water spots

**pgp** · 08-31-2017, 03:32 PM

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.

**pgp** · 09-01-2017, 07:38 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.

**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

Originally Posted by pgp

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.