Ceramic coatings and bird bombs

[noorth]

Unless I can somehow to convince my boss to let me check on my car in the parking lot every 10 minutes, I'm not sure having a bottle of detail spray and a microfiber towel would have helped much in this case.

Did you try bringing a bird of prey around with you? Falcons are pretty neat. Those sea gulls would disappear.

[Markymapo]

Throw one of those cheap clear plastic car covers on it (Griots sells them) while you work. I use these when I am on vacation and the cars are left at home for a week. Not enough garage space. Good luck

[TGates]

Did you try bringing a bird of prey around with you? Falcons are pretty neat. Those sea gulls would disappear.

Pigeons, but your point stands. Maybe an owl on a suction cup stuck to the glass up top would work.

We also have turkey vultures that circle high above.

[snovvman]

It's been great EXCEPT for bird bomb etching. Yesterday, my car got obliterated by bird bombs at work. It then sat in the 95 degree afternoon sun and baked in. When I got home, I cleaned it up but everywhere there was a speck of bird stuff, it left a crater behind. The surface contaminants cleaned up easily, but there is definitely visible damage left behind in each spot.

@TGates--

I came upon your post from researching my own experience. Here is the thread:

Request: Advice on removing road acquired spots off of ceramic/PPF

For me, there is no crater and the coating on top of the PPF is very smooth after the visible stuff was removed. However, they persist when examined under UV. I am still trying different possible ways of dealing with it, knowing that polishing is always an option.

[The Guz]

All that rubbing will eventually remove the coating or marr up the surface. Depending on how hard your pushing and the quality of the towel.

A quick zip with a polish and re-coating would have taken care of this rather tan trying to find a chemical to remove it.

[snovvman]

All that rubbing will eventually remove the coating or marr up the surface. Depending on how hard your pushing and the quality of the towel.

A quick zip with a polish and re-coating would have taken care of this rather tan trying to find a chemical to remove it.

Ok that makes sense--to do the least harm. I thought that chemical would be better because there is less rubbing involved than mechanical--whereas I saw polishing as "scratching it off", the chemical would be "dissolving it off".

Is there a polish you would recommend, keeping in mind that 1) the contaminant is very thin, not even visible to the eye, 2) it's on top of PPF, and 3) the plan is to re-apply the coating. Thanks.

Edit:

I have the following laying around, in case they fit the bill
Meguiar's G12310 PlastX Clear Plastic Cleaner & Polish
Meguiar's M20532 Mirror Glaze Ultra Finishing Polish

[The Guz]

M205 will work. It should come off with a pass or two.

[DUBL0WS6]

I had my car repainted a couple years back. A bird dropped a nasty looking bomb on the spoiler that etched the paint. There are some bombs that will probably eat through a wax or coating.

[Desertnate]

I had my car repainted a couple years back. A bird dropped a nasty looking bomb on the spoiler that etched the paint. There are some bombs that will probably eat through a wax or coating.

That's been my experience too. Some birds have something really acidic in their digestive systems and when that hits your paint it will eat it's way through just about anything in the right conditions.

Overall my experience is coatings hold up far better than any sealant I've used, but it isn't armor plating. I remove the droppings as soon as I find them and have only experienced etching on a couple occasions.