Well you have all probably seen quite a bit of threads started by me. I'm learning as I go. My question before I start buying a lot of products is what to use to get water spots out? I have a clay bar kit but from there what Should I use. I have started putting the car cover on the car at night so when the sprinklers come on I don't wake up to new water spots. Just frustrating to wash my car and wax it but still see water spots.

Elliott

 

I use a quick detailing spray to clean up any small water spots that I find on the car; however, I do blot dry the car with a waffle weave after a wash to prevent them from forming in the first place. I usually don't have too many after a wash (just a place or two I may have missed) and when I do happen to get them from other places - rain, sprinklers, etc., I'll always do a complete wash. So, I think detailing spray will take care of small amounts of normal water spots, if it's heavy water spots (like from rain), you're probably better off doing a complete wash and dry.
Also, this works with typical mineral deposits from hard water drying on the surface of the vehicle. Cars that have water stains require more work to really take care of.

 

I wash the car weekly and still have the spots after 3 weeks so I'm wondering what to use. I know some members said a polish but I'm also wondering which polish to get. Not so much the brand but for example the finishing polish or etc. This is where I'm lost and need some guidance from members.

 

You should be able to use a light to medium cut polish to remove water spots, depending on how bad they are. Since polishing cuts away some clear coat, use the least aggressive polish/pad combo first and then work your way toward a more aggressive combo if needed. I would start with a finishing polish and then determine if something more aggressive is needed.

Since you park by sprinklers covering your car is the best thing you can do (other than park somewhere else). Having a nice coat of wax/sealant will help somewhat. But if you let sprinkler water dry/bake in the sun, you will get water spots no matter what.

BTW, I detailed your car when Bryan still had it.

 

I looked at the picture before reading your post and thought for a second it was someone with an identical car to mine.LOL. Thanks for the advice and I think I'll go with adam's finishing polish then. I wanted to know what to get since I'm going to be ordering raggtopp for my new top (thanks to troy aka katchme808) and wanted to pay for it all together to include the shipping once. I do wax the car weekly but I'm using turtle wax Ice. I plan on changing it out once it is all gone.

The car has a decent scratch on the driver door from when I bought it. Would you be able to get the scratch out? I tried scratch x I believe it's called but the moment I saw a hint of red on the rag I pulled away. In other words I didn't even bother trying to get the scratch out.

 

LOL. if it's troy's OEM softtop, make sure you get raggtopp for vinyl. yeah stop using that wax and use a sealant like Menzerna Powerlock or Blackfire. Hard to say if I can get the scratch out, would be best if I take a look at it. Does your fingernail catch on the scratch?

 

Yea my nail does catch. You can see the white which I'm guessing is primer. How much do you charge for a detail. I'm more interested in having you maybe get the water spots out. Not real concern with the interior since I keep up with that.

 

Water spots are the bane of my S2K. The simple fact is, if you don't wash your car fairly soon after it has been hit by sprinkler water or even (as here in Roanoke) rainwater, you will end up with water spot etching. The only way to remove this etching is to remove a micro-thin layer of clearcoat, and this is done by polishing the car. For my car I have found it best to use my dual action polisher, polishing pad, and M105. Maybe you will have good luck with a less powerful polish (like Adam's finishing polish), but don't be surprised if you discover it's not strong enough.

I hate water spots!

 

M105 seems like a pretty agressive polish just for waterspots.

 

The nice thing about a non-diminishing abrasive like M105, or Ultimate Compound (which I prefer), is that you only have to work it as long as you need to work it. You don't have to worry about breaking down the abrasives. You just polish until the defect is removed ... and then you stop.

M205 will not remove the water spots I get on my car. It needs a stronger polish. It certainly needs something stronger than a "finishing polish." But that is just my experience with my S2K. YMMV.