After reading up on several post where people had trouble w water spots, I decided to try it out and see for yourself, my results!

Before:


After:



Before:


After:


The only products I needed plus only a few minutes:


Here's a picture after it's all said and done:


Let me know what you think. This was seriously easy and only spent 3.50 on the vinegar. Have fun guys and post your results too!!

 

Looks great!

 

how much did you dilute it?

 

That does look good!! Congrats on the successful cleanup.

 

I figured I'd take a chance on my SB and put it straight distilled vinegar. Those water spots were tough trying to get out with NXT speed detailer and claybar. No success for both. Vinegar took it out within seconds with no pressure or sweat at all.

Thanks for the compliments!

 

+1

 

Wow that looks great. So you washed the car and put straight vinegar on it and rubbed it till the water spots went away? Do you wax after that? And wouldnt your car smell after words?

 

Yes, wash and completely dry the car. I was able to see all my spots in the sun but I worked in the garage, in a cool shaded area. I used a 100% terry cloth towel and dampened the cloth with vinegar and gently wiped it across one panel at a time. No pressure or force is needed to take out the spots. Do it like you're cleaning your windows. I used a microfiber towel to clean up the remaining streaks of vinegar and polish/wax the car afterwards and it won't smell bad afterwards

 

When do you apply the beer?

 

Prolly applyed approx. 10 to himself after.

 

although I've heard of vinegar on glass....vinergar on paint can't be good...it is after all an acid...results maybe be nice because you basically melted/stripped a layer of clear coat to reveal a cleaner layer...but paint & clear only go down so far until you hit metal... I woudn't recommend this method...but hey that's just my two cents

 

Just curious if you read about this on some other forum or where you got the information to do this. My gf's Z is sb as well and has a ton of water spots anyone recomment another method to do the same thing?

 

True that vinegar is an acid, a very mild one though. It IS the recommended fix for water spots that will not wipe off with a spray detailer or wash away in a normal car washing.

Please visit Autopia.org and do a search. You will see that the professional detailers all recommend and use the white vinegar trick regularly.

Autopia.org for detailers is the equivalent of MY350Z.com for us Z enthusiasts.

 

Here's one of the posts I have read in the past:
https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....hlight=vinegar

Here's another of an Acura TL forum:
http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82327

And one more from a quick yahoo search:
http://www.nacarcare.com/inf-swirls.html

 

ahem..I stand corrected...did a quick search on autopia....its there...

 

wow i would have never thought of this..

 

Would this work on the headlights... I have some bad waterspots deep into my headlights from when it was on the car lot before i bought it... ive never have been able to wash them off. would this be safe??

 

I wonder if you can add the vinegar to the car soap, and if it would still take care of the water spots.

 

I wonder if I put Vinegar into a pot with soy sauce, garlic, and boil chicken in it for about 30 minutes I could make a filipino dish called Adobo?




Nice trick though, I'll be sure to try that on my girlfriends black celica.

 

It might work but not as good as full or half strength. You'd be diluting it so much that it would be too weak to really work well.