HELP! Water spots won't go away!
 

Dear fellow Z lovers,

I don't know what was in the sprinklers that I parked next to, but the water spots they left overnight will not come off! Next morning, I tried removing the water spots, but NOTHING will get them out! I tried windex, stoner, vinegar, alcohol, nail polish remover, some other crazy sh*t, etc. NOTHING works! Is there anything else I can use, or is a professional detailer my last resort? Any help will be GREATLY appreciated!

Sam.

you need to use a semi aggressive polish now. the contaminated water has eaten into your clear coat. a swirl remover type polish should work. i suggest doing this: claybar the surface, then use a good paint cleaner, then a(swirl remover type)polsh & finally a good coat or two of some good wax to prevent this from happening in the future. i recommend just about all/any Mothers or Meguiers products for the task. they are all affordable & found at just about all auto parts houses as well as doing a very good job. there are certainly better more expensive products but that depends on you. im no professional but i have recently used this method with amaizing results......good luck!

I am so sorry for not mentioning this before, but the water spots are on my WINDOWS. Luckily, i got the spots off the paint, but the spots on the windows will not come off. Thanks for the detailed reply though. Any suggestions for the windows?

Sam.

Is it a 350z?

Have you tried a claybar? It might help.

There is a polish made especially for glass that works wonders. The stuff I have is called BioClean Hard Water Stain Remover. I got it from a local glass/windshield shop years ago for my Maxima. Made it's 10 year old windows look and feel like new. Warning, it does take some elbow-grease to polish all the windows.

claybar and vinegar are two really great ways to get rid of nasty water spots

Thanks for all your input guys. Im gonna go buy a clay bar and some of that window polish along with some #0000 steel wool tomorrow... and along the way, I'm gonna finally pick up my VOLK SF Challenges tomorrow! I'll post up pics once I get them on.

Sam.

I wouldn't recommend steel wool on your glass. Even 0000 might scratch it. Stick with a polish made for glass and apply it per the instructions (damp cloth or foam pad, etc.).

Zaino Z-12 Glass Polish is all you need, BTW, many sprinkler systems have liquid fertilizer added to them which is death to paint or glass................

just to note, the #0000 steel wool will not harm your glass ive used it for years to get perfectly looking clean windows with no harsh results. i actually got the idea from a bodyshop years ago.........im sure the recommended polishes for windows are better though..........

-justin