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water spots
How do I get those
water spots off my truck!! they are little water spots. i just got finished doing a full wash, meguiers #2 polish and gold class wax and they are still there. they are all over my truck and on my windows too. somebody please help me before it drives me insane.
01' black rcsb silverado 5.3/auto/3.73posi
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I dunno, but i use meguires soap when i wash mine. It does a good job cleaning it. You could also shammy the truck off when your done. I ususally get water spots on my windows no matter what. I usually just use windex or something to get them off.
Hope this helps later
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1 part vinegar to 10 parts water in a spray bottle and a 100% cotton towel
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I used swirl remover and lightly buffed them out of my paint.
For the windows, first clean them with a window cleaner. Then buff them with a fine wool pad then clean them again. SPOTLESS!! |
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Welcome to the water spot club!
I have the same problem with my truck. I have only successfully removed them on the windows. To remove the water spots from my windows I use rainx window polish as a lubricant & 0000 steel wool as the abrasive to polish the windows. After polishing I clean the windows with windex & apply rainx. Spots a-gone. As for the spots on the paint, I have not found anything as of yet to get rid of them. I have tried 3m swirl remover, maguirs polish, pure white vinegar with no success. The next thing I was going to try is Zaino but just haven't came off the $ to get it.
2000 Silverado Ex-cab, SB, 2wd, 5.3L w/ whipple sc@8psi, SMC alki-injection, BBK 80mm TB, Volant intake, Magnecor wires, nelson tune, ASM headers, Magnaflow 3" cat-back,4:10, Eaton posi, Flex-a-lite 282 Electric Fans, 34" radiator, billet main+overdrive servo, transgo sk, 275/60/16 toyo tires.
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Truckless :(
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You should probably purchase a professional swirl remover.
I forgot what grade grit mine is, but you can get a good size bottle at most paint shops, just start off slow with little pressure and youll be spotless. |
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Just Bump It
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how are you guys having probs with water spots. i wash my truck like once a month and wax it maybe twice a year and never have any probs with waterspots unless it rains.
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z-71rocks, I couldn't tell you how I am getting water spots & if I could, I wouldn't have them any more. Every car & truck I have ever owned has had them. I suspect it is from minerals in my well water but the spots appear to be etched into paint just like acid rain. I have always was my vehicles with car wash soap (like maguirs) & always dry my vehicles off with white towels.
2000 Silverado Ex-cab, SB, 2wd, 5.3L w/ whipple sc@8psi, SMC alki-injection, BBK 80mm TB, Volant intake, Magnecor wires, nelson tune, ASM headers, Magnaflow 3" cat-back,4:10, Eaton posi, Flex-a-lite 282 Electric Fans, 34" radiator, billet main+overdrive servo, transgo sk, 275/60/16 toyo tires.
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Try the clay bar from meguiars
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Quote:
Word that works for me especially on windows, just make sure you clean the surface good. |
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Just Bump It
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well i know when i first bought my truck i was getting water spots so i went and put about 4 coats of finish 2000 from turtle wax and then the next week washed it again and put a coat of turtle wax super hard shell and ever since i did this in august no more waterspots.
:edit: if you look at the pics in my sig you can see i have no waterspots at all on the paint. this is from drying with one bath towel too!
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3M Finesse It will remove the water spots.
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