Coating Safe fresh water spot removal?

Migue

Migue

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Is there a procedure/product that can do this without affecting the coating on the paint? Went out to give my car a rinseless this afternoon and saw it was covered in water spots on some areas ... dark orange residue water spots from driving past a neighborhood construction site`s dust/dirt cloud before a rainfalli think. I sprayed everything with Trix and gave the car a MF towel scrub wash and this helped getting rid of the more noticeable stuff, but when i look under lighting i can see some cloudiness and "rings" on those areas still.

I also tried some dilluted APC and nanoskin fine clay sponge but got nothing. These are a day or so old.

Only thing`s i `ve noticed are the 3D water spot gel and Carpro`s product, but i`m not sure if they`ll remove the coating.


Thoughts?
 
You could always try distilled vinegar as well until you get the product you decide to get. I`d consider Optimum MDR, CarPro over 3D eraser. I was unsuccessful using that. MDR and CarPro were designed for coatings. Ron and Mike won`t steer you wrong.
 
The Guz said:
You could always try distilled vinegar as well until you get the product you decide to get. I`d consider Optimum MDR, CarPro over 3D eraser. I was unsuccessful using that. MDR and CarPro were designed for coatings. Ron and Mike won`t steer you wrong.
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Disclaimer: I have it, haven`t tried it yet....
 
Have you tried washing the vehicle with CarPro Reset ?

It is all I have ever used on coated vehicles and especially my own, and it really works great to help remove gunk and get the coating really clean..
All other products seem to help embed their own stuff and keep existing gunk in the coatings, in my experiences...
Dan F
 
Thank you all for the good feedback.

I got a bottle of Carpro Spotless and will give that a try. I considered the white vinegar approach but read from different sources that it removes / diminishes the LSP so I don`t want to try that just yet.

Dan- will eventually add Reset to my arsenal ,that way I have more options to take care of coated vehicles. I honestly do not mind polishing the stuff out and reapplying, but this got me thinking ..."what if this was a client`s car,I can`t be polishing and reapplying coating each time a few day old water spots embed themselves,there`s gotta be a more efficient way".

Any other approaches that anyone has tried with success feel free to throw them in here.
 
Need to clear up my statement that I hadn`t used it yet. I have the new Overcoat in my arsenal, but am still using the left over old Overcoat I have on hand.
 
No worries Ron, if Spotless doesn`t work I`m not going to blame anyone here. I know there are different types of water spots and that`s why I asked for many suggestions and ideas, that way in can have a list of things to try before polishing them off.
 
Migue said:
No worries Ron, if Spotless doesn`t work I`m not going to blame anyone here. I know there are different types of water spots and that`s why I asked for many suggestions and ideas, that way in can have a list of things to try before polishing them off.
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Read reviews on spotless. If I remember correctly some really good people had problems with it.
 
Saw the ones regarding glass that needed a follow up cleaning with different product . I`ll take baby steps with it and see how it works.
 
I think any of the WSR`s should be safe for coatings...if not you need a new coating ;).

I`ve had good results with the Chemical Guys stuff on a few Opti-Coated cars that got hammered by sprinklers. Unfortunately it`s out of stock everywhere and unknown when or if it will be back. Spotless has worked well so far and if you follow the directions there should be no issues. I haven`t tried any of the other ones but I have a client with a Tesla that got hit by the sprinkler at a hotel when he was taking a long road trip. He tried Spotless with no luck so he`ll be coming back in eventually. I`ll order a few others to have on hand when that time comes.
 
I used Carpro`s Spotless on a two year old PBL v1 coating that had water spots in it, came right out- coating still appeared in tack to me
 
RaskyR1 said:
I think any of the WSR`s should be safe for coatings...if not you need a new coating ;).

I`ve had good results with the Chemical Guys stuff on a few Opti-Coated cars that got hammered by sprinklers. Unfortunately it`s out of stock everywhere and unknown when or if it will be back. Spotless has worked well so far and if you follow the directions there should be no issues. I haven`t tried any of the other ones but I have a client with a Tesla that got hit by the sprinkler at a hotel when he was taking a long road trip. He tried Spotless with no luck so he`ll be coming back in eventually. I`ll order a few others to have on hand when that time comes.
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So what is your approach when a client (like this Tesla) has a vehicle where the spots won`t come off the coating ? Do you polish and re coat free of charge or do they pay for the work?
 
Migue said:
So what is your approach when a client (like this Tesla) has a vehicle where the spots won`t come off the coating ? Do you polish and re coat free of charge or do they pay for the work?
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Well it`s on them if the car gets hit by the sprinkler so I will charge them but it likely won`t be my normal rate, especially when they live 4 hours away. The issue for me is that I`m booked out until November 18-20. So basically they would have to wait until then otherwise I`d have to have them leave it with me for a few days and work on it during the week or I`d have to take time off from my normal job. Sucks being part time for things like this. If hey lived closer it would be easier but I don`t want to make him wait until November and I could tell they didn`t want to wait until then too. :/
 
RaskyR1 said:
Well it`s on them if the car gets hit by the sprinkler so I will charge them but it likely won`t be my normal rate, especially when they live 4 hours away. The issue for me is that I`m booked out until November 18-20. So basically they would have to wait until then otherwise I`d have to have them leave it with me for a few days and work on it during the week or I`d have to take time off from my normal job. Sucks being part time for things like this. If hey lived closer it would be easier but I don`t want to make him wait until November and I could tell they didn`t want to wait until then too. :/
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Yeah I see your point and it is tricky with the scheduling. I wonder if anyone has ever had a client complain(upset) against water spots not being able to be removed on a coating by stating that the coating was supposed to resist these things from staying/sticking and what not... that`s what I`m pretty curious about as well. For all the extra "trouble" one could spend applying a coating, and then not being able to remove water spots from it without removing the coating itself, I wonder if it`s really worthit in the customer`s eyes in the end vs just paying for a sealant. What does everyone think? Especially if anyone here has had to deal with an unhappy customer whose had water spot issues on their coating .
 
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