I just got a new black car which has made me obsessed with trying to keep the paint nice. I've been doing a ton of research on what to do and about 2-3 weeks ago I settled on Duragloss 601+105 and finishing it up with Duragloss 921 Fast Clean & Shine.
All was good until I took a trip to LA in the beginning of this week. One morning I came out of my hotel to find my car covered in nasty, thick looking water spots. I wasn't sure if there was a light drizzle or if it came from the swimming pool or what. When I got home which was the next day, I washed my car with Duragloss 902 car wash. I noticed that the water spots were not completely washed away. Now here comes the rookie mistake... I figured I could polish them away with some of the Duragloss 105 I had used a few weeks earlier since it says that it has cleansers in it. I scrubbed away with the 105 and I think I got rid of some of the lighter ones but it didn't get rid of the really bad ones which were mostly on my hood and Trunk. So now I have water spots that won't come off because I think I sealed them in with the 105, I can't even scratch them off with my finger nail at this point.
My thoughts were to get something to strip the sealant off which would also hopefully strip the water spots off with it. I was looking at Panel Wipe and McGuires Wash plus. My thinking is that I can strip the sealant off and either get the water spots off in the same process or at least be able to get to the water spots and do what I should have done which was try to get the water spots off with vinegar and distilled water. Would this work or is there a better plan of attack?
If this is a bad idea, what am I supposed to do now?
Is there a possibility that they are still causing damage/etching into the paint at this point the longer I leave it like it is?
All was good until I took a trip to LA in the beginning of this week. One morning I came out of my hotel to find my car covered in nasty, thick looking water spots. I wasn't sure if there was a light drizzle or if it came from the swimming pool or what. When I got home which was the next day, I washed my car with Duragloss 902 car wash. I noticed that the water spots were not completely washed away. Now here comes the rookie mistake... I figured I could polish them away with some of the Duragloss 105 I had used a few weeks earlier since it says that it has cleansers in it. I scrubbed away with the 105 and I think I got rid of some of the lighter ones but it didn't get rid of the really bad ones which were mostly on my hood and Trunk. So now I have water spots that won't come off because I think I sealed them in with the 105, I can't even scratch them off with my finger nail at this point.
My thoughts were to get something to strip the sealant off which would also hopefully strip the water spots off with it. I was looking at Panel Wipe and McGuires Wash plus. My thinking is that I can strip the sealant off and either get the water spots off in the same process or at least be able to get to the water spots and do what I should have done which was try to get the water spots off with vinegar and distilled water. Would this work or is there a better plan of attack?
If this is a bad idea, what am I supposed to do now?
Is there a possibility that they are still causing damage/etching into the paint at this point the longer I leave it like it is?