Water spot etching on Transparent, tinted roof panel for C7 Corvette coupe

[Mike Phillips]

Sorry for the late reply... been so busy... I read your PM and then got busy...

Can anyone then give me a suggestion on how to correct this problem in this thread?

exactly what product I need to use to correct these etched hard water spots...

CarPro Spotless.

If the water spots are TOPICAL, that is like mineral deposits sitting on the top of the surface a liquid water spot remover "may" work.

Optimum MDR is also a very good liquid water spot remover.


IF the water spots are more like Type II Water Spots or CRATER ETCHINGS then it's game over.

Even if the water spots are like Imprint Rings - I doubt you'll be able to remove them without leaving the surface dull after compounding it.


It's hard to say without doing a bunch of CAREFUL testing but in all my life I've never seen a product that will remove defects out of Lexan and leaving it looking 100% FACTORY NEW and FACTORY CLEAR and from experience this is what everyone' EXPECTATIONS are.

So if you expectations are for 100% clarity like brand new glass all I can say is good luck. And if you find a product that removes the water spots and doesn't mar or cloud the top please let us all know about it.

[Mike Phillips]

This article I wrote in 2012 doesn't reference all the new LIQUID water spot removers on the market because when I wrote it they didn't exist.

The INFORMATION in it about

Hard Water Spots

And what they really are and how they are removed is still just as accurate today as the day I wrote it.

It's educational and this is important because there's a lot of bad information out in the blogosphere and the Facebook world about what water spots are and how to remove them.


Using Vinegar to remove water spots


Here's another article I wrote, this one back in 2011 about water spots.

Very good pictures and definitions.


3 - Types of Water Spots - Type I, Type II and Type III


Type I




Type II




Imprint Rings - These are kind of Type I and Type II




Type III




This is all in my how-to book too...


The Complete Guide to a Show Car Shine

Click link in Signature Line below.

[AttyVette]

I'm pretty sure the material you're working on is

Lexan


If you do a Google search and type in


Polishing Lexan Mike Phillips


Here's what you come up with...


Ok, I am finally going to ask the expert something!!! Hope you can help Mike (or anyone else who has any input)


I'd highly recommend reading the above thread and my post which is post #3


Here's more...



Overspray - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion

Help with c5 c6 corvette glass top

Corvette Glass Top Scratches - Page 2

Polishing Plexiglass

Corvette Lexan Top Cleaning

aircraft window screen



Be vary careful with Lexan plastics - they don't like to be abraded.

Thank you so much...I will read the threads you posted above..👍

[AttyVette]

Yes sir I will do so...weather is bad here but I am going to start trying to correct this problem as soon as the rain stops. I'll take pictures and let you all know how it goes.

[Mike Phillips]

Yes sir I will do so...weather is bad here but I am going to start trying to correct this problem as soon as the rain stops.

I'll take pictures and let you all know how it goes.

Please do update this thread.

I know I'm curious to see how you make out.

[AttyVette]

Sorry pictures aren't that great and products sideways ��
I have used so far on the transparent top for my 2014 Corvette Coupe: carpro Iron X LS, Optimum MDR, CarPro Eraser Intensive Oil and Polish Cleaner, Glass cleaning Clay from Griots with Stoner Invisible Glass - glass cleaner. None of these products have made a difference on the hard water etched deposits on the transparent top. I have ordered additional products to try to solve this problem and when they come in, I will use them next on this transparent top.

[AttyVette]

I found this product outside with my other detailing supplies so I tried it also on the etching spots on my transparent top. Word to the wise ..don't spray Plexus Plastic cleaner Protectant and Polish in your house, like I did. My dogs and I started coughing and choking from breathing in the fumes from the aerosol spray. This product didn't work either on the hard water mineral deposits/etchings on my transparent top either.

[AttyVette]

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Well also found CarPro spotless in garage and tried it to..nothing changed 😞 Also used Driven glass cleaner and made things worse imo. Now I really will have to wait on new order of products from Autogeek to see if the new products can correct this etching problem even a little bit, as everything else I have tried thus far has failed.

[FUNX650]

Going to be tough to polish those
water spots out of the "hard coat"
film-layer that is on these panels.

Some people resort to sanding the
hard-coat completely off, and then
re-spraying it. Hope you don't wind
up having to go that route.


Bob

[AttyVette]

Going to be tough to polish those
water spots out of the "hard coat"
film-layer that is on these panels.

Some people resort to sanding the
hard-coat completely off, and then
re-spraying it. Hope you don't wind
up having to go that route.


Bob

Thanks..yes things aren't looking too promising so far..😥