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Posted by CHP2981 (Member # 9240) on :
 
I found this looking for what that stuff was everyday on my car. It wasn't that bad a few years ago but damn I have to scratch the hard stuff off with my nail

Some detail guy wrote this

So what are those yellow-gold dots? In two words, bee poop. Yes, bees do poop and when you live in an area with LOTS and LOTS of bees, you ‘ll find these yellow-gold dots of the digested pollen the bees eat on pretty much everything that isn’t covered. Bees follow the same route (or flight plan) over and over when traveling to and from their hives, so some places get hit more than others.

So now the mystery is solved! These mystery yellow-gold spots are the waste droppings of bees. Want to avoid getting them on your car or windows? When you find an answer, please let me know.

Meanwhile, many of our customers have to deal with this problem and I am given the task of figuring out the most cost efficient means of removing them both for the customer and for our company.

We tried using the pressure washer. Tried using different soaps. Different abrasive scrubbers.  We tried different acids. Nothing worked.

What did work, and was surprisingly easy, was using pure water to clean with and a waterfed pole. Bingo. Now we have a method to take these spots off, and it only costs a tad more than it would for a typical window cleaning!
 
Posted by Marks93 (Member # 11130) on :
 
I'm glad you brought this up!! I have a black car and see them real good....everyday!

Now, what's a waterfed pole?
 
Posted by adower (Member # 5955) on :
 
Hit it with a medium clay bar.
 
Posted by SLOWBACK 67 (Member # 6348) on :
 
Literaly yellow crap on your car.
 
Posted by CHP2981 (Member # 9240) on :
 
http://www.ewindowwashing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bee-poop.jpg
Here's the pic and the story, and the water pole is I think the water gun we see at the car wash.
 




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