DIY: Wet-Sand Bird Poo Stain from Black Paint 

I just noticed a few stains in my paint the other day, and thought I was royally boned. This video saved me a trip to the dealership. Thanks, dude!

Great job, thank you. I would just add to follow that up with a wax. Remember polish is an abrasive like very fine sandpaper. It removes the protective finish off the paint. You need to put the wax or other sealer back on that you have taken off through this process. Also this can all be done by hand but its just harder and longer and depending on your skill, it may not look as good.

For anybody with bird poop etched into the clear coat to where it's smooth to the touch, but still much visible cloudiness... If you have not first attempted to rub it out with some compound, definitely try that first. I had two really bad etches from the dealership I bought it from leaving huge bird bombs on the car in the sun for literally weeks before washing it off... wtf! Anyway, I tried using a heat gun to no avail. I figured I had to wet sand and was so nervous to intentionally scratch up my brand new (to me) ride. I had some Meg's (abbreviated to prove I'm not shilling) compound so tried that first. To my pleasant surprise, it took it right off! No wet sanding necessary! Wooooot! Good luck! If he compound doesn't work for you, you'll prolly have to wet sand, so thanks for the info in this video... I learned for next time!

sub'd love how you don't use crazy expensive products and you're brief to the point. Looking forward to watching more. Thanks man

I'm experiencing that right now, I park my car under a tree in my driveway as I don't have a garage or a car tent and I have this annoying pack of Green Parrots that like to sit on my car. There are times when I can catch it right away and wipe it away and there are times where I won't be able to. Unfortunately I also have several poo burns on my clear coat on my silver car. I want to trade it in in about 2 years and want to get this stuff off. I bought a car cover to prevent further damage but not even clay barring it worked. I will try this and hope for the best. Thanks man, I am now subbed.

I love how much pain it is for you when saying poop hehe.

Thanks man, i have a similair poop in that paint. I never will leave poop anymore on my car shit birds. It was hot a few days and forgot to remove the poop bird. I will get this done. Thank you

wet & dry with 1500 to start then finish of with 2000, buff up or hand polish with some 3m fast cut or g3. finally use g10 & job done. You do not need a machine polish as long as you go around in swirls when hand polishing. You may not get a 100% result as the acid may be very deep. If you see paint on your cloth then you have gone through the clear & you will need to repaint.

Just recently went on a road trip and neglected to clean of some dropping on my back bumper and a few spots on the hood... And now after sitting in 90 degree temps for over a week, the droppings have left imperfections in the paint = (.... I really want to diy this but too afraid I might mess the paint up lol especially because I'm still paying off the car!

Thx for this! So frustrating on black paint. Birds love black cars.

Good job but one thing I should comment is that whenever you are sanding the paint do it in straight lines. That way you avoid possible so called pig-tails when a speck of dust or dirt can get on your sand paper and possibly rub against the paint leaving behind pig tail like scratches.

Thank you for your videos, my car looks fucking perfect now!!! I literally couldnt find a guide for this anywhere

I was going to do the wet sanding method but then I was able to remove it with just polish and a orbital polisher

Nice work. Thanks for posting this

Can this be done without a sander/buffer? I don't have any of these tools, so was considering doing the whole process free hand.

omg. what sorcery is this! worked a treat. thanks so much dude! !

What grit did you use for the sandpaper?

These are pro solutions and good ones at that...... however it was a long weekend, a massive amount of Bird crap landed on my car and I did not want to let it sit for days or a week feeling it may do further damage. I had a white car. (Not sure what the outcome would be for a dark paint car?). The chunky part of the poop I got off. Not issue there. What was left was light green stains literally that looking like ink or something. I tried soap and water and a sponge. No change. I tried Turtle wax and some buffing. Did not help at all. I tried Baking soda and water. Did not do anything. I tried Baking soda and vinegar. Nothing. I tried Goo B Gone. No change... no effect. NOTE I chose a small bird poo stain for all these down near the side front fender in the most inconspicuous spot to test all these. In case any of them left some damage or abrasive marks in the paint. I recommend the same. If the situation allows for that. Finally what worked? A mixture paste of Oxy Clean Powder mixed plain hot water. Not so hot that it burns your fingers. I mixed it to a wet version of a paste. I tried applying and rubbing the stains using make Up Remover pads (those white round ones).... I tried a cloth.... it seemed the best way to do it was using my plain old fingers. I would apply a dollop and simply firm but a gentle firm.... rub it with my thumb or fingertips around and over each poo splatter. The more you kept rubbing the fainter and fainter the stain got. It does take some elbow grease and time. It took me around 45 to 55 minutes to do around 35 - 40 splatters ranging from the size of a dime to the size of a pea. But they all came out. Every now and then I would mist the whole area with water. You do not want the paste dry or chunky.... nor too thin.... a little wetter than toothpaste consistency. After I rinsed and rubbed everything with a soft towel and you could see some of the areas where I rubbed with the oxyclean but I am sure a going over with a good car wax with hint of rubbing compound would even out the small few areas I could see a bit of a difference in shine. Would I recommend this for anyone with a prestige car or Hot rod or show car? maybe not? But your everyday homeowner with a run of the mill regular car, SUV or whatever should find this to do the job. Again it is not the work of a pro like this author here but it worked enough for my liking on our white Honda Accord. Hope this helps. Note get bird poop off a car as fast as possible. Every day or hour your leave it lets the high acid content in Birds poop permeate the clear coat and even into the paint if left long enough. Cheers

Thanks was looking for different options to remove these. Great Job !

Hello! Thanks for the video. Can we also use 2500 grit sandpaper?

thanks for such a easy explanation you went right to work. props man thanks!

This looks awesome. I am scared to do this on my Equinox. I need to buy a good buffer, but not sure if Dewalt is what I should get. Where did you get the pads from? Can I try Meguiars M105 first before wet sanding? I have never done this.

nice finish, i would of dried rubbing compound.... little story i was buying a 2nd hand STi so i asked the owner to wash the car and not put any waxes on it so when i got there like 40% of the car was in matte finish.

nice. same problem as mine. may i know the tools/equipment u used like grit of sand paper and the pads.

was the fix permanent or did it show up again after a while?

Brilliant video. Thanks and keep them coming, great job.

A few things, I'm worried I might scratch the paint, even if I do use very little force, it that possible? Also what kind of polisher did you use, I've been trying to buy one but can't figure out which one to use...

Hi! Nice work! What grit sand paper did you use? I have a similar problem:/

you just saved my ass. I left my Evo parked under a tree for three weeks and the birds had a field day on my hood. I thought I would need a paint job but your video made is all go away. one thing you didn't mention was what grit of sandpaper. I brought 2000 grit. not sure if that's what you used but thanks man.

I liked your method. Think I am chicken to try that on my Black Honda Del Sol. Thanks.

hi may i know does manual polish does the same thing?

You're Talented

Hi, What number of Sandpaper you were using? 1500 - 2000 - 3000

Superb work.

I'm taking my black Z4 to get detailed. I'll see if he knows this procedure. If not, I'll have to take it to someone else. Thanks for enlightening me!

Very simple yet to the point video. I assume you can do this for tree sap damage as well?? My damage looks the same as bird poo and etched into the clear coat. Thanks in advance

Good video! Also instead of sand paper, could the clay block from chemical guys work ?

how the sandpaper didnt scratches out the paint? or how did polishing restored the paint? om confused:(

Back and forth, side to side when wet sanding by hand is what it was taught

NEVER EVER USE YOUR FINGERS ON CAR PAINT IT WILL MAKE THE SURFACE UN EVEN AND YOU WILL BE ABEL TO SEE IT ALSO NEVER EVER SAND IN A CIRCULAR MOTION IT WILL LEAVE SWIRL MARKS IN YOUR PAINT SAND IN A CROSS FORMATION I HATE IT WHEN PPL LIKE THIS GUY SHOWS PPL THINGS AND THEY END UP DAMAGING THERE PAINT

Is the sandpaper used p3000 or just 3000 grit?

Doesn't that method harm the clearcoat!?

Hey man, great video. Same thing happened to my black car but damage looks much worse, like it's gone through the paint? How do I know sanding/polishing will be enough and/or the damage is deeper? Worth trying this technique or might make things worse? 🤔

Is there a case were you would use a compound first and then polish? or its unnecessary

Awesome video - so in this video you used 105 then 205? Thx!

Nice job 👍🏻

Nice job!

hi which send paper i can use ? is there any number ? thank u

I've been looking into getting a rotary buffer to replace my porter cable 7424 orbital. What RPM do you have the Dewalt set at?

Awesome job thanks!

can this work with bird poop with burns + little crack looking damage

❤️gonna try it on mine thanks!!

Hi Milan! Thanks for all of your videos ! if I send you a picture of a very small spot on the hood of my daughter’s car , can you tell me what you think caused it and what I might be able to fix it? How may I contact you? I just bought her a 2014 Mercedes ML4Matic in lunar blue and there is a small circular paint Discoloration on the hood that is really bugging me it’s not that noticeable but I want to be sure that it’s not something that’s going to keep happening like bird poop or something I’m not sure what it is! Thanks

Amazing my friend!!!! but dummy question for you, I try exactly the same before and yes after you done looks clean but after a few days the stupid pop spot come back do you know some secret for that or just have to go deeper with the sand paper ?

what grit size sandpaper did you use? Really cool video man! I fear that if I do it myself I'll make a right pigs ear of it lol the bird stain on my car is on a small piece of plastic body panel between my bonnet and front grill.. does this same method apply to plastic? any advice is much appreciated!

I’m assuming all birds hate mini coopers because they damaged my car too 😂😩

great video however I have one question. I cleaned the bird poop off and ofcourse the residue remains. would this residue continue damaging my paint?

What guage sandpaper were youu using

Just heat it or literally just leave it in the sun on a crazy hot sunny day like 30°C or more and it'll come out by itself. Have had some terrible ones on my black trucks and just clean it off and a few days in the hot summer weather and theyre completely gone. Without removing clear coat.

Nice job mate

Can you just wet sand with 2000 grit sanding block?

Great job 👌

VERY GOOD JOB :)

What kind of water bottle spray is that?

Can this be done without the power tool?

I have several bird poop like this in my hood.. I have no electric polisher... will hand polishing do the job?

Legend thanks for this

What kinda polisher? And polish?

Cool video where did you buy that water sprayer from thanks?

When that compound wears off. And the shine comes off. would you be able to tell where you wet sanded it.

Wow thank you so much

What grit did you use?

take it oot

I have a picture of a scratch on my car that I wanted to see if I would use this same method to clean off. Is there any way to show that to you.

what if i don’t own a $185 polisher?

What grade of wet sand paper did you use. ?

After doing this, will the work wash out and have to be re applied?

How do you know when to stop sanding ?

What about removing it from the back plastic/headlight of a 16 GT Mustang? I tried everything. Its on the headlight and black plastic. Please help.

What tool is that?

Dude, where did you get water bottle from? And what are they called?

Why not use magic erase?

Will this work on an older car? '98 to be exact. There's a stain on the hood that's been bugging me for a year now

thanks...

What grit

I don’t know what bird crapped on my car but it ate the paint. I mean down to base. Mind you, my car is a 17 Pacifica and is very well maintained.

What grit sand paper did u use?

Were those the hex logic pads by CG?

no polish or wax???

I need to sand it off?

Can you please do it for me? 🥴

Can I use 3M 3000 Grit Foam Finishing Sandpaper Sheet ?

if i have bird poop burn stain which dont come off on my car it means the clear coat on that spot is completly gone?

I don't know why he was sanding in a circular motion... This is not the proper way to wet sand since it can be harder to remove circular sand marks then linear.

What sand paper grit did you use?

I need help I’m not Abel to remove it need help, do you guys know if anyone

can you do a video on how to fix lacquer peel? my car has peeling on the roof and a small spot on the bonnet and it bugs me and I don't know how to fix it? please can you do a video on it if you can? Cheers :)

what kind of polish should i use ? also what sand paper should i use

Magic eraser works good on it

What model dewalt buffer is that?