Birdsh*t paint stripper

Minor signs of it in the clear coat on one of the cars we had. I was able to take care of it.

I was told it happens on newer cars (this one was a 2008) which use environmentally friendly solvents in the paint process.

We now make a point of rinsing it of ASAP.

Water based car paints have been around for quite a long time. Well before

If I see any bird dropping on my 1995 Saab, it gets cleaned off straight away. I have a couple of theories which I wish to float here.(or thould I say: "flog").

Theory 1. My old Saab is actually quite resistant due to the paint have had long time to harden over many years.

Theory 2. Birds prefer certain colours of cars which they associate with a pool of water from high above. So Birds are natually quite clean as they prefer to do their business over water if they can find it.

My experience is that birds always s*it within first few meters of the perch they have sat on to digest the contents of their crop. Not much more distance than the width of a pavement.

what an excellent analysis of a birds bowel habits.

Perhaps, but not in my particular case where there were no perching opportunities available.

What colour is your car?

Some years back, I had a dark blue car which spent the work day on a large car park with 100s of other cars, on the edge of an airfield. It was quite noticeable that it 'attracted' more bird (probably sea gull) deposits than lighter coloured cars.

Birdshit colour :-)

Not sure what colours birds can see. But I think they prefer dark colours; black, dark blue or green.