquired about claiming against the "warranty" on that, but was told that only applied to the original owner. 

It's clear that that product does not protect against this. I've also generally noticed that the GS paint (Crimson Red) is pretty soft and prone to marking easily. 

Very frustrating. The original owner thing is just a typical excuse for them to get out of their warranty claims 😡.

[rayaans]

1 hour ago, F.A. said:

😂

 

Oh wow that’s a good result. 

My damage appears to have disappeared, so maybe the recent heat has had the same effect 🤷🏾‍♂️. 

I read somewhere about the self healing paint but I wasn’t sure if that applied to the GSF, or how effective it would be. 

Very frustrating. The original owner thing is just a typical excuse for them to get out of their warranty claims 😡.

I think the self healing paint is on every new model Lexus after 2012 or so. It debuted on the GS 4th gen