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I have some water spots on the hood. I have Megs Ult. polish and BF GEP. I am guessing BF GEP won`t take them out. I am going to try these by hand. Do you think either one will work? The Megs polish came with a pad, I don`t think I ever used it. I am going to do a final with BF paint protection.
nickclark08
08-31-2017, 06:17 PM
You might consider Poorboys - I believe they have a non-abrasive polish that has worked for other members here for waterspots (Pro Polish?). Hopefully Poorboys sees this thread, or Ron or Brandt (512detail)
Ronkh
08-31-2017, 06:32 PM
Try pro polish (non abrasive) chem cleaner pad dependant.
GearHead_1
08-31-2017, 06:35 PM
I guess that I 3rd the Pro Polish recommendation. Why remove your actual finish if you can chemically remove water spots?
Mike lambert
08-31-2017, 06:41 PM
Do yourself a favor and after polishing sit it in the sun and make sure they don`t come back. You may have to repeat the process.
Accumulator
09-01-2017, 01:23 PM
The BF GEP, which I probably like better than anything else they make, is basically/functionally nonabrasive and has pretty minimal cleaning ability IME. So no big surprise that it didn`t work for this one IMO.
What kind of "water spots" are these? Mineral deposits? Etching? Combination of the two?
Hope it`s not something like the Memphis Municipal Water that etched portions of my wife`s A8 so badly that it can never be fixed....and did so right through a fresh coat of M16.
I hope to try to work on it this weekend. I think they are rain spots. We have had a lot of showers lately. The car sits out 24/7 so I can`t do much to keep it from happening. I did apply Wolfgang DG paint sealant 3.0 this spring which did not seem to hold up as well as I liked. I have to look at my stash of stuff to see what else I have to remove the spots.
Accumulator
09-02-2017, 12:55 PM
pgp- Not to belabor the point, but "rain spots" still make me wonder whether it`s:
-etching having "eaten away" some of the clear
-deposits having been left on top of the clear
-combo of the two
I`d take a look under magnification first, but then I almost always do that for anything.
Rsurfer
09-02-2017, 03:37 PM
I hope to try to work on it this weekend. I think they are rain spots. We have had a lot of showers lately. The car sits out 24/7 so I can`t do much to keep it from happening. I did apply Wolfgang DG paint sealant 3.0 this spring which did not seem to hold up as well as I liked. I have to look at my stash of stuff to see what else I have to remove the spots.
Do yourself a favor and get some MX7 Water Spot Remover.