If you have water spots on glass

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Just get a bottle ceriglass. Stuff is awesome. Ill try to put some pics up later.:xyxthumbs::xyxthumbs::xyxthumbs:
 
Is this any different than using a medium cutting polish on glass instead?
 
I not sure, but I am sure there are other products that work the same, i just happened to received me ceriglass today and it worked to perfection.
 
Ceriglass works good for water spots with most foam pads on any tool or by hand.

Most of the other glass polishes work well too in the same manner. I'm including all of these in my Mini Boot Camp class at Detail Fest.

Diamondite Glasswork System Machine Application
CeriGlass
Griots Garage Glass Polish
Mothers Water Spot Remover
Glass Science Glass Scrub Auto Glass Stripper

By hand or with foam pads on DA Polishers.

If you want to remove scratches, which means you MUST physically abrade the glass, be sure to use a product specifically formulated for use with a rotary buffer with glass polishing discs and most important... do a TEST SPOT before buffing out a huge section of windshield.

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There's a thread on MOL that dates back to 2004 or 2006 where I share what I used while I lived in Oregon. It's in the Hot Topics forum, (I think), and has the words deep cleaning in the title.

Lots of water spots on glass in Oregon... I had lots of practice machine polishing glass...


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I had some water spots on my windshied that were driving me nuts. I tried everything that I had, using alot of elbow grease, and nothing. So the other day I was driving by the dealership where I bought the car and decided to stop. I was directed to go see their Head Detailer. He came out and I told him about the water spot problem. He took one look at it turned and went into his cabinet and came back with #0000 steel wool and a lubricating spray. He sprayed some on the wool and a little on the glass then laid the wool flat in his palm and held it flat againist the windshield and litely wiped it in a back and forth motion a few times and the spots were gone. I have inspected it very closely and I could not see any fine scratches at all. It worked like a charm. The only thing though you must be careful of the fine pieces of steel wool that break of the pad. If you do this on the interior you should put down some towels to catch any broken pieces of wool that fall off. Bottom line is that I've finally gotten rid of those water spots that have been pestering me since I bought the car.
 
While #000 Steel Wool and #0000 Steel Wool might work, I've seen a lot of scratched windshields in my life from what looks like scrubbing with steel wool. Maybe each time it was from the coarser grades or something else but for some reason, the idea of scrubbing steel against glass has never appealed to me.

If you decide to use steel wool, be sure to test first.

I still think even if it does work and it is safe, you'll get a shinier final finish on the glass using a cream or lotion type product by machine.


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How do you get water spots on your interior windows? I'm with Mike, I have seen fine micro scratches from using 0000 steel wool on glass. Certain light angles will show these fine micro scratches.
BWG707 said:
I had some water spots on my windshied that were driving me nuts. I tried everything that I had, using alot of elbow grease, and nothing. So the other day I was driving by the dealership where I bought the car and decided to stop. I was directed to go see their Head Detailer. He came out and I told him about the water spot problem. He took one look at it turned and went into his cabinet and came back with #0000 steel wool and a lubricating spray. He sprayed some on the wool and a little on the glass then laid the wool flat in his palm and held it flat againist the windshield and litely wiped it in a back and forth motion a few times and the spots were gone. I have inspected it very closely and I could not see any fine scratches at all. It worked like a charm. The only thing though you must be careful of the fine pieces of steel wool that break of the pad. If you do this on the interior you should put down some towels to catch any broken pieces of wool that fall off. Bottom line is that I've finally gotten rid of those water spots that have been pestering me since I bought the car.
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Ceri Glass is a great product, I love it. I am looking to try out some of the Mother's product because I can get it locally.
 
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
While #000 Steel Wool and #0000 Steel Wool might work, I've seen a lot of scratched windshields in my life from what looks like scrubbing with steel wool. Maybe each time it was from the coarser grades or something else but for some reason, the idea of scrubbing steel against glass has never appealed to me.

If you decide to use steel wool, be sure to test first.

I still think even if it does work and it is safe, you'll get a shinier final finish on the glass using a cream or lotion type product by machine.


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I understand what your saying, and I've read about steel wool leaving micro scratches. Evidentally by using a good lubricant and wipeing back and forth gently it can be done without leaving evident scratches. I have used various lights and have been constantly looking for scratches in different lighting, indoors and outdoors and I have still yet to find any scratshes at all. Maybe a microscope is needed. Another thing the water spots were located on the interior at the very top of the windshield behind the rear view mirror so a machine would have been out of the question. And the spots were all in a very small area. With that being said I am definitely not going to make this a commom practice. But if I have similar problems and circumstances I would do it again.
 
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