Worm like thingies on bodywork

[lifes2short]

Washed the wife's e pace the other day as it had all these light brown raised worn like things on bodywork and a right pain to get rid including some round/tear shaped flat brown things and now the whole car covered in these bloomin things again, tried to google but nothing, asny one know what causes this and how best to deal with it

 

[Oneball]

It’s bird poo. Get a wet tissue place it over the poo leave for ten minutes then wipe/wash off.

 

[lifes2short]

It’s bird poo. Get a wet tissue place it over the poo leave for ten minutes then wipe/wash off.

not come across it before, what sort of birds do these tiny things and literally the whole car is covered, would take forever with wet tissue method

 

[TimR]

The round blob in the middle pic' is bee poo...!

 

[lifes2short]

The round blob in the middle pic' is bee poo...!

blimey, didnt know that, they're no so bad to wash off it's those bloody little worm like things thats peeing me off

 

[Oneball]

I could be wrong then. I always thought it was bird poo. Still get it wet and it comes off easily.

 

[Scaf]

I think you have a mixture of various types of poop, bird, spider, etc, don’t overthink it.

The car is almost as dirty as my wife’s car - snow foam - jet wash and hand wash, but that might even need a polish to bring it back to life.

 

[Oneball]

I think you have a mixture of various types of poop, bird, spider, etc, don’t overthink it.

I think we need a definitive ID, go lick it and tell us if it tastes of honey.

 

[Felonious Crud]

You need

 

[midlifecrisis]

You need

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That's a s**t read

 

[Geo]

The round blob in the middle pic' is bee poo...!

Photographic evidence of bee poo.

 

[Ebenezer]

And where does wax / honey come from?
Eb

 

[RodTungsten]

Yes - bee excrement is common - brown or yellow blobs or streaks- a mix of honey and pollen - taste it!

Early in spring you see the bees ‘voiding themselves’ on the wing - yellow streaks squirting out. My van is streaked inside with this from fellow travellers from hives and kit inside.

 

[RodTungsten]

And where does wax / honey come from?
Eb

Wax is secreted as scales from their abdomen and honey of course from nectar gathered and concentrated in bees then spat into comb.

 

[lifes2short]

The car is almost as dirty as my wife’s car - snow foam - jet wash and hand wash, but that might even need a polish to bring it back to life.

did all that and the worm like ones needed a really good heavy handed re-sponging which took ages and there's even more now

 

[lifes2short]

go lick it and tell us if it tastes of honey.

as it's the wife's car I will pass on your recommendation whilst standing well away

 

[lifes2short]

Photographic evidence of bee poo.
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wow, that's it, bastards, bit tricky for a 12 bore