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Bird Cr@p Removal
One of the problems of living near the sea is the frequency of ****ehawk attacks. As bird cr@p contains uric acid unless you get to it quick, it burns into the gel coat. I was too late getting to one on the drivers door and despite giving a good going at with the DA polisher with Fareclas G3/G10 two weeks ago it was still there. So today i resorted to good ol' wet and dry. Gentle rubbing with some 3000 grade got rid of most of the mark (and some of the gel coat!) before some G3 using a small hand pad, followed by some G10 applied in similar fashion. Some Poorboys Black Hole glaze and Natty's paste wax and all was good.
Photo 0292 shows the mark although its hard to see in the reflected light. 0302 shows the end result.
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Good going!
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Apparently they eat grit and sand to aid digestion so you have to be really careful even with fresh ****e removal
I use extra deep pile microfibre towels after a blast or two of quick detailer |
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Mark ------------------------------------------------------ 2002 FE S8 Ebony Black Pearl ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Cars Owned: The Tesla Era: 2020 Model S Performance Ludicrous+ (present) (Black, with all black premium interior and carbon fibre décor, 21" sonic carbon twin turbine wheels and FSD capability) The Audi Era: '97 A8 4.2 (Ming Blue) --> '96 A8 4.2 QS (Dark Green) --> '02 FE S8 (present) The Citroen Era: '84 BX 1.6 RS --> '89 BX 1.9 DTR Turbo --> '94 XM 2.0L Turbo --> '96 XM 2.0L Turbo Exclusive --> '00 Xantia Activa 2.0L Turbo The Banger Era: '76 1.2L Lada VAZ-2101 (Ruski Fiat 124) --> '80 1.7L Morris Ital HL, finished in Ermine White and Rust |
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Good result not sure I would have the confidence to hit it with the wet & dry
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Here's a tip, best way to remove it initially is sparkling water, the carbonation reacts and bubbles it up and off naturally removing any grit
I always keep a small 35cl bottle in the car |
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Top tips! The 12 gauge would work on dogs and cats in the garden too!!
Brian: If you want to bring your '8 around we could all have some practice at wet&dry techniques. John (47P2) did his RangeRover all over and it didnt ccome out too bad.
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Now, I have a couple of scratches that probably need wet and dry, but I don't have the b***s either. Perhaps one fine weekend I could tempt you with a couple of ciders!
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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