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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 05:40 AM
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What removes water spots on black ? Thanks in advance
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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go get a clay kit and can of paste wax after you wash your car correctly.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 05:29 PM
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50/50 distilled water and white vinegar mix.

If you clay or use the vinegar/water mix, make sure you re-wax afterwards.


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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 05:32 PM
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claybar, but doesn't always work. some light buffing will remove it.

Porter Cable and a yellow megs pad with some megs #80 or #82 will do it.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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if water/vinegar doesn't work the paint is probably etched- step up to a PC with an orange pad and a polish such as Zaino ZPC or Tropicare Swirl cutter. If that doesn't work I'd suggest a compound and a wool pad by rotary.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 09:47 PM
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i would use the same pad with a rotary if the PC doesn't get it.

Going from a polishing pad on a PC to a wool pad on a rotary is a HUGE step up in cutting.

If the ssame pad doesn't work with the rotary, then step up to a wool pad. But I get the impression most of these methods are beyond what you were hoping for.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 10:16 PM
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I like to use Mothers Cleaner Wax... always works for me.
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honestly its going to depend on how bad they are. my buddies camaro was sitting next to some guys house and the guy turned his sprinkler on. well lets just say the water marks were so bad and into the paint that it took me 9/2 hourse just to wool pad the car, then i had to take swirl remover, and blackpad the car. so like 12 hours total. but if they arent eaten into the paint, all the other methods above would work.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by wannafbody
if water/vinegar doesn't work the paint is probably etched- step up to a PC with an orange pad and a polish such as Zaino ZPC or Tropicare Swirl cutter. If that doesn't work I'd suggest a compound and a wool pad by rotary.
+1. PC with orange pad and swirl cuter worked perfectly for me.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Fast_94_Z
honestly its going to depend on how bad they are. my buddies camaro was sitting next to some guys house and the guy turned his sprinkler on. well lets just say the water marks were so bad and into the paint that it took me 9/2 hourse just to wool pad the car, then i had to take swirl remover, and blackpad the car. so like 12 hours total. but if they arent eaten into the paint, all the other methods above would work.

man, sprinklers are the worst, my spinklers run off the creek in my backyard, they leave some really bad water spots, as long as you wash your car the same day I have not had a problem removing them
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 08:06 AM
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what about glass, thats the only place i have issues
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:47 AM
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Get a clay bar kit, My Brothers ML 55 had the worst Water spots ever
i Hit it with a clay bar kit and it worked out great check out the pics
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i just cant seem to get it off the glass for some reason its like i can never get the windows perfectly clean
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use an old claybar on the glass or a glass polish.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 06:32 PM
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yeah these work removed the same day, my buddy let them sit about a week and it was all sunny and hot so they just ate into the paint. i got like 95% out, it was just a lot of buffing and extremely time consuming.
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