Taevon lee

Any good way to take out etching from bird crap?

eboggs_jkvl

Clear coat.

Taevon lee

Help me understand what ur saying by clear coat.

KenHorse

Won't polish out with a quality polish?

23/C8Z

Wet sand if a compounding product isn't working.

Best bet is a body shop as they are used to this process or the best detailer around. Dont risk it to save a few bucks. The agony if they get it wrong will cost you big money if etching bothers you..

kennyjames21

When he says clearcoat he means the bird dropping ate into your clearcoat. If you look really close at it you'll see the mark creates an indent, because bird droppings eat away clearcoat. The only way to fix it is to sand the clearcoat around it until it evens out. Unfortunately, you only have so much clearcoat to work with so if you do this too much, you end up needing a repaint - consider this before you do anything and decide if it might be better to live with the mark(s). If its not too bad, a polishing or rubbing compound can usually take them out without removing too much clearcoat, but if you've never done it, best to find someone who has and let him take a crack at it.

TXSteveF

I have a body shop across from my office and have gone over there within hours of a bird crapping on my car (not my Vette) and they couldn’t get it all out without new clear coat installed. They tried buffing but at an angle you could still see it. I tell people the worst thing you can do is park under a tree. Cars deal with sun but not tree sap or bird crap. Good luck.

23/C8Z

That body shop sucks.

Took a poorly treated black Pontiac G8 to my body shop they wet sanded and rubbed the trunk lid and after 5 years and 100k miles of not even waxed they got the finish to a mirror. Birs dropping spots and all gone.

They were probably scared to cut deep enough because... well Corvette owner lol..

TXSteveF

Maybe so, it was another high end car and they probably were nervous.

kennyjames21

But you can only do that so many times before you run out of clearcoat, doesn't matter how good the body shop is.

TXshaggy

DA orbital with the appropriate pad and polish...if that doesn’t work take it to a professional. Do not attempt to wet sand your car.

~Stingray

Why would they be nervous? A repaint on a spoiler for a corvette would be the same if the repaint was on a mustang spoiler. Now if you are buying new parts, you will get the surcharge, but the cost to paint a part, is the cost to paint a part.

TXSteveF

It was the hood of my wife’s car and I didn’t want to repaint, not worth it. They did what they thought the best they could do so I was OK with it. I lease all my cars so I really don’t care. Now my Vette is different...😎

Kevin A Jones

Don't take any chances if you don't know what you are doing. Contact your local corvette club for advice as to whose the best auto detailer in your area. Take it to them.

Vetteman Jack

This. You have to be careful with how much you try and remove when it comes to the clearcoat.

Taevon lee

Thanx fellas! I’m not a paint man I would never wet sand, or anything else other than a wash and wax. The normal water spotting, and surface clear coat marks I’m ok with taking care of. I will be talking to my local body shop about it. Yup it’s one of those have to look just so, so, lights gotta hit it just right, but that kind of stuff drives me nuts, I know it’s there. Thanx again.

RIC96

Doesn't matter if you park under a tree or not. Birds will find it out in the middle of a parking lot just to sit on it and take a dump!

rmorin1249

You may well be able to fix it without a body shop. I would first use clay or a nanoskin to thoroughly clean the area. Then use a product like Meguiar's Scratch Remover. It is a very low abrasive product. Apply it with a microfiber cloth or a Random Orbital polisher. If this doesn't work I would not go any further. Take it to a professional.