Help for Water Spots on Windows

O.K. I finished reading all the post and answered my own question. Any other suggestions are greatly appreaciated.

Thanks,
Mike
 
Gary Sword said:
In Cape Coral, FL they have a seperate non-drinking water supply you can use for you sprinkler system. It's great for watering your grass and plants but it leaves some bad water spots on your car. I have a Dodge Caravan that I park outside that always manages to get hit by the sprinkler system. I have been able to get all the water spots off the paint but not the windows. I have tried a lot of different cleaners but nothing has worked so far. I was thinking about claying the windows to see if that would work. Does anyone have any suggustions?

Thanks!
Gary
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Try it. We clayed the windows on the 98 Grand Voyager Expresso and they came much cleaner than ever before.
I can't say as far as waterspots - its our beater, so...
you have only to gain from claying the windows, gary - try it!
Sorry not to have a better answer!!!:)
 
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#1 post from Gary Sword,
What did you use to get water spots off the paint?

Thanks
Mike
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The Pinnacle Swirl Remover worked great getting the water spots off of the paint. One lite pass over the paint got off all of the water spots. Getting the water spots off of the windows took a lot more work. I went over the windows twice with the swirl remover and got most of the water spots off. Both look 100% better.

Gary
 
ltoman said:
Try it. We clayed the windows on the 98 Grand Voyager Expresso and they came much cleaner than ever before.
I can't say as far as waterspots - its our beater, so...
you have only to gain from claying the windows, gary - try it!
Sorry not to have a better answer!!!:)
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Hi Lauren,

I did try claying the windows but it really did not help as far as the water spots go. The swirl remover was the only thing I tried that worked removing the water spots on the windows. Besides the water spots the van had a lot of other junk on the paint. The clay worked great getting all the other junk off. Our Caravan also gets used more than anything else, sits outside (getting hit by our sprinklers) and receives the least care. I must say it looks pretty good again. We have had it for about 2 1/2 years and it's really a nice van. The seats in it fold into the floor and I use it a lot for carring things. I still want to put some liquid souveran over the Wolfgang DGPS I put on.

Gary
 
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BTW, I hope you don't mind if I share my CLR experience.

I tried straight CLR via Mr. Clean Magic Eraser on my dad's '02 Sienna which has many etched waterspots that vinegar and obviously regular car washes couldn't touch. Actually, they were more like water "streaks." Hard to explain, but the rear windows had definite water spots.

Anyway, I *think* I may have finally nuked the spots! I haven't gotten a chance to look at it (gotta love the jobs you do for parents before they run off again with their cars :() under my light, but there are spots still there. However, I'm pretty sure those are fresh spots (I was able to affect it with my fingernail and don't recognize them as being there before).

So, I'd say CLR + Magic Eraser is a good second step to try on difficult water spots. Obviously, don't use an Eraser on the paint. Also, don't forget the rubber or latex gloves while handling CLR. Also, make sure to rinse extra throughly so you're not leaving CLR on the car.
 
Gary Sword said:
Hi Lauren,

I did try claying the windows but it really did not help as far as the water spots go. The swirl remover was the only thing I tried that worked removing the water spots on the windows. Besides the water spots the van had a lot of other junk on the paint. The clay worked great getting all the other junk off. Our Caravan also gets used more than anything else, sits outside (getting hit by our sprinklers) and receives the less care. I must say it looks pretty good again. We have had it for about 2 1/2 years and it's really a nice van. The seats in it fold into the floor and I use it a lot for carring things. I still want to put some liquid souveran over the Wolfgang DGPS I put on.

Gary
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Oh, you have stow-n-go seats. That is at least an 05 then. Yea, ours sits outside too. It is the beater, imo. Not in my husband's of course!! LOl. I like to play with that one.
I looked at it today - there are water spots on the clayed windows!!

What color is yours?
Lauren:)
 
Gary Sword said:
The Pinnacle Swirl Remover worked great getting the water spots off of the paint. One lite pass over the paint got off all of the water spots. Getting the water spots off of the windows took a lot more work. I went over the windows twice with the swirl remover and got most of the water spots off. Both look 100% better.

Gary
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pinnacle swirl remover, really? now i have to buy that too!! lol:p
 
ltoman said:
pinnacle swirl remover, really? now i have to buy that too!! lol:p
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I know how you feel Lauren. If I keep reading this forum I'm going to go broke. I just received an order yesterday and there are already some more products I wish I would have ordered. I got the Pinnacle Swirl Remover as a freebee with some Pinnacle Souveran a while back. I had never used it on anything because I rarely get any swirls on my cars. How did you get so many swirls in your beautiful car? I really would like to see some pictures of your car. I love that color. You can always do some before and after pictures as in this is before I'm going to get the swirls out. There is a lot of talk on the forum about getting swirls out but not much talk on preventing them. We should start a new thread on that topic.

Gary
 
killrwheels@autogeek said:
Your not going to like this , but it usually works. Get some Lime Away , CLR, or Rustoff. Wipe the windows and then wash off rather quickly. These products remove minerals like calcium and rust that are man culprits from well water.
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CLR- calcium, lime and rust- is basically an acidic product (formulated with Glycolic, Sulfamic, and Propanetricarboyxlic acids) to remove high pH (alkaline) residue, thoroughly rinse after use
 
TOGWT said:
CLR- calcium, lime and rust- is basically an acidic product (formulated with Glycolic, Sulfamic, and Propanetricarboyxlic acids)to remove high pH (alkaline) residue, thoroughly rinse after use
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Dude, I swear, your like a walking, talking dictionary/encyclopedia :D lol
 
TOGWT said:
CLR- calcium, lime and rust- is basically an acidic product (formulated with Glycolic, Sulfamic, and Propanetricarboyxlic acids)to remove high pH (alkaline) residue, thoroughly rinse after use
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Surfer said:
Dude, I swear, your like a walking, talking dictionary/encyclopedia :D lol
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:iagree: , he knows "a little something" about chemistry.
 
TOGWT is a great forum member. He not only knows his stuff but he also takes the time to spell all out. Thats really great.
 
Surfer said:
Dude, I swear, your like a walking, talking dictionary/encyclopedia :D lol
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that is what i was thinking!! lol:awesome:
 
Gary Sword said:
I know how you feel Lauren. If I keep reading this forum I'm going to go broke. I just received an order yesterday and there are already some more products I wish I would have ordered. I got the Pinnacle Swirl Remover as a freebee with some Pinnacle Souveran a while back. I had never used it on anything because I rarely get any swirls on my cars. How did you get so many swirls in your beautiful car? I really would like to see some pictures of your car. I love that color. You can always do some before and after pictures as in this is before I'm going to get the swirls out. There is a lot of talk on the forum about getting swirls out but not much talk on preventing them. We should start a new thread on that topic.

Gary
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there have been though. proper washing and drying techniques, which i am using.
the cars sit by the sprinkler. i got it and it had hard water spots so i took it in. came out without water spots..... nicely swirled instead.:mad:
 
Water Spots on Glass

I too am here in Florida and found that the baked on water spots from sprinklers were near impossible to remove. Before I went the steel wool and elbow greese route, I decised to try my cordless drill, the white foam pad that comes with the PC, and some Menzerna Power Gloss Compound. I was using it for some paint correction on my 04 Honda Pilot, and gave it a whirl on the glass. It came out SPOTLESS (LOL). Seriously, though, not a water spot to be found, and this is a daily, sits outside, never gets cared for, goes out into the mines driver. The water spots were extreme to the point that the window rubber gaskets would make scratchin noises when the window went down. I figured if the PG Coumpound was safe for the clearcoat, if wouldn't hurt the glass. Couldn't be more pleased with the result.

Don
 
i have the same problem with my parents '03 town&country. if it gets hit with the sprinklers everyday, the water spots are probably very deep by now(as mine are) the only way to really get them out is a heavy cut polish or compound with a rotary, it doesnt sound like the best solution but for most cars like that, its the only solution.
 
Hmmm, I wonder if the Menz FP would remove water spots on the glass...
 
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