I park in my driveway, when I have no other options, and my car gets hit with sprinklers at night. The water spots are a pain to get off. Does anyone know a good trick to removing these? A buddy of mine said to use a 50/50 solution of water and vinegar....
i belive that you can use white distiled vinegar to remove them http://www.detailingbliss.com/forum/pro-studio/28655-super-complete-silver-2000-bmw-540i.htm
Thanks, I will give it a try this weekend. If that doesn't work, is there any product out there that will do the trick without getting crazy with a buffer?
In addition to the white vinegar, if the car is clean, going over it with a high solvent spray wax will also do the trick.
The distilled vinegar trick is probley your best bet especially if the water spots are caked on. But like rfinkle2 said a spray wax usually works wonders as well. For me I use a QD but have a bottle of Duragloss Water Spot Remover which is basically vinegar in a duragloss bottle..
Here's a jet ski I did with awful water marks. It was corrected with Danase Water spot remover which is no longer available.: Water Spotted Jet Ski - Live2Detail i believe that CG have a similar product although I couldn't find it on their site last time I looked. I called them for you. Good News: They have it. Bad News: They can't ship it. Better news: Detailed Image carries it and will ship it: Chemical Guys Water Spot Remover - 16 oz | Detailed Image Between the DG and the CG product, one of them will solve your problem for sure. Look at that jet ski..it was awful!!
Chemical Guys Water Spot Remover - 16 oz | Detailed Image Has this product really proved itself on painted vehicle (Clear Coated) surfaces?
I bought it at the recommendation of Bob@AutoConcierge. My CR abruptly ran out of resin and covered my black car in horrible water spots. I tried vinegar and it didn't do squat. Bought this stuff. I was forewarned that it STINKS! But it does in fact work. Kind of a pain in that it can take a few applications to get rid of the spots, but if you only have a few isolated affected areas, it's a great product. If your whole car is covered, you may be better off just correcting it with a mild cutting polish.
I will always try and remove the etching with out removing paint first, then correct as needed. CG's stuff and MarkV "Splash" work the same way(with lot's of elbow grease)but it will in fact take off severe spotting as I had two nightmare jobs last year that demonstrated this.
Thanks to all that replied, the vinegar trick worked. I am going to put a layer of wax on this weekend and see if that provides some good protection
