Window water spots = new purchase?

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I am curious to know if I can use my current equipment to try to get water spots out of my glass. I have seen a few glass polish products and kits such as this Glass Repair Kit but I am reluctant to purchase even more stuff plus a rotary buffer (the kit suggestion).

I currently have the old staples M105/M205 along with some Menzerna Super Heavy Cut 300, FG400, and FF3500. I have an assortment of Lake Country foam pads as well as a few microfiber cutting pads ranging from 3" to 6". Would I be wasting my time trying to remove the water spots with my current arsenal?
 
Never tried to remove them with M105 but I would imagine it would do it without much issue.
 
You can usually get water spots off of glass with a heavy cutting compound and a decently firm foam pad. Ceriglass and rayon pads from the kit you linked would make it a faster process; however, you can still remove them just fine with "normal" paint polishing tools.
 
When I got my new truck the windows had some sort of water/maybe oil staining on them that would not come off. It was really noticeable when you use glass cleaner on them. I am not sure if this is what you have but a white hybrid pad on a Flex 3401 and McKee's Fast Polish made quick work of it.
 
Thanks for the replies! I will try to get a picture of my issue. It seems to be old water spots. I bought the truck last year and it's a 2011 Silverado.
 
Megs UC works very well on glass. Use a beat up 4" orange light cutting pad and it won't take long at all. I'm pretty sure that UC has some added paint cleanser in it compared to M105. I've completely lost interest in using M105 anymore.

Klasse AIO also works great on topical glass water spots.
 
I have been using Megs UC with a cutting pad as well. It was able to get some severe water spots off of the glass on my Tahoe, it just took some time. I recently switched to Ceriglass and rayon pads just for the speed and better ability to polish out wiper tacks. If all you want to do remove hardened surface contaminates, clay and compound will work.
 
I just did a job on a car that had really bad water spots on the glass. I figured I was going to have to take the rotary to them. Then I remembered that I won a glass package over on autopia a while ago that included Wolfgang glass polish.

This stuff is amazing! I have tried a lot of water spot glass products over the years, and have always ended up going back to the rotary to do the job. The Wolfgang required a little elbow grease, but made quick work of the water spots. Left the glass looking brand new.

I am going to post a review with pics soon.
 
Here's a pic I took today. The spots aren't in focus but you can see them nonetheless.
 
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