I hit a turkey

[stratusdodge]

The other day I hit a big turkey and now I have feathers and guts stuck in my car's griddle. Any suggestions on how to clean without damanging it? It was a young little *******, but still big enough to make a mess.

[Ravi_1992]

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You hit a turkey! I can honestly say I've never heard of someone hitting a turkey


well, you should rinse very thoroughly for starts, get as much off as possible by rinsing it.

I'm curious to see what other people have to say on this

[Bill Davidson]

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I suggest you remove as many of the feathers first by hand, so they don't get driven into places that you'll never get them out of. Perhaps a pair of long nose or needle nose pliers will help.

After that, I'd use a garden hose to try to remove as much as possible. If it's dried or caked on, repeated soaking may help. If you have access, a wet towel may help.

After removing as much as possible by hand, I'd then use a pressure washer and remove more, while trying to be gentle on the paint, rad etc.

If there's still stuff that remains, use Body Solvent or something similar, agitate as needed and rinse.

[ClearlyCoated]

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Meguiars TurkeyX would work best in this situation...

Try treating it like bug strikes. Soak some towels in warm water and lay them over the remains for a few minutes, then gather up the towels by bunching them in the middle. Follow up with some Last Touch.

nevermind, just read the part about the stuff being stuck in your car's grill.

[Ravi_1992]

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Meguiars TurkeyX would work best in this situation...

The best way would probably be, doing Bills method first, then Clearly Coated's way. Then use a bug and tar remover for any thats left

[Bill Davidson]

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just read the part about the stuff being stuck in your car's grill.

Actually it reads griddle Stratus must have had food on the mind.

[Ravi_1992]

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Actually it reads griddle Stratus must have had food on the mind.

LMAO , I didn't even catch the first time

[Tuck91]

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I would try pressure washing most of it off before anything else.

[David Fermani]

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I would try pressure washing most of it off before anything else.

Me too - and wear protective gloves. Hate to get any of that biohazard on me.

[J. A. Michaels]

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Wear gloves, "pluck" as much off as you can. Then pressure wash it.

[Justin Murphy]

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My brother hit one last year. Went into his windshield. His Oakleys saved his eyes from the glass. I was almost 15 pounds!

Not to uncommon to hear about this in rural areas.

[Fly Bye]

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I have feathers and guts stuck in my car's griddle.

[Fly Bye]

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[Bill Davidson]

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[Deaner5]

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I'm struggling with posting a pic in this thread so the thumbnails will have to do.



This was on my back porch. He (I assume but certainly don't know) then "flew" into the hill and weeds and I haven't seem him since. Sometimes I see rafter (yes that's the technical name) of turkies by off the highway here in the Cities. I better go brush up on my pic posting now.