Can bird poop damage cars?
When a bird drops its feces on a car and is allowed to remain there, it will begin to burn through the clear coat, wax, and paint, eventually making an etching.
Birds seem to regard vehicles as ideal spots to dump their waste. In fact, red cars are more likely to be the recipient of bird deposits than other colours — maybe because red is eye-catching!
But regardless of the vehicle’s make and model, bird poop — the white splatter of excrement that so often crashes right onto the roof and hood of your car — is more than just unsightly. It can actually damage your vehicle’s paint finish.
Bird droppings are a mix of poop and urine. Birds eliminate waste through their cloaca (intestine and reproductive organ) mixing feces and urine with high acidity.
When a bird drops its feces on a car and is allowed to remain there, it will begin to burn through the clear coat, wax, and paint, eventually making an etching. Worse, a warm day will expedite the damage. That’s because the sun will cause paint to expand, making it more susceptible to the poop’s acidic character. If the conditions are just right, bird poop can leave a permanent mark in minutes.
The best solution is prevention. Keeping your car in a garage or under a car cover is ideal. You can also get a wax coat, which will delay the bird poop from reaching the paint.
Cleaning your car promptly with microfiber is one of the best ways to address the problem. If the bird poop winds up on your car’s windshield, don’t use the windshield wipers, as they can move around debris found in the droppings and potentially scratch the glass.
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