Cost: £10.99 for 10 wipes
Date of Review: 29th March 2026
The Sales Pitch from Autoglym.com:
There is nothing worse than getting back to the car and finding a bird has kindly deposited a dropping on your paintwork. We are sure they aim for the clean cars, so we developed these single use wipes.
These allow droppings to be wiped away easily, leaving you with a clean car again. Bird droppings are not just unsightly, but can be extremely damaging to your paintwork if not attended to, often leaving a permanent blemish.
Source: https://www.autoglym.com/bdwipe10-bird-dropping-wipes.html
What You Get:
Product Description:
A pack of ten individually wrapped wipes that are moist and very lightly fragranced, almost like a glass cleaner scent.
A quick and easy solution to removing bird mess from your car. The only way to be safe is to remove the mess as soon as you can as bird mess is very acidic and will eat into your paint. It isn’t always possible to remove straight away, but if you get back to your car and its been target practice from a squadron of our feathered friends, these can help. I even feed the birds in our garden and they repay me by making a mess on my cars, it drives me mad.
My current process is this:
When I spot a mess, I run out with a few tissues, a quick detailer and soft microfibre cloth or two depending on the onslaught.
If the mess is fresh then you can wipe it off after a spray with quick detailer. If its dry, soak the tissue or cloth with quick detailer and allow to sit on the mess to soften it up. Leave for a while then come back to it. Spray with more quick detailer to remove the mess, then buff back to a shine.
DO NOT rub dried mess in an attempt to remove it as it contains grit and all sorts of nasty stuff that you will end up scratching your paint with.
Autoglym posed questions:
Q: How can I stop bird dropping damage?
A: The key to this is to remove the bird droppings as quickly as possible as the damage is caused as the lacquer expands and contracts around the dropping leaving etching marks in the paint. Bird Dropping Wipes are handy single use wipes that can be used once and disposed of.
Q: Can I use Bird Dropping Wipes on Glass?
A: Yes, Bird Dropping Wipes are safe to use on all hard exterior surfaces.
Instructions:
1. Place the wipe on the dropping and allow the deposit to soften before removal. Do not rub dry droppings, as they may scratch the paintwork.
2. After removal, dispose of the wipe in a bin.
Testing Environment:
Late afternoon cool overcast day and the car paint was very slightly warm to the touch. The bird mess was a fly by and pretty much dried.
Application:
Tear open the sachet at the top, where the cut out is which makes it a very easy process (nice touch). Remove the wipe from the sachet.
The first thing to notice is that its fairly thin, damp almost wet, light blue and has perforations in it, but it’s fairly large.
Removing:
If the mess is fresh and fairly liquid, you are in danger of getting a squelch through onto you hand. Folding over will prevent this and give a better feel in the hand.
If the mess is dry leave the wipe on the mess to soak into the deposit. I reckon the ingredients on the wipe are designed to quickly penetrate the mess. This is fine on the hood or top of the car, but on a door it’s not so easy.
With the mess ready to be removed wipe away with a rolling motion lifting the mess away from the surface to avoid dragging the mess over the paint with a potential scratch.
Another method is to lay over the mess and like a claw pinch towards the centre to try and pick up and lift the mess away, not as effective and tends to get messy.
Results:
Good. In this case the mess was removed and I was able to fold the wipe over to a clean part and wipe again. This left the product’s liquid on the paint which wasn’t a problem.
The fact that the car’s paint has plenty of protection in the form of sealer and waxes on the paint helped the mess come away easily.
For larger aerial attacks you may need a couple or perhaps three to get the mess off completely. In which case using two or three becomes cumbersome process.
Once the mess is removed, the wipes can leave a watery type mark on the paint, but shouldn’t damage it. This shows the moisture content of the wipes which is a good thing. If you are at a car show then you will want to remove the unsightly watery product. If you have no cleaning products with you, then perhaps the sleeve of a jumper or bottom of a t-shirt will do the job to dry it up.
Rating: 8 out of 10
They work. They are convenient, but I can’t get over the cost per sachet. Obviously buying in bulk can significantly reduce the cost. If you go out in your pride and joy park the car and return to unwelcomed sight, but you don’t have any cleaning products this are your new best friends. Store them in the glove box or door and take up virtually no space. Driving home with the mess will only dry the mess onto the paint so it’s better to remove it all as soon as you can.
Ease of use – 8 out 10
Finish – 8 out 10
Conclusion:
Great idea and convenient to a point.
Using two or three becomes expensive and at a cost of £11 (for ten) you are pretty much on the way to a cost of 500mls of a quick detailer which will last far, far longer and be more effective at soaking dried mess. Just carry a few microfibres in the glove box door, trunk etc. Give the mess a huge soak and then wipe away. Once cleaned the quick detailer will also leave the paint in a respectable state. Soaking a microfibre with a quick detailer will be more effective than leaving a flimsy wipe on the mess.
The wipes are thin, I have had bird stuff on my hand with this process which then poses another cleaning problem! Folding over the wipe to clean, then fold another way trying to avoid touching the mess is not that hygienic.
I don’t use these in my Mustang, but have used them on my daily cars sometimes if I’m out and on the rare occasion I don’t have any cleaning products with me.
The other thing to consider is the shelf life. How long do the stay moist for? If you open them in a year or so to use them and they have dried out then they are of no use what so ever. Don’t even bother trying to use them for potential damage reasons that I mentioned above.
This product is aimed at somebody without cleaning products in the car but don’t want an ugly mess on their car these are ideal.
Would I recommend it? Yes, in case of emergencies.
Would I buy it again? Yes, but only if cheap or on offer.