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Old Dec 20, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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Angry HELP!!! I'm seeing spots!!!

Even after repeated thorough washings, my car is still covered with what appear to be waterspots, but they will not go away. I'm thinking it is tree sap, because the previous owner parked it under a tree often. Is there anything that will remove this without transforiming my car from red to silver and then Ferrous Oxide Metallic? I have even tried TB cleaner on a small area of glass to no effect.
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Old Dec 20, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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Old Dec 20, 2007 | 10:01 PM
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Old Dec 20, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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50/50 mix of water and vinegar works wonders on water spots from sprinklers. It will strip the wax off too so ya gotta rewax
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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by intense3123
50/50 mix of water and vinegar works wonders on water spots from sprinklers. It will strip the wax off too so ya gotta rewax
Hence the reason you claybar

Vinegar (and stuff like Dawn dishwashing soap) tend to be abrassive to the clearcoat so this is why I would just claybar it.
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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by anti-riceZ28
Even after repeated thorough washings, my car is still covered with what appear to be waterspots, but they will not go away. I'm thinking it is tree sap, because the previous owner parked it under a tree often. Is there anything that will remove this without transforiming my car from red to silver and then Ferrous Oxide Metallic? I have even tried TB cleaner on a small area of glass to no effect.
Try the distilled white vinegar. I just used it on my daily driver . It is always parked by the sprinklers and over the months the water spots have been impossible to remove. It is the mineral content in the water. I tried to clay bar first and it would not come out. It will not harm the paint. It may take a few passes but it will work.

Rewax area when done.
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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 02:28 PM
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 01:21 AM
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its possible your local Water is "Hard" Containing Stuff that will Spot.

but claybar should work for you.
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Good luck i clayed it and it still remains. I have the spots on top of my spoiler. Any new tips? Not trying to jack your thread, but i have the same problem.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 10:31 AM
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 10:32 AM
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 10:22 PM
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Looks like it's time to invest in a claybar kit. Thanks for the help guys.
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you can never go wrong with the claybar... smooths things up reallll nice!!
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