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Bird Poo "Etching" Removal with Hairdryer

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FJ1000:

--- Quote from: xjay1337 on June 26, 2016, 07:37:36 pm ---I would strongly advise against using a hair dryer. It can go horribly wrong.
Machine polish the area , as you say it's due to contracting of the material usually in direct sunlight or hot weather but you risk burning the paint doing this.
Of course as we have seen it does "work" but it can mess up haha.

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Just to point out machine polishing can go horribly wrong too!

As with anything, make your own decision on the approach you take, but be careful either way!

Having shared this on a couple of forums, seems some detailers use this same approach, but with heat guns.

Personally, I'm glad I didn't polish, as I think it's important to preserve the lacquer.


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xjay1337:

--- Quote from: FJ1000 on June 29, 2016, 08:08:27 am ---
--- Quote from: xjay1337 on June 26, 2016, 07:37:36 pm ---I would strongly advise against using a hair dryer. It can go horribly wrong.
Machine polish the area , as you say it's due to contracting of the material usually in direct sunlight or hot weather but you risk burning the paint doing this.
Of course as we have seen it does "work" but it can mess up haha.

--- End quote ---

Just to point out machine polishing can go horribly wrong too!

As with anything, make your own decision on the approach you take, but be careful either way!

Having shared this on a couple of forums, seems some detailers use this same approach, but with heat guns.

Personally, I'm glad I didn't polish, as I think it's important to preserve the lacquer.


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Agreed, there are risks to both.  :grin:  As long as you aren't an idiot you wouldn't burn through, you usually have about 30-35 microns of lacquer to play with as a guess and you would remove between 2 and 5 microns of paint using an aggressive cut and then multiple stage refinement.
Where as if you let me loose with a heat gun my own hair would be on fire in a matter of seconds  :signLOL: :signLOL:
I certainly have read of the method but haven't tried or seen the results until now. Be interesting to see if the results are permanent or if the etching comes back in a month or so!  :happy2:

strell:
That is pretty impressive to see it done.
Would be interesting to know how long it would take for a hair dryer to burn the paint. Must be a long time surely?

molineux1980:
Good tip, i'll give that a try!

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