BostonVette

I made the mistake of washing my car in the sun...

I used Turtle Wax Car Wash solution.

Now I've water spots all over the car including the glass.

Just working the glass, I've tried Windex, Invisible Glass, Simple green, dishwasher solution in hot water, even car wax -nothing made a difference.

Anyone have any thoughts on getting rid of the spots

Silver99v6

Use a clay bar. Works every time. Just make sure to wax the car when you're done with the clay bar as it will take any wax or polish off of the paint.

mcandrew67

Try white vinegar, it generally dissolves the water spots
David

R&L's C6

Try using white vinegar and rinse with clear water.

R&L's C6

You were a minute faster than me.

BostonVette

Didn't help, at least on the glass..

AFVETTE

ZAINO Z-6 Detail Spray has always removed water spots for me. I'd suggest you contact Wolfdogs for more info.

But a Clay bar will too. Good luck.

Tom

BostonVette

Vinegar Didn't help on the paint either

I am hoping not to need to use the clay, it's a PITA.

Thanks guys

wolfdogs

used correctly, a clay bar does not remove polish/wax from a car. it lifts contaminants from the surface of the paint. it also does not always remove water spots. It sounds like you have a heavy water....tons of minerals in it. You also may try rubbing alcohol.. it will not harm the clear coat, but it will remove any polish or wax you have on there. White vinegar usually does the trick on both the paint and glass though, I am surprised it did not help.

BostonVette

Zaino Z-6 Gloss enhancer - No effect

Maybe I'll try some CLR

BostonVette

Alcohol - NG

Clay Bar - NG on both glass and Windows

Clay Bar with Vinegar - NG

Voytek

Dry it faster!

Are there any hose attachments to soften the water?

wolfdogs

If its that bad, you may end up having to use zaino fusion or another mild swirl remover compound either by hand or an orbital buffer... zaino glass polish should do the windows, ive seen guy with older vettes get stuff off their glass with it that nothing else would remove.

wolfdogs

you can buy an attachment to the end of the hose that houses a water filter.

FortMorganAl

What kind of wax do you have on the car? Remove the wax and the spots will come off with it. A good protectant like Rejex would allow even the hardest spots to just wash off. If you didn't have any wax/protectant on the paint then you will need to keep trying with vinegar or clay or alternate with both.

BTW, when you say clay is a PITA that tells me you don't have a good protectant on the paint. Claying the whole car shouldn't take more than an hour or so even with paint overspray if it is on top of a good protectant. I've done 2 cars that were covered with overspray in the past 3 years and they were obviously harder than just simple road debris but not what I would consider a PITA. They both had a good protectant under the paint spray.

R&L's C6

I found a better solution was to run a dedicated soft water spigot to the outside for washing our cars.

njfl

Others have alluded to it, but the root cause is that the surface has been oxidized and chemically transformed by the water and any of its contaminents. Likely, the only way to get rid of water spots is to mechanically remove the surface layer. You can do this with a clay bar or with polish/compound. Just be sure to use a god wax after the mechanical removal. Fortunately, you are only damaging the clearcoat and that can eventually be resprayed if necessary (long way down the road). In the future, avoid washing the car in the sun or extreme heat, both sun and heat assist the chemical reaction that causes water spots.

Kenny94945

I agree machine polish is needed.

You can try to polish by hand - some 3M products beginning with rubbing compound, then polish, then cleaner wax - yet this will take a very long time and may not work completely.

Again....machine polish.

Steve_R

Which won't soften the water. Water softeners remove dissolved minerals through ion exchange, not filtering, which is what causes water spots. Filters won't remove dissolved minerals.

RO55

Had a similar problem with my truck and vinegar didn't work either. Then I was told to soak rag/towel with vinegar and let it sit on spots for 10-15 minutes then rinse. It worked great I guess it needed more time to react. Good luck!