Danged Birds
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Drifting
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,829
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From: Las Vegas Nevada
Danged Birds
Took the car out for some fun in the sun. Ended up @ Mickey D's
parking.
Some good soul decided to feed the Gulls with a gut bomb, and
needless to say they attracted a crowd. Many of whom decided
to dive bomb my paint. And my "PROTECT-O-PLATE failed to
perform as the dealer said it would. I am beginning to think
that many of these dealer installed add-ons are just a scam
Thank Goodness the offending birds did not devastate my
finish
At least the high performance hood seal works as advertized.
Wave On Folks
parking.
Some good soul decided to feed the Gulls with a gut bomb, and
needless to say they attracted a crowd. Many of whom decided
to dive bomb my paint. And my "PROTECT-O-PLATE failed to
perform as the dealer said it would. I am beginning to think
that many of these dealer installed add-ons are just a scam
Thank Goodness the offending birds did not devastate my
finish
At least the high performance hood seal works as advertized.
Wave On Folks
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,021
Likes: 133
From: Conejo Valley CA
One of the first lessons I learned shortly after my vette is to be mindful in parking lots... trees = birdchit.... this was not the case for the OP, but since we're on this subject, I wanted to comment about that.
I used to wonder if there was any silver bullet to remove bird-crap but after some research it, I found that applying water on a shamie and letting it soak works best. But because the dang-gone things eat a lot of grit, you don't want to rub it off because it can scratch the paint... I just dab dab and spray more water from a spray bottle. In fact, I keep a spray bottle of water and shamie in the car just to be prepared!
I used to wonder if there was any silver bullet to remove bird-crap but after some research it, I found that applying water on a shamie and letting it soak works best. But because the dang-gone things eat a lot of grit, you don't want to rub it off because it can scratch the paint... I just dab dab and spray more water from a spray bottle. In fact, I keep a spray bottle of water and shamie in the car just to be prepared!
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,829
Likes: 45
From: Las Vegas Nevada
One of the first lessons I learned shortly after my vette is to be mindful in parking lots... trees = birdchit.... this was not the case for the OP, but since we're on this subject, I wanted to comment about that.
I used to wonder if there was any silver bullet to remove bird-crap but after some research it, I found that applying water on a shamie and letting it soak works best. But because the dang-gone things eat a lot of grit, you don't want to rub it off because it can scratch the paint... I just dab dab and spray more water from a spray bottle. In fact, I keep a spray bottle of water and shamie in the car just to be prepared!
I used to wonder if there was any silver bullet to remove bird-crap but after some research it, I found that applying water on a shamie and letting it soak works best. But because the dang-gone things eat a lot of grit, you don't want to rub it off because it can scratch the paint... I just dab dab and spray more water from a spray bottle. In fact, I keep a spray bottle of water and shamie in the car just to be prepared!
re wetting it and using microfiber. A rewax of the area will follow shortly.
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