Bird Droppings!!
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From: Tinley Park IL
Bird Droppings!!
Well i have had my Electron Blue Corvette since birth and never been pooped on for years and in the last year I have been bombed. This clear coat must be really poor. If it is on for a couple of minutes it etches into the clearcoat. I use polishing compound, scatch x, Glaze polish then wax and it is better but still there. My other cars bird crap in on it for a day or two in the sun no damage. Any explainations for this and is there anything else I can do to fix it. I wax the car once a month so it is protected but just not for birds!!!! Thanks for any input you have
Nathaniel
Nathaniel
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From: Lee's Summit MO
I've had a couple C5's come my way with damage from bird droppings. One I was able to polish out with a Porter Cable/Orange pad/Meguiars M105 polish/slow passes/ heavy pressure. Followed with M205/white pad.
The other had to be wet-sanded (deep etching), followed by the above polishing steps.
Because C5 clearcoat is so hard, I'm a little surprised that it etches so easily from bird droppings.
The C5 clear is also susceptible to etching from bug guts. I always get them off ASAP!
The other had to be wet-sanded (deep etching), followed by the above polishing steps.
Because C5 clearcoat is so hard, I'm a little surprised that it etches so easily from bird droppings.
The C5 clear is also susceptible to etching from bug guts. I always get them off ASAP!
Last edited by Luster; Jun 3, 2010 at 10:34 PM.
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From: Midland TX
They must have mistaken your car for a "black" C5 (their preferred toilet of choice).
Don't blame the clearcoat, blame the neighborhood Taco Bell! Around here it is the junkfood (jalepenos) they eat off the ground at all the Mexican Food parking lots (the preferred food of the locals). What they are emitting will strip the chrome off a bumper. You can actually see the "strain" on some of the birds faces around here – trust me, what they are feeling is payback!
Don't blame the clearcoat, blame the neighborhood Taco Bell! Around here it is the junkfood (jalepenos) they eat off the ground at all the Mexican Food parking lots (the preferred food of the locals). What they are emitting will strip the chrome off a bumper. You can actually see the "strain" on some of the birds faces around here – trust me, what they are feeling is payback!
