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Topic: Removing bird droppings

ficklejade

15/5/2011 at 2:22pm
Location: Isle of Mull
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Help! I was the victim of pigeons yesterday but didn't spot as came back in the dark - only just noticed it this morning when packing up in pouring rain. Scraped off the worst of it but it's that particularly cloying consistency - yuk! - and need advice as to how to get rid of it! Tent is Outwell Fusion so synthetic.

rooks

15/5/2011 at 2:30pm
Location: Norwich
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We had the same problem last season we just let it dry and then brushed it off no problem

pillsley

15/5/2011 at 2:58pm
Location: B&NES
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How about canvas?

janiebabes

15/5/2011 at 4:18pm
Location: None Entered
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we had a mixture of different poo as we stayed in a place like Alfred Hitchcocks the birds!

As the tent was wet I just got an old dishcloth and wiped it off with clean water... all fine and dandy

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ficklejade

15/5/2011 at 4:42pm
Location: Isle of Mull
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I think the problem is that it was delivered yesterday when we had baking hot sun and then drizzled / rained overnight but I was scraping it off - had to give up in end as would miss ferry. Got home and it's pouring but also blowing a lot so don't want to pitch it out. Hoping for a better day tomorrow and can get it sorted. Does poo affect proofing?

boobaby

16/5/2011 at 5:08pm
Location: Portsmouth Hampshire
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Letting it dry and brushing off normally works, however baby wipes are great too... Have used several times to de-bird poo the tent with no problems at all!!

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owennicki

16/5/2011 at 5:53pm
Location: West Midlands
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question - do baby wipes affect waterproofing???

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fostermum

16/5/2011 at 6:25pm
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I wouldn't use baby wipes or anything other than water on a tent. When it's dry, brush off then use plain water and a soft brush to get rid of any residue. Same for canvas or synthetics.

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DamonST

16/5/2011 at 10:11pm
Location: Bury Lancashire
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If it doesn't brush out, soak some kitchen roll in warm water and hold it against the mark for a while. Then give it a few wipes and it should pretty much all wipe away.

ficklejade

16/5/2011 at 11:19pm
Location: Isle of Mull
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Still sheeting down here - gale or no, it's going out in it tomorrow. Hopefully nature will do it's work.

Thanks all.

Hedgehugger

17/5/2011 at 8:45pm
Location: Wirral
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Pigeon poo is very stubborn, once dried - it really is like glue! Haven't had it on the tent (yet!) but have certainly had it on the car; I had to soak it in warm water by leaving a soggy cloth over it, then scraped very gently to shift it. YUK.

boobaby

17/5/2011 at 9:33pm
Location: Portsmouth Hampshire
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I've not encountered any proofing problems using the wipes.

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Apr 2011: Wicks Farm, West Witterings, Hampshire
May 2011: Nunnington Farm, West Witterings, Hampshire
Aug 2011: Gwithian Farm, Hayle, Cornwall
June 2012: Wicks Farm, West Witterings, Hampshire

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