Cannot get this off. Any suggestions welcomed

[AtomicKoalaJelly]

maybe try some steel wool on a spot on the glass

This is not a serious suggestion is it? Why? Please explain what you think the outcome would be?

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[Brian_B]

This is not a serious suggestion is it? Why? Please explain what you think the outcome would be?

0000 wool is a decent suggestion - go look it up, it’s good stuff for polishing

 

[CalvinT]

This is not a serious suggestion is it? Why? Please explain what you think the outcome would be?

I was doubtful when I first heard of it too. But it works, as long as it's 0000 steel wool.

 

[danno4x4]

I’ve had good luck with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser along with distilled water for crystal clear glass (similar to the 0000 steel wool, glass only)

You can also try the Eraser with vinegar but I’d be cautious about leaving the vinegar without rinsing.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

This is not a serious suggestion is it? Why? Please explain what you think the outcome would be?

I recently heard it referred to as "An old timers trick"

We used steel wool to remove hard water spots from glass all the time when I was a kid.
I'm 55.

Another old trick along the same lines, use an SOS pad to polish up chromed steel, especially if it starts to show rust.

Newspaper to clean the glass is another. Use your normal window cleaner, but instead of paper towels etc ...

 

[CalvinT]

Newspaper to clean the glass is another. Use your normal window cleaner, but instead of paper towels etc ...

We used newspaper to clean windows when I was a kid. At the time cheaper than paper towels.

 

[AZCoyote]

We used newspaper to clean windows when I was a kid. At the time cheaper than paper towels.

Better too due to the paper itself. Less steaks by far. Did the same.

 

[Bschurr]

@AZCoyote try using an inline water filter attached to your hose when you rinse your vehicle after washing - works great to provide a spotless final product @ makes drying a snap! YMMV

https://a.co/d/fNSWYq8

 

[Danielsand]

I'll offer you my professional advice. Lived in Scottsdale for 10 years and had two full-service carwashes (with full-service detail shops) for 10 years in SoCal. (just to qualify where my advice is coming from).

Water spots on the glass are fairly easy. As few other posters said, steel wool (the finest kind, like "0000") works well, but the process can be sped up with 50/50 solution of WHITE (do not use red!) vinegar and distilled water (by spraying it on the glass in the light mist and rubbing the glass with steel wool, followed by dry microfiber towel).

Water spots on paint are a little more work. Vinegar/water solution works here as well, but instead of the steel wool, use a stiff sponge (obviously NOT the green/yellow Scotch Brite....but I had few "geniuses" that brought their cars to my detail shop AFTER they tried their DIY with those!).

Go SLOW with vinegar/water/sponge (2 sqf at the time). Once you got all the paint done, take Mcquire's "Quick Detailer" spray, and do the same thing (2sqf at the time) spraying, and rubbing with a clay bar (yellow). Make sure you do this in the shade (garage). Spray 2sqf, spray the clay bar in your hand, and in CIRCULAR motion rub every square inch of the paint, finishing with a microfiber towel. As the clay bar gets dirty, keep turning it to use the clean spot, and "kneading" it like a playdough. Once the paint is all free of deposits, use the wax of your choice with orbital polisher, and you're done. No need for rubbing compound, unless you want to remove light clearcoat scratches/pinstripes, in which case you would use the rubbing compound after the clay treatment and before the wax.

Now you know why my shops charged $150 per car 15 years ago. Depending on the extent of the damage (in Cali, it comes from sprinklers, usually in front of offices, commercial buildings and such), this process takes about two men hours. IF the water spots are left on the paint for a long time, they WILL etch the clearcoat (they are corrosive). Take them off ASAP when you notice this damage.

 

[23OBX2.7]

Also have very hard water: clay bar is great

Vinegar works well when can soak for 20 min but would have to soak a towel and let sit on class.

Rotary cut polish works.

 

[amurphy9276]

So I went out for a run in the desert after the monsoon and got pretty dirty. Washed up and this is what am left with. Cannot tell if I drove through something nasty that got dumped out there or maybe is just grime trapped by my cleaning products? I didn’t do windows with anything so I think it’s A not B.

anyone have suggestions on removal? I’m thinking I’m to a buffing compound and electric buffer to get this gone. Hand and power washes don’t do it. It looks clean until it dries and looks like this.

This is what I use. With an applicator.put it on amd buff it off. You can pick it up at Walmart.

 

[F-Spot]

We used newspaper to clean windows when I was a kid. At the time cheaper than paper towels.

I remember using newspaper and peanut butter to refurbish the soft top window panels when I used to have a YJ back in the early 90's.

 

[23OBX2.7]

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   This is what I use. With an applicator.put it on amd buff it off. You can pick it up at Walmart.

   I'm going to look for that great tip!!!

 

[ezapar 2]

maybe try some steel wool on a spot on the glass

Yeah, #0000

 

[23OBX2.7]

Used to use that 0000 steel wool for all chrome and glass it's great!​

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