Dried water spots
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Dried water spots
So when i was off to college, my car sat on the driveway getting hit by the sprinklers on some weeks and now i cannot get it off of my drivers side window and the right side of my windshield. Any suggestions to get it off?? I've tried the regular wash, rain x and white vinegar. White vinegar worked the best but there its still there, just not as noticeable now from a distance.
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do you use those microfiber towels? the ones that you're suppose to " be able to wash with out water" lol which i'd never do but you can.. I use this to clean my windows and it does a great job with a little windex / rain x spray it on there rub it in and try to clean it up and then flip it over and use the dry side to get any scum stuck on there and to dry up any remaining streaks.. Though I do still have water spots on my roof from when the tint guy put tint on my car.. i have no clue how that happened I think its the glue from the tint he sprinkled on the inside or something..
Try one of them microfibers
Try one of them microfibers
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So when i was off to college, my car sat on the driveway getting hit by the sprinklers on some weeks and now i cannot get it off of my drivers side window and the right side of my windshield. Any suggestions to get it off?? I've tried the regular wash, rain x and white vinegar. White vinegar worked the best but there its still there, just not as noticeable now from a distance.
Beyond that, you can resort to polishing your glass using a glass polish or light abrasive polish you'd use for your paint.
Hopefully one of those solutions does the trick for you.
Good luck,
George
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don't use rain-x that's for sure
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Basically what the vinegar does is help remove mineral deposits remaining on the glass (or paint). If the water spots have etched into glass (or paint) then vinegar won't do much on those and you have to resort to abrasive polishes to level the etching.
Hope this helps,
George
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Vinegar would remove coatings of protection if you had them on the glass.
Basically what the vinegar does is help remove mineral deposits remaining on the glass (or paint). If the water spots have etched into glass (or paint) then vinegar won't do much on those and you have to resort to abrasive polishes to level the etching.
Hope this helps,
George
Basically what the vinegar does is help remove mineral deposits remaining on the glass (or paint). If the water spots have etched into glass (or paint) then vinegar won't do much on those and you have to resort to abrasive polishes to level the etching.
Hope this helps,
George
thanks for the tips, i think they might have etched onto the window. Pretty much the whole year i was a college, my car was home outside sometimes on the driveway getting hit by the sprinklers, so they have been there for some time and i saw this once college was done. And i washed the car probably like 3 times when i came back home over the whole year at college. so im sure they had a long time to dry. Ahh wish my parents would have washed it every now and then
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I'm gonna say it sounds like you are not gonna be happy my friend. I just worked on a cars glass for several hours the other day that had horrible water spots all over the glass. I tried the vinegar, Wolfgang paint cleaner, M105 and SIP. The SIP (Menzerna Super Intensive Polish) actually worked the best and removed almost all of it (using a rotary polisher) but boy did it take awhile. You should try the steel wool and then go for some compounding polishes. GOOD LUCK!
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well i got soap water and some kind of brush type of thing. And taht seemed to do the trick, while 100% of it is not gone i would say its like 80%. I would have done more but i thought it was all clean. Hopefully i can get the rest off later
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Vinegar would remove coatings of protection if you had them on the glass.
Basically what the vinegar does is help remove mineral deposits remaining on the glass (or paint). If the water spots have etched into glass (or paint) then vinegar won't do much on those and you have to resort to abrasive polishes to level the etching.
Hope this helps,
George
Basically what the vinegar does is help remove mineral deposits remaining on the glass (or paint). If the water spots have etched into glass (or paint) then vinegar won't do much on those and you have to resort to abrasive polishes to level the etching.
Hope this helps,
George
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