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10-23-2006, 01:22 AM
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| | | How the hell do you remove baked on hard water marks ?
Before my Jag, I have an 1990 Acura legend. Unfortunately, its had the worse of car care as the townhouse we use to live in, I had to park the Acura outside (damn stupid no parkng in the visitor car park rule).
Anyway, as a consequence, the grass sprinklers inevitably left water marks on the right side of the car, particularly bad on the front passenger side window. Months of neglect meant that it is now "baked" on !
I've tried CLR, shower cleaners, WD-40 and a bunch of solvents and nothing would remove even one water mark from the window, you can see all the outlines of each drop of the hard water.
Does anyone have any idea on how I can remove it ?
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10-23-2006, 02:53 AM
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| | | I've removed some pretty stubborn water spots, both on the paint and on the windows, using SSR 2.5 and a PC. Nothing other than polishing worked for me. |
10-23-2006, 02:08 PM
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| | | Now that is something i have not tried.... thanks sevenrd !
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10-23-2006, 02:17 PM
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| | | Yea I have that problem with my windows thinking about using some polish to try and remove the hard water spots.............
Maybe some of our expers will chime in?? |
10-23-2006, 02:28 PM
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| | | AIO and #0000 steel wool will remove hard spots from glass. I had spots that were baked on for years (like areas where the wipers miss), was the only combo that worked. Everything else only worked if the spots were fresh i.e. a couple days. I've also used AIO and a custom 4" orange pad Edge made for me which helped to remove the easier spots quicker, and then folllow up with the steel wool and AIO for the tough ones.
I never tried a full polish or compound as I would be worried that the action of the PC and the abbrassives in the product could actually etch/scratch the glass. DP Glass restorer has some abrassive quality, and I have it and used it, but it didn't work.
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10-23-2006, 02:33 PM
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| | I have removed hard water spots from windows with DP high performance glass restorer.
This kit has everything you need. I would also get some Klasse AIO, and seal your windows with it. That should help removing future spots in case you park near a sprinkler. Remember though, it is the best to remove those spots as soon as you can.
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10-23-2006, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by supercharged I have removed hard water spots from windows with DP high performance glass restorer.
This kit has everything you need. I would also get some Klasse AIO, and seal your windows with it. That should help removing future spots in case you park near a sprinkler. Remember though, it is the best to remove those spots as soon as you can. | Weird, I know myself and other tried DP Glass Restorer and it didn't touch anything except for fresher spots that were a week or so old.
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10-23-2006, 05:02 PM
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| | I have also removed water spots form glass with Meguiar's #83 DACP by hand.
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1995 Nissan 240 SX SE green metallic (sold)
2000 Acura 3.2 TL white (sold)
2005 Acura RL Desert Mist (weekend toy)
1999 Infiniti I30t white (daily driver)
1997 Acura 3.2 TL (sold)
2004 BMW 325 Ci jet black(wife's car).
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10-23-2006, 05:25 PM
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| | | Nu-glass by Duragloss did well for me. Took alot of rubbing but worked great. Haven't tried it with my PC yet. I may give it a try with a 4 in pad sometime. |
10-23-2006, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Russecu Nu-glass by Duragloss did well for me. Took alot of rubbing but worked great. Haven't tried it with my PC yet. I may give it a try with a 4 in pad sometime. | Sounds interesting.
What about DP's Glass Restorer? Anyone? Anyone?
I've used vinegar with good results. XMT#3 works well too. | | |
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