ck9887

My car usually gets a wash every couple of weeks but the car sat for about two weeks with some dirty hard water spots on the trunk of the car from a sprinkler system that hit the car in an apartment complex.

Well for the most part the water spots came out when I washed it but if you look real hard at the right angle, you can still see the edge or ring of each water spot. I attempted to use a Meguiars compound product which I applied and buffed by hand. The spots lightened up and the surface is smooth as glass, but the edge of the water spots are still visible if you look hard enough.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Adoggy Phizzle

Porter Cable 7424 with Orange or White Pad, light cutting compound, then orange pad with finishing glaze, wax, wipe, enjoy. Go on Youtube and search to see in action.
Adog!

TOPCATHR

Corvettes have very hard clear coat. Removing defects by hand is usually not going to work. A dual action polisher
like the porter cable is the way to go.

RetiredSFC 97

Good luck if they're set in. You may try using white vinegar. It'll work as long as they aren't embedded really hard. If vinegar doesn't do it nothing will.

It will also take your wax off so you'll have to rewax, but it won't hurt your paint. Use vinegar also to get spots off your windows if and when you get them.

mine is embedded, from the PO, so hard I can't get them out no matter what I do. They only show up like yours, in certain light or certain angles, but they drive me bonkers because I know they're there.

I even rubbed them down with paint thinner a couple weeks ago. it helped a bunch but they're still there.

Good luck, (you can search here and you will find using vinegar is a common cure)

2004c5blackcoupe

Try Turtle Wax Ice clear liquid polish.
If your car is black, try Turtle wax Black Box polish, has a black pigment. 3 step process:
cleaner, wax, detail spray.
Porter Cable 7424 saves a lot of work.
No, I don't work for Turtle Wax!

ck9887

I tried the liquid polish before the compound with no luck. I will try the vinegar next. It's frustrating that it only took a week or two before the water spots did permanent damage to the paint.

Jesse Asis

Clay bar your vette, rubbing compound, then wax cleaner, then wax. That is what i did to get rid of hard water spots on my black vette. Not to mention a lot of elbo grease, you get a new meaning to the term "wax on / wax off"... Enjoy the ride.

STALION

Please stay away from anything that has the name "turtle wax." Most of their products are subpar and a waste of money. For your case I highly recommend purchasing a "fine cut cleaner." Mcguires makes a good one, as does 3M. The 3M comes in a small bottle and can be used either by hand or with an orbital polisher. I strongly recommend polishing by hand first before you resort to an orbital polisher.

Step 1
Use detergent dishwasher soap on the affected area. The detergent will remove any wax and oil residue as you want the area to be completely bare.

Step 2
Use a microfiber cloth and either the 3M fine cut cleaner or another TOP name brand...none of that Pep boys stuff.

Step 3
Depending on how severe the water spot is you may have to go over it a couple of times, but it should get the spot out. If it's really bad, then you may need a medium cleaner or use an orbital polisher, but judging by what you explained the fine cut should work.

Step 4
Apply polish, then wax, (preferably) or just wax to your affected area to protect it again...DONE!

good luck

Good luck

GoBallsDeep!

Clay bar!

ROJ#79

If they are deep like they were on mine the Porter Cable Polisher won't do it. I had to have mine wet sanded. It came out great, like new.

STALION

In this case, clay bar may not be strong enough

BLKWDWZ06

vinegar and distilled water solution

RLYSLO

THIS

It makes your car stink, but it works. Put a solution of the above in a spray bottle and you can get the spots out.

Dicecal

You will probably have to wet sand the spots

ck9887

I will try the vinegar solution first since that seems the easiest. Do I just spray it on the paint and rub it in a circular motion?

z06clif

Clif

z06clif

Ive had success with WD-40

Clif

0Killrwheels@Autogeek

Often times a paint cleansing lotion can help with recent spots, for those etching the paint then polishing (and perhaps wet-sanding) is needed.

BLKWDWZ06

yes but have water ready to wash off excess solution, you will need to wax at the end as it acts as a stripping agent

BLKWDWZ06

really? interesting..