Water spots

**Desertnate** · 10-04-2018, 07:37 AM

Have you tried a mild claybar? If a QD, water spot remover, or other chemical product doesn't work, it might be an option to try before using the polisher.

**LAKings22** · 10-04-2018, 02:18 PM

I'm going to do it this weekend. I'll see if the clay alone helps out but more then likely I will be polishing after claying.

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**LAKings22** · 10-04-2018, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Mike Phillips

Actually, I've had good luck with Optimum MDR on "some" types of water spots. What most people don't understand is there are different types of water spots.

In fact, I know a guy.... he wrote an article about the different types...

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

But over the course of most of my detailing work-life, I've found that when car paint has water spots, at a MINIMUM it will be a Type II Imprint Ring and it will require mechanical polishing to REMOVE SOME PAINT in order to level the surface and thus visually remove the "spot".

I always explain in all my car detailing classes that the reason you start with wheels and tires before washing the body panels of a car is because the WORST type of defect to have to remove out of car paint is water spots. In fact, just shared that for the 3-day class this last weekend. I'm consistent in what I teach.

To LAKings22

BEFORE I ever work on a Mercedes-Benz I first check to see if it has a Ceramiclear paint system. See my article here, the only article like it on the web....

Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

Then read this,

Ceramiclear Paint Code Location on Mercedes-Benz

Thanks Mike, I read about Ceramiclear on here when I first started getting into detailing. It's the first things I check for on any Mercedes that I've detailed or anyone that's inquired about having there car detailed.

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