Car Paint query/bird damage

[MR94]

Hi all,

I had a new PCH vehicle delivered earlier this week, and after 72 hours I ve noticed that something I thought was just a smudge that needed cleaning, seems to be bird-poo related damage to the paint

I can t be arsed trying to pin it on the dealer or BCA, as I ll probably lose and can t be arsed with the stress

The bird poo was probably left on the car while it was awaiting transportation, itseems to have removed the clearcoat along the drop down the door, how would I go about having this repaired/does anyone have any advice on trying to minimising the damage somewhat?

https://forums-images.pistonheads.com/579001/20260...
https://forums-images.pistonheads.com/579001/20260...
https://forums-images.pistonheads.com/579001/20260...

Edited by MR94 on Friday 26th June 16:29

[Robertb]

I can't see the pic, but a good detailer may be able to improve the damage you describe, perhaps with wet sanding and compounding provided its not completely burned through the lacquer.

[MR94]

Thanks for the advice,

It's showing the pictures for me if I click the ?, is anyone else able to view them?

[Smint]

No trouble here viewing, sadly not qualified to give advice on the issue.

[Jimmy No Hands]

A good detailer will be able to use some wet and dry and minimise that to a point where it's probably entirely unnoticeable. You can remove a very thin layer of clear coat and re-polish. I've done this successfully many times.

[ChrisNic]

I’m not entirely sure what I’m looking at but either way I would report it to the lease company, they will only come after you end of lease.

[119]

If its the line running down near the edge of the door, I'm not convinced thats bird poo?

Normally more of a splat i would say

[budgie smuggler]

119 said:

If its the line running down near the edge of the door, I'm not convinced thats bird poo?

Normally more of a splat i would say

I've got very similar to the OP and it is bird poo. I was on holiday and the car was parked facing away from me, so it was left on there all week in 35+ heat. Obviously washed it as soon as i saw it but the damage was done.

Going to hit it with S20 Black when the weather cools down a bit

[Ham_and_Jam]

I’ve had really good results with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound.

Its a one stop cut and polish, recommended from the detailing section of PH.

For £12 it’s definitely worth a try and handy to have in you car detailing kit.

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/car...

[budgie smuggler]

Ham_and_Jam said:

I ve had really good results with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound.

Its a one stop cut and polish, recommended from the detailing section of PH.

For £12 it s definitely worth a try and handy to have in you car detailing kit.

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/car...

Yes that should work too.

Reminded by this thread, I went and fixed mine. Couldn't get pics as i have black paint and all you could see was my ugly mug in the reflection.

I ended up using Farecla G3 Scratch Remover compound with a Farecla hand application. It removed it entirely.

However mine was like a stain that could only just be detected by touch, it looks as if the OPs might be actually eaten into the paint?

[Debrooker]

Have you tried heating the paint with a hit air gun or hairdryer. I had a similar, and didn't believe it when my detailer friend suggested it.

[ninepoint2]

Ham_and_Jam said:

I ve had really good results with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound.

Its a one stop cut and polish, recommended from the detailing section of PH.

For £12 it s definitely worth a try and handy to have in you car detailing kit.

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/car...

This, a decent DA machine polisher with that will sort it, finish of with a decent wax polish, done it many times on black and grey paint on my cars

[shtu]

Ham_and_Jam said:

Meguiar's Ultimate Compound

That's the stuff I've used to deal with similar damage in the past, works very well, and you don't need a machine for the job.

[paintman]

MR94 said:

Hi all,


The bird poo was probably left on the car while it was awaiting transportation, itseems to have removed the clearcoat along the drop down the door, how would I go about having this repaired/does anyone have any advice on trying to minimising the damage somewhat?

Edited by MR94 on Friday 26th June 16:29

If it has removed the clear coat down to the colour coat then it's a door respray & as it's near the edge will likely need blending into the rear door as well.
Be an idea to have a chat with a local bodyshop for their views.