Water Spots....trying to stop them?

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imported_n1976jmk

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water spots..... trying to stop them before they come.......





Ok, the car is garaged but it is a daily driver.. i have no water spots right now either....





ok, if i leave in the morning and its raining and stops by noon and the car stays outside till i get home round 4pm and park it back in the garage... will the water spotted the car??? do i have to wash the car when i get it home or can i just leave it in the garage to air dry, or that will be creating water spots??? or if it is too cold to wash when i come home, garage not heated.....



help!!!



thanks



i have just spent about 10 hours on the finish the last 8 days and just picked up the car in January....... and have it close to where i want it and don't wanna lose it, its raining now till monday sometime here and not sure what to do when i take it to work tomorrow.....
 
There is no known way to avoid a water drop from drying on a paint surface and causing a 'water spot'( its actually the calcium that causes the spot not the water, but I digress) the only way to avoid this would be to remove the the cause (i.e. keeping the surafce covered i.e. a car cover or keep it in a garage)

JonM
 
I don't think it's the water itself which will cause the spot but rather what's in it (pollutants, car washing soap, chemicals added by the local water company to purifiy it) when it dries.



Case it point, I've hosed down my black audi (to remove road salt and dust) and not dried it and got no water spots.



Now add some car soap to the mix and wash the car in the sun and sure as heck I've got spots.



TOGWT is right, there is no known way to stop water from drying on the surface of anything except to cover the surface.



Car paint is meant to get wet with water. You just have to be careful what's in the water to avoid spots.
 
What I do to avoid water spotting is to dry it as soon as possible. The other night, right when I got home from work, after the car had been sitting out in the rain, I hit it with some QEW + Mothers in a sprayer (for the contaminants in the water) then dried it with my Viking Drying MF. Then I buffed with another clean MF.



The car was wet so there was a lot of water, and the Viking was barely dirty after the process. I made sure I checked periodically. And it took like 3-4 minutes.



I think S&W would be excellent for this job too, esp if the water starts to dry.
 
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