Hollis667

Anybody got any tips for getting water spots off my vette. I parked it on the lot at work and the sprinklers hit it and these things dont wanna come off.

UsedToBeZ28Man

Clay bar

philip_g

I wouldn't clay bar.

50% water 50% vinegar, spray it on and work it a little with your wash mit and they'll come right off. And it'll leave the wax behind.

nycdot01

Cool. Thanks for the tip. I need to do this myself. Good Question


John
Long Island

tfkrato

Hollis667

Thanks

danl72

Really the one of the ways to get rid of it completely.

UsedToBeZ28Man

If you had wax on the car could you get waterspots that wouldn't wash off?

Daytona Bob

I must have nuclear water spots.

I live in Florida and the calcium deposits in the water are crazy hard to remove.

I find that I actually have to use a cleaner type wax to be remotely successful.

Damn sprinklers!

Vinegar didnt work.

t.borries

Check out my thread back on Aug. 5th. Do a search with this title, (HELP with water spots. Pics.)

dwiemers

On my black C6 only way was to clay bar, still didn't get everything off....it rained, then baked in the sun all day and I left it for like a month. I mean I washed the car but didn't take the time to clay bar it till later, prolly partially my own fault they are so hard. Vingegar didn't work, clay was mostly succesfull but still got about another round to finish it off...

Fastcar

The 50/50 didn't work for me either. Gotta be FL water I guess. I needed to use a clay bar. The windows were a nightmare, used Bon-Ami with a wet rag.

Dave Tracy

Bobz08C6

If the sprinklers are using particularly nasty well water I would be very careful not to leave it there too long as it could actually damage the clearcoat. Water and vinegar seem to be the favorite solution.

pmj341

Fla well water is really bad on Paint and clearcoats!!!
wash and vinager as quickly as you can, I had the same
problem, now I wash as soon as I notice!!!!

rwd

If you can even get them off with a clay bar, consider yourself lucky. Having to buff them out is not unheard of. Good luck.

0Killrwheels@Autogeek

vinegar only works on recent spots, the unfortunate event is minerals in certain waters and acid rain can etch a finish quickly. Polishing will help, and unfortunately wet sanding is the last resort.

blkc6z51

Same thing happen to my blk vette, used Menzerna SIP, NANO 106
it took them right out. using a flex 3401 polisher and LC orange pad.

0PRFCNST

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