Water spot advice

Cruzscarwash

Cruzscarwash

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Here's what I have booked for this weekend.

I have a 6 and 3 inch griots DA polishers
m105 compound
m4 compound
CM yellow pads
DA MF cutting pads

What would he best to get all these years of etching water spots off?
 
I'd start with seeing if a vinegar solution would remove some of it before you start polishing.
 
Try vinegar mixed with water 50/50

1. Wash the Car

2. Mist it on

3. Massage with a soft sponge

4. Rinse off
 
Hard to tell from pic,car looks dirty if not and those are spots like that I don't think vinegar will help,if it deos your in good shape better than trying to polish all of that off good luck and report back if need more advice.
 
No, that's not dirt its all water spots, water and vinegar did nothing I even used a water spot remover spray and still nothing, I've tried the m105 and yellow foam pad and it really didn't do much. I'm trying to avoid wetsand if at all possible.
 
Surprised the M105/Yellow Pad didn't make a dent

What polisher, machine speed, downward pressure, number of passes, arm speed were you using?
 
6 inch, speed of 5, 5 passes, arm speed slow, pressure 25% of 100
 
Are you sure they are Water spots

Cruzscarwash said:
No, that's not dirt its all water spots, water and vinegar did nothing I even used a water spot remover spray and still nothing, I've tried the m105 and yellow foam pad and it really didn't do much. I'm trying to avoid wetsand if at all possible.
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I've never seen water spots that tough. Are you sure it wasn't driven through or sprayed with something that resulted in damage like that?
 
Our area has hard water and then its average temps of over 95 degrees daily so when your car gets washed it bakes on fast. These is not even the worst I've seen around, I've seen some alot worst
 
Cruzscarwash said:
No, that's not dirt its all water spots, water and vinegar did nothing I even used a water spot remover spray and still nothing, I've tried the m105 and yellow foam pad and it really didn't do much. I'm trying to avoid wetsand if at all possible.
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Try a different water spot remover (MX7) and if that doesn't work, use a rotary and a wool pad.
 
Re: Are you sure they are Water spots

pdqgp said:
I've never seen water spots that tough. Are you sure it wasn't driven through or sprayed with something that resulted in damage like that?
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That's nuts! Not surprised (although disappointed) to hear that the vinegar was ineffective...I can honestly say that I haven't seen anything like that.
 
Cruzscarwash said:
No, that's not dirt its all water spots, water and vinegar did nothing I even used a water spot remover spray and still nothing, I've tried the m105 and yellow foam pad and it really didn't do much. I'm trying to avoid wetsand if at all possible.
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Vinegar is a pretty weak acid. What water spot remover did you use?
 
I had a black Tahoe that came in having bad water spots and vinegar and CLR didn't make a dent. I just went for it and used a 3000 grit sandpaper for wet sanding the used a heavy compound with a microfiber pad. To finish I polished it then applied a wax. That was the only solution for the water spots. Not sure if yours is that bad but I hope this helps some.
 
That's looking like the only solution, did you hand sand or use disks on DA?
 
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