"alan" <no-longer-valid@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c7hjat$pga$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
> Hiren Thacker wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an '03 accord. Owing to my negligence, I left some bird dropping
sit on my car for a few days. Went to get the car
> > washed and detailed today, and the guy tells me that a few of the spots
have damaged the clear coat on the paint.
> >
> > I was just doing a little reading on the web, and realized (excuse my
ignorance) that bird droppings are the worst problem
> > for car paint. People recommended everything from polishing the spots to
putting a little seltzer water on it. I don't know
> > who to believe.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest how I should deal with this? I would really
appreciate this.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > hiren
> > hdt@ece.gatech.edu
>
> get a bottle of "quick detailer", or anything that you are supposed to
> spray on your car to make it shiny. Spray the bird doo and wait a while
> for it to soften. Then gently wipe it off

I kind of stumbled on a trick that works pretty good for the semi hard to
baked on varieties, heh. I take a saturated paper towel in water and
sometimes halve it or quarter it and let it stick to poop spot for a good
couple of minutes but before it dries off of course and usually the poop
sticks to the paper towel like MAGIC, then you gently wipe off whatever is
left