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Old 02-11-2014, 02:19 PM
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So just a lil background history of my car. The previous owner let the car sit for more than 3 years in the sun and weather. Well after I got the car and have had it for about 9 month I have washed this car many times. Well the water spots never came off until now. What I had to do was polish all of the windows including the windshield with a Mothers Mini Powerball and Mothers water spot removal. It took some times and effort but the work is worth it. There is still some etching but 99% better. Here are the before and after pictures and a whole Car.






Yes I know it needs tint. That is coming next.
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Very nice definetly a pain in the *** to get spots like that gone
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Yes it took a while. My arms hurt the next day.
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So just a lil background history of my car. The previous owner let the car sit for more than 3 years in the sun and weather. Well after I got the car and have had it for about 9 month I have washed this car many times. Well the water spots never came off until now. What I had to do was polish all of the windows including the windshield with a Mothers Mini Powerball and Mothers water spot removal. It took some times and effort but the work is worth it. There is still some etching but 99% better. Here are the before and after pictures and a whole Car.






Yes I know it needs tint. That is coming next.
Nice to see another arctic white camaro with black top!
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That's the only way they should have made them. Lol.
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Nice job. I polished the glass on my camaro with a porter cable and a 4 inch polishing pad. I used Mothers California Gold Water Spot Remover for Glasswhich worked really well.
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Yea I wish I had a porter cable polisher.
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Yea I wish I had a porter cable polisher.
LOL No joke. I used glass stove cleaner and #0000 steel wool, and A Lot of elbow grease.
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Fine steel wool is awesome. We use it it was get any over spray on the windows. Also a buffer with some compound is great. Plus it acts like rainex on the windows. But do NOT use steel wool on the side mirrors lol. The new guy made a rookie mistake.
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I never thought about using steel wool. To late now cause i don't plan on it getting that bad as long as i own the car. LOL about the mirrors. Did yall have to pay for the damages. When I was in high school I worked at autozone and one of the ladies that worked there sold a guy aircraft paint remover for over spray on his hood. LOL Needless to say that guy was P*****. But seriously read the directions. LOL



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