longislander1 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Yesterday morning, I had some bird droppings on the car and didn't have a chance to wash them off until later in the day. Now, where the droppings were, the gloss is gone in the paint. If you look closely, you see a flat splotch. Any ideas on how to get this back to gloss again? I know some of you are dissatisfied with Subaru paint Is this what you were talking about? I'm kind of surprised because I don't recall having this problem with other cars I've owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golf4283 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I would put a fresh coat of wax on first of all. That poop may have worn the wax off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatwhitenorth Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Yesterday morning, I had some bird droppings on the car and didn't have a chance to wash them off until later in the day. Now, where the droppings were, the gloss is gone in the paint. If you look closely, you see a flat splotch. Any ideas on how to get this back to gloss again? I know some of you are dissatisfied with Subaru paint Is this what you were talking about? I'm kind of surprised because I don't recall having this problem with other cars I've owned. What you have in your paint is called ETCHING in the paint. It can be pain in the a** to remove on the subaru's soft paint. Try to remove bird droppings before it bakes on the paint, sun and bird droppings are not good combination. there is some how to articles here; http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudeMood Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Paint cleaner, then polish, then wax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 i agree, dont let the bird crap sit...ever, regqardless of sun or not. there are so many corrosive chemicals in there, and also not to mention diseases too. paint cleaner should do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudeMood Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Subaru's need their STD vaccinations too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brady Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Check out the Detailing and Maintenance forum for all kinds of information with regard to paint care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFromPA Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Wow, I've let the bird droppings on my paint sit forever.... In all truth, my wife's black Saturn Ion was pretty much permanent burn marks on her roof from bird droppings I left on. Granted, I never took THAT good of care of her car...but nonetheless, that's some toxic crap. I live in a townhome and my parking spaces are underneath a tree. I have literally come outside, having parked a perfectly clean car the night before, to a car with 15-20 droppings on it. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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