Ok, I tried meguires polish, clear coat prep, claybar and the residue is still on the surface. I'm all out of ideas.
Probably has etched the clearcoat. You may be able to polish it out by hand with ScratchX or something similar. Personally, I would work it with Swirl and my random orbital with a yellow or orange pad until gone, then finish with Amigo and a white pad, then re-wax or re-seal.
You can not get better solution than this one. ^ ^^^ 100 + The only thing I would do to my car is wet sand with anything from 2000 to 3000 and polish/ buff it out.
I'll try to get a pic of it this weekend after I shoot the seagull. The scratchex didn't work. It does look like it etched into the clear coat.
Thanks! I'd polish first to see if that got it... Then wet sand as a last resort. I try not to tell other folks to wet sand, because I've seen rookies without proper instruction sand right through their paint.... Ouch Though you're not likely to do that with 2000/30000
Thanks guys. I was able to remove the offending stain with meguires polish and a lot of elbow grease.
The ony step you are missing is to completely get the acid out of the etched spots. My wife andI went to a restaurant in Sausalito, CA and the valet parked my black car in the #1 spot, front and center. When we got to the car it was almost completely covered with seagull crap. When I got home I immediately washed it off and proceeded to polish it with a da, orbital buffer and then applied a sealant. The next morning I went to the garage and the etch marks were back. I spoke to an acquaintance of mine who is a professional detailed and he said that when I sealed it I sealed in the acid. The solution was to remove the sealant an coat the etched areas with a solution of water and baking soda, let it sit for 24 hours and then re-polish and seal. The spots were gone for good.