I recently found that some large bird had unloaded its bowel on the edge of the roof of my FL2. Now I know people say that you should remove such bird droppings promptly to avoid paintwork damage, but somehow I was lulled into thinking that based on past experience, LR paintwork was good enough to withstand it.

Seems that my optimism was NOT so well placed. When I finally got around to thoroughly wetting the offending droppings, it was evident that the clear lacquer coating was now bubbled-up and rough to touch. Any suggestions how I can now deal with this myself? Or do I need to get a paint body-shop to fix it?  Life is not a dress rehearsal!

You could try a cut and polish,i've never had bird damage over Megs 16 it seems to protect pretty well.

Kind of sounds too far gone to have the etching machine polished out

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Theres bird droppings and bird DROPPINGS, yours must have been the local Albatross, and like a seagull their poop is like a stucco araldite mix, it will wreck any finish if not wiped straight off.

One of the very few downsides to living next to the sea! Bucket and sponge is ever ready in the garage here. Ours - 2008 Stornoway Grey HSE Auto
Tricia's - 2006 Royal Blue Beetle Cabriolet Auto
Mine - 2014 Vespa GTS 300 Super Sport Matt Black
Ours - 2007 White Bailey Pageant Champagne

I keep bird dropping remover in the car. I don't know if its because my cars blue but it seems to get a lot more seagulls cream on it compared to my white Evoque or previous white Fl2. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Or you didn't notice it as much.

I've got some Auto Glym bird dropping wipes in the car, individually wrapped so they don't dry out.

Did you have any paint protector on? SupaGuard etc? (Coming) 2016 RR Evoque td4 180 HSE Dynamc
(Going) 2013 TD4 GS Auto - Santorini Black with black leather. Cold Climate, UK Lighting & Armrest Packs. Privacy Glass. LR Rubber Mats. Full size spare.
60 000 miles averaging 35mpg

(Gone) 2010 TD4 Manual GS - Stornoway Grey. Sold at 3yrs old & 64k miles. Final average consumption 39.2mpg.