Jefft
02-24-2019, 12:58 PM
1st post. As my detailing knowledge and ability are exceedingly rudimentary, I apologize ahead of time. After an old BMW of mine was bombed with a gazillion crows who had just feasted on berries bird poop has been a particular annoyance of mine. Recently, my car was hit while at work. When I discovered it at home the next day, I wiped it off with a quick detailer but I could still feel a difference in the paint so I had some Griot's polish/wax combo that I used that seemed to do the trick.
I ride the bike to work for a week and then look at the car and voila, looks like I got bombed again with the car parked in the garage. I wash all the gritty crap off and use a clay bar because the area feels thick and tacky. Once it's all pretty and smooth, I spray on some duragloss spray wax. All looks great. Feels perfect, looks perfect to my admittedly untrained eye. I thought I was super clever with using the clay bar...
You know where this is headed. I recheck in a couple of weeks, and it's back!! I don't understand as I can feel a layer of crust where the poop was. Pretty sure I wasn't bombed again. Wouldn't it still be smooth if the paint were etched? Is the spray wax reacting to something? Am I totally hosed? How does this crap keep coming back?
I'll attach a photo. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I really want to fix this. It looks pretty bad to me and I am mystified. Forgive me as I look up each abbreviation and acronym you guys use on this forum.
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I ride the bike to work for a week and then look at the car and voila, looks like I got bombed again with the car parked in the garage. I wash all the gritty crap off and use a clay bar because the area feels thick and tacky. Once it's all pretty and smooth, I spray on some duragloss spray wax. All looks great. Feels perfect, looks perfect to my admittedly untrained eye. I thought I was super clever with using the clay bar...
You know where this is headed. I recheck in a couple of weeks, and it's back!! I don't understand as I can feel a layer of crust where the poop was. Pretty sure I wasn't bombed again. Wouldn't it still be smooth if the paint were etched? Is the spray wax reacting to something? Am I totally hosed? How does this crap keep coming back?
I'll attach a photo. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I really want to fix this. It looks pretty bad to me and I am mystified. Forgive me as I look up each abbreviation and acronym you guys use on this forum.
66001