New Black Car - Marked it rubbing bird droppings off grrr!

LandyAndy

colino wrote: »

Neighbours still laugh when I cover the birdlime (lovely non-offensive word) with soaked squares of kitchen roll. An hour later, gently swirl off with more water.
If the paint has went grey however, I'd get the local paintshop to have a look, as it sounds like you've went through the laquer coat into the colour coat.

Same here, always works a treat. Makes the car look like a shaving accident but so what.

johnnyroper

MercilessKiller wrote: »

Hey Strider... It was the first time Ive ever used washing up liquid on the car and it was only on that small bit. It was just a sponge I used but I did scrub hard I guess

Will use t-cut to remove the scratches and polish the whole thing at the weekend after a good hand wash...

This is what I get for having a drive under a load of trees! Bought a car cover yesterday too

what you have done there is the same as using some fine wet and dry on the clear coat and put lots of very fine scratches on it,unless you used some 80grit it is unlikely you got through to the colour coat.
first off you need to remove the bird !!!!!! i find spraying with traffic film remover first to soften and then a pressure washer normally gets it off for me.

dont bother with t-cut as it is crap get some G3 compound it is whats used after wet sanding to gain shine in clear coat.if that dont remove scratches then you are looking at bodyshop job just remember after cutting back with the compound it will need polishing again.

maninthestreet

MercilessKiller wrote: »

I've taken some pictures of the damage.. bought some t-cut at lunch and plan to apply just a bit to a small part of the damage to see if it works.. or I'll call chipsaway and get a quote if that's better to do?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/MercilessKiller/IMG_0838.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/MercilessKiller/IMG_0839.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/MercilessKiller/IMG_0840.jpg

The car is metallic black.. Grey sky and clouds make it look a bit strange but bear that in mind

I would say that light grey part in 0839.jpg IS the undercoat - looks like you've removed all the black topcoat in that area.

EDIT - or is it just a reflection of a cloud???

23rdian

What a mess. Did you rub it with an angle grinder?

MercilessKiller

Just a sponge... It is a load of little scratches so if you rub your finger from the glossy bit to the grey bit it goes from a glossy feel to a very very smooth feel..

When wet you can hardly see the scartches either.

Chipsaway have quoted me £90 to do some wet sanding then a polishing job or something and said that should restore most of the shinyness.

Should I go for it?

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

The question you should ask Chipsaway is "if I book you to do this job, will you completely remove any discolouration and scratches?"

23rdian

MercilessKiller wrote: »

When wet you can hardly see the scartches either.

Chipsaway have quoted me £90 to do some wet sanding then a polishing job or something and said that should restore most of the shinyness.

Should I go for it?

Ah just drive it when it's raining then.

Seriously, I think you need someone who knows what they are doing.

I understand chipsaway are franchises so you might get someone very good or someone who might give it another "rub with a sponge"

johnnyroper

as said in my post use some G3 compound to remove scratches then polish again it should remove most if not all of the scratches.
that is all chipsaway will do anyway,if you do yourself some compound will cost under a tenner and then just a bit of effort required

pimento

Gawd! I'm glad I saw this thread before I washed my (almost) brand new black metallic car...

aqueoushumour01

MercilessKiller wrote: »

Hey Strider... It was the first time Ive ever used washing up liquid on the car and it was only on that small bit. It was just a sponge I used but I did scrub hard I guess

Will use t-cut to remove the scratches and polish the whole thing at the weekend after a good hand wash...

This is what I get for having a drive under a load of trees! Bought a car cover yesterday too

which version of t cut have you got? You'll need to metallic one