I am writing this blog article to offer my 2 cents’ worth of advice to car owners whose rides often fall victims to a particular type of bird dropping. The most common type of bird dropping in Singapore is whitish-green in colour and is quite easy to remove with the help of some water and tissue paper. However, in recent years, a new type of bird dropping seemed to have emerged. They appear like brown little dots on the car’s surface (refer to photo below) and is often dried up.


Now, don’t be misled by the size of the dot. It is tiny but extremely potent. If you start pouring water on it and wiping it with a piece of tissue paper, this is what your paintwork will end up like:

These tiny brown dots are extremely sticky when wet. They will smear the paintwork if wiped wet, as evident in the photo above. After a few incidents, I learnt my lesson and gently scrapped them off with a dry tissue paper before wetting the affected surface as a final touch up process. This method is much less painful.

I am not sure if the local birds have a change of diet or a new specie of bird has made Singapore their home. Should your car encounter the same predicament as mine, take heart that you are not alone.

A brown dot on the headlamp

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