Any windsheild washer solutions good for bird poo?

[01rangerxl]

I am used to living in suburbia where I could park anywhere in my yard and birds rarely [censored] on my truck. Now I am living in an apartment building in a downtown area with alley parking...barely enough for the residents of the building, so no picking and choosing when coming home late from work. There is a row of bushes at the back of the lot where thousands, or possibly millions of obnoxious birds live.

Every day these birds have explosive diarrhea all over everyone's cars. I'm not so concerned about the paint on my truck, it's trashed anyway, but I would like to get the [censored] off my windows quickly before work. Is there any washer fluid solution that is particularly good for bird poo? Open to store bought or homemade stuff as long as it doesn't tear up the washer pump/lines.

I've never had much of a bird [censored] problem before, but the amount these birds produce is phenomenal, and seems to be as tough as Line-X.

 

[skyship]

Mount a stuffed Eagle on top of the car! I've tried every washer additive and none work better than Fairy Liquid, but the bad news about bird poop is that not even the mild green stuff works.

 

[Shannow]

Bars Bugs is hands down the best washer fluid I can find...

But at $3.00 for enough concentrate for a reservior, it's pretty pricey.

For a really bad dump, squirt the concentrate on (maybe an ounce) the dirt, before you get in the car.

By the time that you are seated and started, the washers will clear it right off.

 

[earlyre]

Running skyships post through my UK->US translator (2 countries separated by a common language)
Fairy Liquid= Dish Soap.
Fairy is a Brand name produced by Procter & Gamble,According to Wikipedia sold outside the UK as Dreft. Bottles look fairly similar to Dawn.

the Term "Fariy Liquid" has come to mean pretty much any liquid dish soap in the UK, much like Kleenex(brand name)for tissues, or Band-Aid(Brand Name) for Adhesive Bandages, or Q-Tips(Brand Name) for Cotton Swabs, etc. over here stateside.

 

[earlyre]

I would Suggest one of These
Which Some of Us up north use to keep frost & Snow From accumulating on our windshields in the winter time.

though you could accomplish the same thing with a large towel, or a section of Tarp, or a Sunshade, like you would normally put inside the car, just on the outside, secured down with your wipers, or just stretched out to where you can tuck the ends into your door openings.

 

[QuietPortage]

The Green Prestone washer fluid has detergent in it and works well when combined with good wiper blades.

 

[01rangerxl]

Thanks for the tips guys. I will try a fluid with detergent and if that doesn't cut it, some actual dish soap. If it gets bad enough I will cover it with something, I just don't want to have to transport and handle a poo splattered windshield cover.

Today one of the [censored] birds almost nailed me when I was getting out of the truck. The whole flock decided to move from the roof of the building to their stupid bushes at once, and I saw a dump hit the ground a couple inches from my right shoe. I got lucky on that one, but this parking lot is treacherous.

 

[01rangerxl]

I was going to look for Prestone green, but WM only had Rain-X brand. Still they had one with detergents, so I bought it. It's orange in color and called 2n1. It seems to work well. It cut through the poo with just the wipers and no additional scrubbing.

 

[DBMaster]

Just FYI, birds do not have rectums. So, their feces just drops randomly as it exits their digestive tracts. I know that's pretty trivial, but before I knew that I thought birds were actually seeking out my car. Plain water will soften it. If you keep a spray bottle on hand, spray the spots and let things sit for a few minutes, then any washer fluid should work OK. when the stuff dries it needs mechanical removal, plain and simple. Windshield wipers will just smear it.

 

[yonyon]

Considering that you're not concerned about the paint and just want to get it off the windshield fast, it's hard to beat this:

for $3.50.

You can get even better buy loading them into a proper scraper so you have a handle. A couple of seconds and your windshield is unpooped.

 

[01rangerxl]

Originally Posted By: DBMaster
Just FYI, birds do not have rectums. So, their feces just drops randomly as it exits their digestive tracts. I know that's pretty trivial, but before I knew that I thought birds were actually seeking out my car. Plain water will soften it. If you keep a spray bottle on hand, spray the spots and let things sit for a few minutes, then any washer fluid should work OK. when the stuff dries it needs mechanical removal, plain and simple. Windshield wipers will just smear it.


Oh yeah, there's no targeting involved. They hit everything. Anything that's in the parking lot more than a few minutes will get hit.

 

[DBMaster]

^LOL! I noticed last week when I left my car at the Park 'N Fly that they installed plastic owls around the covered parking structures. I have heard that doing that scares away the other birds. I didn't have any bird droppings on my car when I returned, so...

 

[01rangerxl]

Hmmmm....might have to suggest that to the property manager. He lives here, so his truck always gets "painted" too.

 

[DBMaster]

I've seen that done at a few places. Kind of like a scarecrow.