Hi Guys

 

Im currently living in an area with a massive seagull population, and thus I have big problem with bird droppings. This often amounts to several droppings on the car in a single day, so for the sake of my paint I'm looking for a solution..

 

Now because It's also quite windy where I live and the car Is used daily for commuting Im trying to avoid the option of a car cover. But since I've been told I'm not allowed to shoot birds for coming within a 50m radius of my car I cant see many other options..

Now as It stands, any droppings are cleaned off asap (usually at the end of the day) and the car is waxed very regularly, this I'm happy to do to avoid the hassle and potential damage of a car cover. However is this enough to prevent any long term damage being done to the paint..? And, is there anything else I can do to protect it further..?

 

 

wash it regularly   It won't start eating into the paint the moment it hits the car.

 

I live in Exmouth and work right on the seafront, so I feel your seagull crap pain.

A ceramic coating like g- Techniq c1 would be a good option & offers far more protection against bird crap than traditional waxes & sealants.

If you like waxing you could always just do the vulnerable panels (bonnet,roof) with c1 leaving you to carry on waxing the rest of the car!

Another one just crapped on my car as I wrote that, maybe they just like silver cars..

 

Cheers for that Chris I'll give that a shot. Would you use it as a final layer in place of a sealant/wax or on top of an existing finish..?

Not sure on the 50 rule...you'd need to check with the RSPB/RSPCA to see if you can legally shoot gulls and if so which ones, though IIRC there is a distance you need to be from a public place to shoot air riflrs at least to protect the public. Away from the sea all songbirds are protected, but most of the crow family and pigeons/ collar doves are fair game. As far as the muck is concerned as above protecting the car and keeping it clean helps. SWMBO Seat gets dumped on regularly where she works but gull shoite is particularly bad as it's very caustic. I use a bird lime neutralising foam, often applying it a couple of times to soak it off and clean it off as soon as practical using a mf cloth. It's a pain but stops the clear coat getting damaged

As said a good sealer or better...ceramic, will offer the best protection

But it must be washed off as soon as you can

I have the same problem, only way around it has been to rent a garage, if the car is not in use, then it goes in the garage, i dont leave it parked on the street for any longer that necessary, as i also looked into 'seagull scarring' & its a real legal minefield ( i will we could have a minfield for the seagulls ).

 

This is saving a fortune on time, energy, water, and cleaning product.

Another one just crapped on my car as I wrote that, maybe they just like silver cars..

Cheers for that Chris I'll give that a shot. Would you use it as a final layer in place of a sealant/wax or on top of an existing finish..?

Ceramic coatings need perfectly clean paint, naked is a good word for it. So they cure/bond directly to the lacquer with no wax/sealants in between to get in the way.

I have this problem as we have a lot of gulls nests on the roof of the building i work in.I have tried lots of thing and have found that wolfs body wrap is very good for protecting the paint but you still need to wash the sh#te of asap.

http://www.wolfschemicals.com/en/termekek/nano-technology