Help removing water hard spots

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AREITU

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I tried a search but couldn't find anything conclusive... in the second day of owning a car, a neighbor's sprinkler decided to leave a splatter of water all over the passenger side of the car. I haven't tried washing it off yet because I don't have 2 buckets and a mitt. I was thinking I could try wash and clay, but wanted to see what you guys thought first.



Are there any products you'd specifically recommend, preferably, something I could pick up at the local Autozone or wal-mart?
 
Try a mixture of 50/50 distilled vinegar and water, scratch Remover (meg's scratchX), or a pure polish (like Meg's DC1 or Mothers Pre Wax Cleaner). I have also seen Duragloss Water Spot Remover, available at Car Quest), work too (smells like vinegar but is a different kind of acid).
 
Water spots are from a hard water (alkali) residue left after the water evaporates. 50/50 vinegar/water mix & soft microfibre will fix this.
 
Does the vinegar strip the wax?



I have a terrible problem with hard water in my area. Seems like no matter what you do it leaves hard water spots.
 
Wash with strong mix of ONR followed by liberal wipe down and 10 minute soak with 50:50 mix of vinegar/water followed by clay bar followed by OPS worked on my gf's jet black bmw with 3 week old water stains from sprinklers. Polishing would have worked faster but I didn't have my PC with me.
 
Today, I went to jury duty, parked under a tree and came out to see tree sap dripped on the hood of the car. Three days into owning my first black car, and I'm learning that it loves to play dirty...



And advice on tree sap removal? :D



edsmed said:
Wash with strong mix of ONR followed by liberal wipe down and 10 minute soak with 50:50 mix of vinegar/water followed by clay bar followed by OPS worked on my gf's jet black bmw with 3 week old water stains from sprinklers. Polishing would have worked faster but I didn't have my PC with me.
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Forgive me , but what does ONR and OPS stand for?



Thanks for all the advice so far!
 
AREITU said:
Today, I went to jury duty, parked under a tree and came out to see tree sap dripped on the hood of the car. Three days into owning my first black car, and I'm learning that it loves to play dirty...



And advice on tree sap removal? :D







Forgive me , but what does ONR and OPS stand for?



Thanks for all the advice so far!
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There are a few methods to try. First try claying it. If it doesnt work, try fingernail polish remover on a cotton ball. After sap is gone, make a paste with water and baking soda and apply to area, then wax affected area. Another one, which is funny but works is buff with mayonaise. ONR is optimum no rinse and OPS is optimum poli-seal.
 
gators241987 said:
There are a few methods to try. First try claying it. If it doesnt work, try fingernail polish remover on a cotton ball. After sap is gone, make a paste with water and baking soda and apply to area, then wax affected area. Another one, which is funny but works is buff with mayonaise. ONR is optimum no rinse and OPS is optimum poli-seal.
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Thanks for the advice and the definitions of those terms.



With the soda paste, do I rub it in or just simply apply and rinse?
 
gators241987 said:
No problem, apply it and rinse.
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I tried washing, claying and putting baking soda paste on there, but the splatter pattern is there, and I think the terry towel I feel like I'm causing more damage than helping. I'll start a new thread in the appropriate area for this topic.
 
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