Taking on harsh water spots on glass...

Clean Dean

Clean Dean

Keep it clean !!!
Here is an example of some very harsh water spots I encountered on a factory sunroof of a 1997 Mercedes Benz E300 TD. I tried a new approach to removing the spots, and it proved quite effective.



The spots were about 95% + removed in about 5 minutes. Sorry pics were not clearer, the weather was very overcast.



I used 00 steel wool with Flitz Polish. Yes, Flitz is commonly known as a metal polish but states that it is effective on all non-porous surfaces. Worked well in this instance and extremely fast !!!



BTW... Never use on aftermarket tinting !!! :angry



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I did this on my vehicle when I bought it for some VERY VERY etched in spots. Unfortunately I left marring with it too and only used #0000 Steel Wool.





Flitz is great though, I am still finding uses for it :).
 
I very afraid to put any steel wool on my windows. Glass is too hard to fixed when marred (for me). :(



Looks like it worked outstandingly for you :cool:
 
Hey Dean,



Thanks for the tip!



I use Meguiar's #4 Heavy Cut Cleaner and a W-4000 wool pad on the rotary (Mike Phillips told me about this tip! ). Works like a charm!! :bigups





Tim
 
GSRstilez said:
I did this on my vehicle when I bought it for some VERY VERY etched in spots. Unfortunately I left marring with it too and only used #0000 Steel Wool.





Flitz is great though, I am still finding uses for it :).
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:) I have been using bronze wool for about 10 years now to remove water spots. It will not mar the glass and will not leave the steel wool partcles. The steel wool particles, if you don't get rid of them will leave small rust stains. You can purchase it at bri wax-online. This was recommended to me by a friend who has a restoration/body shop that specializes in high end cars.
 
I had some bad water spots on my Jeep Rubicon's windows. Yesterday, I tried a glass polishing disk on speed 5 on my PC. First I used AutoGlym glass polish and it didn't work very well at removing the spots...then I tried Zaino Z12 glass polish, and it got off the water spots, but it left tiny microscratches that could be seen if examined in very bright sunshine. That sucks, so I won't be using that anymore. Good thing I just tested these products on my Jeep.



Then I came to a solution that will not scratch glass, and will get off the water spots. I used AIO on a foam pad on the PC at full speed. It takes longer, but the water spots are gone, and there are zero scratches. I also masked off the rubber trim around the windows so I could get all the way to the edges of the glass. Then I used isopropyl alchohol to wipe down all of the Rubicon's glass and remove the AIO, after which I applied Aquapel.
 
Why not save your money and use a white vinager/water mix. It will remove all water marks and etching. Ask any boat owner.
 
how exactly do you use vinegar with removing water spots? I tried distilled vinegar spayed onto the water spots and let it set about a minute.... didn't do a thing.
 
I used lots of water + vinegar on a piece of glass before and it didn't help at all with the water mark etchings.



This was a old fish tank though... but it's still water marks.
 
Glass is porous, nowhere near as much as paint but a little bit

I saw someone wet sand glass to remove water spots but instead left holograms on there

Had to machine buff it with glass restorer, diamondite and PB pro polish to fix
 
jetskie said:
Mothers Chrome polish works for me
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Anyone else use mother's like this? I have some laying around and would love to give this a try before buying a "glass" polish. What was your process and how were your results.
 
Mach30SiR said:
Anyone else use mother's like this? I have some laying around and would love to give this a try before buying a "glass" polish. What was your process and how were your results.
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Yes the scion tC I have has a few water stains on the roof
 
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