sandmanusd

Well, I am VERY CAREfull about where I park my vette to avoid sprinklers.. but the other day, I went to a bar, parked out in the boonies to avoid the dumb drunk guy smashing the side of my car... and when I came back, I noticed sprinklers had come on while I was inside...

Now there are terrible water spots... what can i do to take them off? is there a solution out there? I have not waxed my vette yet.. which I'm sure made them worse.. but there are a lot of minerals in the water where I live..

Suggestions?

Slash

wash the car?

ecook

TripleBlackxThree

Will probably take more than than if the water was hard. I just got back from a road trip (over 6k miles) and the biggest problem I had was water spots from a sprinkler.

I used Meguires Swirl Remover which took it right off. Clay bar wouldn't touch it.

BTW, I had a very good coat of NXT and Booster on it. Ran through some road paint that was still wet and was able to get it off, but the water spots had to be buffed with the swirl remover.

blubyu

Perhaps someone who is better versed in car care can address whether this is actually GOOD for your paint or not but a 50/50 mix of water and vinegar will take them right out. I used to do this on my WS6 when my neighbor lacked sprinkler courtesy and it did not seem to damage the paint after MANY repetitions.

Good luck!

sandmanusd

hmmm, vinegar... thats an interesting idea... will have to find out if thats bad for paint or not, thanks

zonsolo

Car like that and no wax??

sandmanusd

ha, easy now... I havn't had time.. you have to realize, its been on average 105-110 for the last 3 weeks... I work nights, so that leaves morning time for sleep and day time for... not being in the sun... cant very well wash and wax a car in 110 degree sun... a dilema!!

GrayC5

Check over in the Car Care Products section of the Forum. There have been any number of threads on this topic going around over there recently. Here's just a few of the more recent ones:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ts&forum_id=10

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ts&forum_id=10

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ts&forum_id=10

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ts&forum_id=10

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ts&forum_id=10

Good luck.

zonsolo

Yea that I understand for sure... no way i'd be out in those temps. We just finally had a day under 90.

I was just bustin' your ***** anyway. I hope those come out for you.

CORTVET

2 words.

Clay Bar.


Then put a good coat of wax on her.

AZC5

bugman

for me:
clay bar doesn't touch them
vinegar, even full strength had no effect at all.

used 3M fine cut rubbing compound BY HAND

BEFORE

AFTER



The results above were on an outside vehicle ignored for 3 years with deep etched in water spots.

Since then I've found that scratchX works quite well by buffer, and it will also work quite well by hand - only for relatively fresh water spots.

my suggestions for you:

1. Start with Meguiar's scratch X - the least abrasive. by hand if you have to, but buffer with a white pad is better.
2. if that doesn't work, step up to 3M swirlmark remover (39009)
3. If that doesn't work, step up to 3M fine cut rubbing compound (39002)

If this just happened a few days ago, I'd bet the the scratch X with a buffer will get them out in about 3 seconds.

TripleBlackxThree

Clay bar wouldn't do anything for the waterspots I just had. I was very suprised. But Meg. Swirl Remove took them off easily.

DebRedZR1

Hi-what about water spots on the windows and Glass top? Thanks!

Batmbl

Clay bar didn't touch mine either. 80/20 mix of water/vinegar worked immediate wonders! Followed that with good coat of NXT.

sandmanusd

great, I will try that, thanks for all the responses guys!

sandmanusd

I think water spots are the hardest things to deal with.. I hate them.. you'd think there would be a magic product out there directed at water spots, but there doesn't seem to be...

bugman

Go to Autogeek and get the DP glass restorer -- made for exactly this, and it works great. If you want to see proof -- go to my website and click on "SCRTCH/SPOT" -- scroll down the page and you'll see some before and after pics.

Great stuff. Just make sure NOT to use it on plastic -- I made this mistake, not knowing a headlamp cover was plastic -- it scratched the hell out of it. Use on glass only.