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How to remove Bird <beep> marks from RS paint.........

Impressive stuff, where's it gone? did I miss something?

It was removed by heating the panel. The marks are not caused by acid etching, they are caused by temperature differences.

Is that a paint stripper heat gun?

Do the marks come back when the panel has cooled down to ambient?

Nope, gone permanent.

It's just a regular heat gun, garage/dit etc

Andy947 wrote:It's just a regular heat gun, garage/diy etc

That's what I meant, the sort of heat gun you use when stripping paint off wooden house windows, doors, skirting boards, etc.

Shouldn't you put it on high heat and use a metal scraper?

About a year ago I accidentally left some bird crap on the roof of my black RS4 for a week. After finally cleaning it off there were severe marks, actually depressions in the paint. However, after a couple of weeks in the sun they completely disappeared. Autoglym had a study showing that it's heat that causes the marks rather than etching as the paint adjusts to fit the hardened bird droppings (see http://www.autoglym.com/news_articles/n ... mage-paint), so it seems that the reverse process also works, either by just leaving it in the sun like I did (although it would work better with a black car than white or silver) or by artificially applying heat.

I'd never have the balls to do that to the wife's motor, never mind me own.

bobededog wrote:I'd never have the balls to do that to the wife's motor, never mind me own.

Snap, I'd end up putting bubbles in the paint!!

I'm gonna give it a go.....had a dent removed today so will try at the weekend....then paint is back to perfect....

Hair Dryer on high setting would be a safer bet

RIV wrote:Hair Dryer on high setting would be a safer

If you are a moron

Andy947 wrote:

RIV wrote:Hair Dryer on high setting would be a safer

If you are a moron

Take a "cool pill" and think about how hot the air is coming out of a heat gun - typically it's over 500 Celsius, which in careless hands could cause some serious paint damage.

On the other hand the air coming out of a hair dryer is typically less than 80 Celsius, which should be hot enough to remove the bird poo damage with much less risk of serious paint damage.

If you are a moron

Oh you tried it first then,sorry!!