TEST. Bird poo fix with a heat gun? does it actually work? Find out the truth! 

Fantastic channel, I’m 54 and love detailing my cars just for myself, but it’s like a back to school day with your channel I’m learning stuff I never knew

You're a braver man me, I would have ditched the heat gun after 1 minute especialy on a plastic bumper. if that had bubbled the paint or distorted the plastic it would have been so much more grief trying to rectify it. I don't think anyone should take that risk particularly when the alternative is not that tricky and almost risk free.

Really great to see a straight to the point, keep it simple and honest advice to sort the annoying paint issues we all have on our rides. Cheers and keep them coming :)

Been binge watching your videos. So refreshing to see all the mystery and fear taken out of the repairs you do. Just ordered a bunch of stuff from paint gear, to have a crack at some of the little cosmetic issues that have been bugging me. Thank you for advice.

I have personally had success with a paint gun (headgun) on a black car without any extra coating. What I did was first heat up the panel (just like you do in the video). Once the panel was properly warmed up, I gently went over the bird droppings with a hand pad and some medium polishing compound. After a few passes, the stain was completely gone. I didn't vigorously rub, I carefully worked the polishing compound in and wiped it off.

Excellent video! This is the 3rd video on this subject I've watched. The 1st one was of another Englishman who was working in a similar environment. He started by saying he used 2 different methods of removing the mark. First used a heat gun and the mark disappeared right in front of my eyes in what appeared to be a couple of minutes. Very impressive. He then moved onto another area on the same car and did the wet sand and buff method. I followed that up with your video on how you remove the marks with the wet sand and buffing to follow up with this video. Very impressed that you gave the heat gun a go with no result then on with the wet sand and buff. That is certainly a far superior way to do it and I know that is how I will be removing these marks. On to your next video!

Perfect! So many DIY‘ers are horrified at the thought of sanding the ‘shine’ off the paint finish without realising all you’ve done is taken off a micro layer of clear coat which will then take a nice polish back to gloss again. Thanks for the video!

Great vid as always. I love. The tips and tricks for just normal people with ordinary cars that like to keep them looking as good as they can. Keep up the great content please

when the bird-muck is left on the paint for 2 or 3 days, the morning dew will re-hydrate it and soak into the the paint even more. this commonly happens when the car is new, as the paint is still soft, and takes a full 9months to reach maximum hardness, as the solvents in the paint dissipate into the atmosphere. and also darker colours get much hotter than lighter colours. i have seen many bird-mucks eat through to the bare-metal on new cars. and it is mainly for 2months of the year, when the berries are in season. thanks for the great video 👍.

Wow...I got worried by that heat gun on the paintwork for that long. Nice result with the kit u used.

Balls of steel. Great video

What a great video, teaching me new stuff all the time. A everyday guy with basic tools can get a great finish on their paint work 👍

Great tutorial mate much appreciated, what polishing pad are you using here? Thanks

Great channel, learning so much from this channel. This is now my go-to channel. Keep up the great work and ignore the moaners.

Amazing videos, keep up the good work. Did you have any cars with clearcoat missing in a certain spot ? Will polishing help with that or do you need to apply clearcoat on the spot? I had that on my bumper since I bought it.

I done this a couple of years back on the roof of my wife’s black BMW touring on one of the hottest days of the year she left it for a couple of days and I thought the roof was ruined. A bit of patience with a heat gun and they were all gone. It was like watching magic.

Just subscribed 👍 I’ve just had my bonnet resprayed and then had the bright idea of going to the seaside 🤦🏼‍♂️ Needless to say I want the seagull poo gone sharpish! 😂

Thanks for your help. You are amazing. Thanks again 🙏✌️

I've used a heat gun to remove bird poo etchings for years. It does work every time, using a heat gun and a damp cloth, it's much better and easier than resorting to sanding and removing paint.

Great content 👍

I'd also recommend a bit of masking tape when working near edges of other panels 👍🏼

I happened on you channel and videos by chance - it was the red Ferrari stone chip repair that popped up and piqued my interest. Very well done! What I have is a 2011 BMW X3 with a black metallic paintjob with naturally a clear coat - and it has severe bird dropping damage. It almost looks like an area about the size of "half an egg" which is filled with stone chips, i.e. the damage is all the way down to the base colour. I was hoping to find something similar to that on your channel, but nothing other than the Ferrari damage comes close. I am going to attempt a repair using the "Ferrari method" sometime this spring - unless you have a better option and suggestion. I cannot afford a repaint - not even a partial one - so I need to do what I can as a DIY. I will most likely not be able to get a 2K clear, unless I can find a rattle can of the stuff on the cheap. Just a tiny one and either mask and spray directly on the car and deal with runs as I need a quite a lot on there to build it up - or use the squeege approach and hope I can get two or three applications out of the can spraying it on a car or similar - and do it all before the hardener makes the 2K unworkable.

perfect - thanks. And testing the heat gun method for us on a little cheap basic car like a Porsche is so CVR POV cool. 😀

Well done work

Nice work

I’ve taken off etching like that with 5000 grit sandpaper and a finishing polish. The less clear coat removed the better. If the paint is soft then 1000 grit to start might be needed. Good vid 👍

Hi, your videos are extremely helpful for a DIY’er to give a go! Are you able to do a repair on lacquer peel / lacquer cracks and how to fix those please?

Amazing Video once again.. love your work! big fan from Calgary Alberta Canada.

That paint must of been so hot 🔥 great video mate 👍

KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle at its finest. Enjoying the channel, thanks for sharing. Got a Toymota Corolla stroller to work on, and your tips are very useful.

Thanks for the great videos. Would it be possible to buff back after wet sanding by hand ? I’m not sure I’ve got the confidence to use a DA. I was considering getting an old panel of some sort and practicing on it. Also I’m going to get a drill attachment to start with before investing to much cash, is this adequate ?

Btw...no need to wet sand. I removed one that was burned in my fathers hood for 2 years. I was able to remove it easy with medium cut pad and Monello Veloce compound. It's like the Menzerna 400 compound. Then with finishing pad en Monello Finale(like Menzerna 3800) finishing polish. All gone with a nice smooth and scratch free paint. After that I protected the paint with Soft 99 Fusso Coat.

Complimenti , hai dimostrato a tutti come si fa veramente, Saluti dall' Italia

I rather would use an infrared light. I did it with a philips infraphill 😂. It's an infrared lamp for your muscles but it's get hot if to close but it's much safer then a heat gun.

Great vid. Worth trying. May i ask You for advice regarding wet sanding a chip? I used block for sanding after touch up on my bmw e90 hood near the embossing and after buffing there is something like an indent visible, in the shape of paralel block edges, still in clear coat tho. Do You think i can remove it by sanding again by hand without block, on a bigger area? Best regards

Having successfully removed a bird muck stain on my own car with a heat gun, I was talking to my neighbour about it and he asked me to try on his car. I got four stains off his bonnet, one quite deep. All done outside his house on a moderately warm dry day. Had the gun set on medium heat and kept it moving to avoid overheating the paint. I would guess that if a stain can be polished out - i.e, is still within the body of the clear coat and not burned through - it can be removed with a heat gun.

Yikes - I wonder how many people burn the paint off - esp if they are using a DIY heat gun! I took the plunge and used the wet sanding approach before a polish - it works a treat so long as you follow your instructions carefully.

The heat only works on recent etching. If the sun doesn't make it go away, the heat gun will also not work

Great video thanks. Do you have a list of everythinh id need as i have about 4 bird marks like that and i thought id have to have my bonnet resprayed

I would think heat gun alone wont work on older etchings, but might work if you buff it a wee bit after its hot.

Just for a record, I had bird poo (the whole car and it was in the sun for 6-7h. clear coat was cracked). It was a nightmare. Actually, the heat gun removed all the stains. But the car was one year old (VOLVO), so it is maybe due to color quality, and I did it the same day.

I have a couple of Marks on my Audi Q5 but it has diamond shine protection on it can I use this method on it

That came out well, you would never know.

It looks like you are pressing quite hard with the buffer. Is that right?

It would be interested to see if just the buffing alone removed it?

Top man 🎉

The heat gun worked for me I had seagull crap on my rear quarter it left a big mark on my black car. I used heat gun and a micro fibre cloth, heated it and rubbed it and repeated. Think it all depends on how long the bird craps has been on the car to be honest, if its less than 24hrs it will come out.

awesome video i detail my dads car since he had it he has some patches of bird shit it stands out il try it thanks 👍🕺

Works the same with baked on tree sap

I have tried this before, flat and polish, it goes, but it will come back in the heat because its in the lacquer.

Fresh birdpoo vant be easily temoved bit of tossue paper soaked in fairy leave on paint and will dissolve after hour but that said the longer its left on especially in summer time it will eat into your paintwork which therfore. Needs a repaint

Can you not just use a claybar on those? Anyway the bird that poo'd on the car makes an appearance at 6:15 🤣

Really can’t go wrong with a little sanding

I'm just now finding this channel, very impressive. l like your style, no BS. I look forward to finding more videos of yours. 👆Subscribed.

my mother inlaws car had bird poor or bat poo dropping on roof pulled 30mm circle off to bare metal.

wouldn't heat gun just cement it to paint more ?

AMAZING JOB!!! you did not use 3000 grit sand paper...

It does work it’s just you haven’t a clue what you’re doing plus it doesn’t work on plastic that well! I’ve done it with great success without issue!

you tested on a plstic bumper, heatgun method works on a metal panel.

that was quicker your way without sorting out an extension lead or generator

How about tar remover. The least destructive method.

If old a day or two bird poo etching goes away easily with hairdryer....if it entered clearcoat- no way

I did that method to and my paint bubbled had to paint the bumper 😢

Bird poo burned a spot on clearcoat. Lets burn other areas to match it.

You were being a bit brave with that heat gun matey, only one way the right way no fakery 😂👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧also with flatting, balls of steel only microns thickness. 😢

Course it's not going to work it bakes on as it is nevermind the fact that the plastic below the paint is turning to oil as it PP plastic lol

Why don’t you just sand it from the beginning????

I can’t really see how a heat gun can remove bird shit

I have personally had success with a paint gun (headgun) on a black car without any extra coating. What I did was first heat up the panel (just like you do in the video). Once the panel was properly warmed up, I gently went over the bird droppings with a hand pad and some medium polishing compound. After a few passes, the stain was completely gone. I didn't vigorously rub, I carefully worked the polishing compound in and wiped it off.