On a number of occasions now I've had large deposits of bird carp on my cars, from Hyundais to Vauxhalls and Nissans, and they've always washed off leaving no damaged paint underneath.
So either they're feeding the birds in your area battery acid or Renault paint is garbage as you say.
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I've had problems with Fords (2 mondeos, escort) and also my 16month old Mazda6. It seems certain types of poo cause damage. I have suffered a kind of white haze, using some fine cutting compound gets most of it off.
No type of wax or sealant will help, only by washing it off PDQ. The hot weather makes things worse as it bakes it on.
I've never heard of the top coat coming off, you could claim under satisfactory quality and durability.
Anyway, after you wax the car, try using Autoglym Resin Sealant, it will help "bead" off any poo or water/dirt in general and makes it much easier to clean, keep a bottle of water and a microfibre cloth in the boot.
Good luck.
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Its not Renaults fault Im afraid although it is certainly strange that the paint is affected that quickly - usually takes several days for the acid to work through the paint.
Renault are right in this instance - if you bought a car that doesnt have the best quality paint, that was your choice, buy differently next time - how fragile a cars surfaces are is not to do with a fault on the individual car, just a characteristic of the car.
Atleast with a faulty Renault, you know your in a worldwide club :-)
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I wonder what colour it was? The paint on my Laguna (metalic silver) was very tough indeed.
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I would have thought that a new Renault would come with both a paint AND corrosion warranty; i.e. three years on paint, six years on corrosion.
I am plagued with pigeons, so cars parked in my yard often get a good splattering, and I don't always have time to wash it off quickly. Sometimes it sets like concrete and is really difficult to shift. I have never had lacquer coming off, but I did once have a spot of lacquer on the roof of a MB C-class 'wrinkle' slightly, although it did clean up with some G3 and elbow grease.
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we have 2 Puntos, solid colour, black and white, no laquer, never polished, but never any marks from bird poo.
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T-reg Vectra. Washed & polished in and out by local Poles prior to annual MOT. Otherwise washed by the rain and occasional bucket of water if it's really lucky.
Bird droppings don't affect it. And some of the London guano is pretty thick stuff.
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I would certainly be contacting the wax manufacturer. It should produce a shell through which bird droppings should not penetrate after a couple of hours.
I use Autoglym polish and super resin on my car and never have a problem with bird doppings.
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Just as a little aside here, was recently away on holiday for 2 weeks and I usually leave my Fabia in the driveway to make the house look inhabited. But I put it in the garage in fear of it being blasted by the birds (my old neighbour loves feeding them in his garden) and then being left on the car for 2 weeks eating away!
I am sure I got my priorities slightly wrong though...
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2005 Skoda Fabia vrS
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>>No type of wax or sealant will help only by washing it off PDQ. >>
I have to disagree, I use a polymer sealant car polish and bird poo just wipes off without a trace once I've softened it with water.
Incidently, so does brake dust on the alloys.
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I have to disagree I use a polymer sealant car polish and bird poo just wipes off without a trace once I've softened it with water. Incidently so does brake dust on the alloys.
I mean't the wax/sealant would not stop the droppings from etching the paintwork.
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"On a number of occasions now I've had large deposits of bird carp on my cars, from Hyundais to Vauxhalls and Nissans, and they've always washed off leaving no damaged paint underneath."
Couldn't agree more (and with TVM's comment about quality polish) - a decent coat of Autoglym Super Resin Polish and my cars - left all day in the sun to bake on the bird poo have cleaned up perfectly in the evening.
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