# Bird turd (serious question)

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-turd-serious-question/37514>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volkswagen, passat\
**Created:** [October 3, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-turd-serious-question/37514 "2009-10-03T17:45:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![msturek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@msturek](https://community.cartalk.com/u/msturek)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-turd-serious-question/37514/1 "2009-10-03T17:45:26Z")

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I know this doesn’t really qualify as repair and maintenance, but I’m stumped and hoping someone here has a secret weapon.  
  
  
  
 I got two large “gifts” from some birds during the summer on my windshield. We live in Houston so it got quite hot and baked on the windshield pretty good. I went the next day to clean the stuff off, but the residue will not come off!  
  
  
  
 I’ve tried:  
  
 Water  
  
 Windex  
  
 WD40  
  
 CLR  
  
 Alcohol  
  
 Hydrogen Peroxide  
  
 Driving in pounding rain with wipers  
  
 Scraping with a screwdriver covered with a wet shop towel  
  
  
  
 Sound ridiculous, right? But it won’t come off. Does anyone have any secret tip to remove the residue? I can’t believe it won’t get off of there.  
  
  
  
 Thanks!

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**Author:** ![mshugna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mshugna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mshugna)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-turd-serious-question/37514/2 "2009-10-03T17:47:33Z")

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Have you tried a plain old razor blade scraper??? Pre soak with hot water.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-turd-serious-question/37514/3 "2009-10-03T17:51:45Z")

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I suppose it could have etched the glass. I would suggest one additional DIY technique. Find someone who sells the original BonAmi cleanser (yellow container not gold. Give that a try. It is about as aggressive as you can get with out damaging the glass.

You might also look in to some of the products at the auto parts store for restoring head light lenses. [Why did we let the designer guys tell us we needed fancy looking plastic lenses on our cars rather than the old sealed beams.]

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**Author:** ![msturek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@msturek](https://community.cartalk.com/u/msturek)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-turd-serious-question/37514/4 "2009-10-03T18:14:42Z")

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Thanks for the quick suggestions. I’ll give them a try.