New car with water spots that wont come off

BrianMSmith

I have the same problem. It looks like hard water spots. I have not done anything yet, but I suppose I should take it to a detailer.

NXTAZEE

If left long enough water spots will etch into the clear coat. A light polish will usually remove them, I rarely need to use anything more abrasive than that. Juruki, you need to go back to the detailer and have them finish the job properly by polishing the mirrors. Fellas, don't confuse water spots with orange peel they are two entirely different things. Orange peel looks like the surface of an orange, very dimply and distorts reflection in the paint. Water spots are random whitish rings on the paint, if left too long they lose the whitish look and etch in. Keep a fresh coat of wax or sealant on your paint and you will not have this problem. I reseal my paint every 3rd wash and have 0 issues.

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resdm50

I have the same issue on my hood. I took it to a detailer and they made it a little better, but they said they couldn't do too much polishing as the paint on the hood was ridiculously thin. (This was the case with another 370 they detailed too).

Juruki

Never heard that before. I think most cars have the same thickness in the clearcoat? Not sure thou
thx for sharing

Billarf

For water spots on rear view mirrors and windows the product at the link below will remove them without a doubt. It is pricey but it does work.
I know a few detailers that swear by the stuff.

http://www.touchoforanges.com/clhawaspfrgl.html

Juruki

This is what im looking for! thx! its pricey so ill try different methods and will go for this one if everything else fails.

NXTAZEE

Yes they are all different. I look after a wide variety of cars and no two cars are a like. Not only do they have different thicknesses but they also have differences in hardness as well. Corvette's are among the hardest. I once polished two 2006 BMW 545i's, one black and the other silver. They were pretty close in thickness but the black had very soft clear and the silver one had very hard clear . It's just the way it is. Thats why it's very important to measure before doing any major correction work.

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