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Jul 21, 2008 | 06:41 PM

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water spotted glass?

Im trying to clean my car up so when I take some pictures of it when the wheels come in on thursday. The paint is not perfect, but I probably put more miles on my car weekly than most of you do in a year.

My problem is the outside of my glass seems to be water spotted. No matter what I use to clean them it is always there. Is there anything that anyone knows of to get rid of it? Is there some kind of glass polish? Thanks for any help

Jul 21, 2008 | 06:46 PM

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try steel wool

Jul 21, 2008 | 06:56 PM

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Jul 21, 2008 | 06:56 PM

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I know i cant use just strait steel wool, so what kind of compound do I use with it? Is there a glass polishing compound or something like that? Or will metal polish work?

Jul 21, 2008 | 06:58 PM

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A little yellow bottle called Spot-X does the trick, though its quite a bit of work. You use it on the yellow/green sponge, on the rougher green side.

Jul 21, 2008 | 06:59 PM

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I use a 50/50 combination of distilled water and white vinegar with a wadded up newspaper. If that doesn't work, I substitute 0000 steel wool (available at any hardware store) for the newspaper.

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Jul 21, 2008 | 07:33 PM

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Thanks guys ill try a couple different things tomorrow. It was supposed to rain today, so I didn't wash the car. I knew as soon as I got done the bottom would fall out.

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Jul 22, 2008 | 05:07 PM

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damn i have the same prob ima try some of these... because everytime i try to use rainx it just makes it 10 times worse!

Jul 22, 2008 | 05:20 PM

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Zaino glass polish works well on my car.

Jul 22, 2008 | 06:15 PM

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My windows were absolutely horrendous i tried many methods, and the one that worked was using 0000 Steel wool with Bruces GSR water spot remover. Just make sure you have a lot of water around to make sure it doesn't stay on your paint.