Great post ! I have been doing that and it is a good method.
Right from the Mequiars playbook thanks for sharing Mequiars has other great tips on their website...Black Granite LTZ said:I thought I would share how I have been handling removing bird droppings and other crud from the paint.
You park somewhere and it's 90 degrees out and when you return you find a present from one of our feathered friends that has dried as hard as a rock on your shiny paint.
The easiest way is to remove the bird droppings is as quickly as possible as the longer it sits the greater chance of it etching into the paint and leaving a permanent mark but as we all know sometimes that isn't possible.
Resist the urge to remove or scrape it off dry. You will probably scratch the paint.
Take a small rag or paper towel and soak it in water or, even better, some detailing spray and soak the rag. Fold it up into a small square that overlaps the dropping and gently press it down over the spot and let it sit. How long depends on how long it's been there. Just check from time to time, keep the rag soaking wet and wait until the dropping has completely liquified.
After it has liquified gently remove the dropping with the rag and you should have a nice clean spot with no scratches. If there is a stain left over after removing it will take some extra work with some polish or polishing compound to return it to normal.
Time is the key. The quicker you remove it the less chance it will leave a mark.
I've used rubbing alcohol in the past to get pine tree sap off my vehicle Desolves it pretty fast then I rewax the area that the sap was in... Works for me, but I'm no expert detailerArrowhead32 said:any advice on how to remove tree sap droppings? When those settle into the windshield or worse, the paint, it's so hard to remove it without being aggressive.
I've used rubbing alcohol in the past to get pine tree sap off my vehicle Desolves it pretty fast then I rewax the area that the sap was in... Works for me, but I'm no expert detailerZach said:Be careful using rubbing alcohol on the paint , it removes the wax .hno:
I've done the same thing for sap and also hard water spots but with household vinegar (5% acid level).fourmoremarine said:I've used rubbing alcohol in the past to get pine tree sap off my vehicle Desolves it pretty fast then I rewax the area that the sap was in... Works for me, but I'm no expert detailer
Probably can't see anything on the paint because it, and the metal that the paint was attached to, are no longer on the car. LOL TGIFWitention said:Interestingly I had a bird dropping on the front hood that got left on for a while. I don't see anything on the paint, but it definitely etched the plastic nose cone.