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MrGregl

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All, let me first start by sincerely apologizing for this post and taking up anyone’s time who can reply. This is to solve a dispute between me and my wife: “What is the harm done by water spots?”. (This of course occurs when watering the plants before moving the car)

Logic doesn’t seem to work. Do you experts have any “proven facts”? I have explained that when the car is still wet dust and other participants will stick to the car’s finish - “but the car is made to handle rain” (wife). And so on and so on.

Again, my apologies in advance.

thanks
 
From a safety standpoint water spots on glass can affect visibility at night or when there are oncoming headlights. Additionally, depending on the minerals in the water itself a simple wash may not remove the spots, causing you to buy specialized products and spend time removing spots that could easily have been avoided.
 
I'll just toss this out there to make your argument even harder to resolve!

It depends....

If the car is dirty, it gets rained on, and then dries in the sun, I've never had any issues with that type of spotting. Even with heavy pollen. It's not fun to clean up, but a good hand wash solves the problem and the car will look good again.

In the case of municipal water/sprinklers, the minerals will dry on and be very hard to remove later. They have also been known to etch the paint in some conditions, though I've not experienced it personally. I have had one of our cars, or a car in my care, get blasted by the sprinklers and it was a big problem. One simply took a lot of time and elbow grease to get rid of the spots. Another I had to polish out the water spots to remove them.

The LSP on a car has a lot to do with damage control. A naked, neglected car might even suffer from just rain water in the right conditions. The better the LSP the better chances of the water spot issues being reduced, but IMO if you're dealing with hose/sprinkler water...watch out!
 
Desertnate said:
I'll just toss this out there to make your argument even harder to resolve!

It depends....

If the car is dirty, it gets rained on, and then dries in the sun, I've never had any issues with that type of spotting. Even with heavy pollen. It's not fun to clean up, but a good hand wash solves the problem and the car will look good again.

In the case of municipal water/sprinklers, the minerals will dry on and be very hard to remove later. They have also been known to etch the paint in some conditions, though I've not experienced it personally. I have had one of our cars, or a car in my care, get blasted by the sprinklers and it was a big problem. One simply took a lot of time and elbow grease to get rid of the spots. Another I had to polish out the water spots to remove them.

The LSP on a car has a lot to do with damage control. A naked, neglected car might even suffer from just rain water in the right conditions. The better the LSP the better chances of the water spot issues being reduced, but IMO if you're dealing with hose/sprinkler water...watch out!
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Every Wednesday they purge the sprinkler lines at work when testing fire systems. It dumps out the side of the building at fairly high pressure and usually gets a dozen vehicles wet with dispersed mist. There is no shade. It gets baked on. Ask me how I first learned of this dangerous parking zone....lol. I walked out at lunch, saw my car, and told my supervisor I was leaving early. When he asked why I told him "because facilities decided my car was too clean and trashed it gotta go." He knew it pained me lol

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Depending on what the water spots are composed of
But, usually the concern is the minerals in the water being left over after the water evaporates. These minerals can and will etch into the paint/cleacoat, damaging the vehicle.
 
craigdt said:
Depending on what the water spots are composed of
But, usually the concern is the minerals in the water being left over after the water evaporates. These minerals can and will etch into the paint/cleacoat, damaging the vehicle.
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We can send man to the moon, but we can't stop water spots.:D
 
MrGregl said:
All, let me first start by sincerely apologizing for this post and taking up anyone’s time who can reply. This is to solve a dispute between me and my wife: “What is the harm done by water spots?”. (This of course occurs when watering the plants before moving the car)

Logic doesn’t seem to work. Do you experts have any “proven facts”? I have explained that when the car is still wet dust and other participants will stick to the car’s finish - “but the car is made to handle rain” (wife). And so on and so on.

Again, my apologies in advance.

thanks
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Rarely does....... Lol

Me? I'd be in the basement shutting down the outside spigot. :laughing::laughing:
 
Tap water has minerals to fortify it and make safe to ingest. Also tap water is “harder” than rain water.

When tap water dries on paint the ghosting left behind are the minerals deposited into the paint.

To get her to se the light change your oil and through the old on the plants. Oils are petroleum base. Petroleum comes from the ground… so do plants…. Probably really good for them…


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MrGregl said:
Logic doesn’t seem to work. Do you experts have any “proven facts”? - “but the car is made to handle rain” (wife). And so on and so on.
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The main point you need to make to her, is tap water is different than rain water, rain water (while it may have some dust and other pollutants in it) does not have dissolved minerals in it (see below). Maybe a good example is to remind her why she uses distilled water in her clothes iron (does anyone iron clothes anymore?)

Coatingsarecrack said:
Tap water has minerals to fortify it and make safe to ingest.
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You make it sound like the water treatment plant is adding minerals to your water, LOL. Tap water has dissolved minerals in it because it came from the ground where it has been dissolving those minerals from the rocks, etc. And if your comeback is going to be "my water comes from a reservoir, not the ground", last I checked what's under the water in a river or a reservoir is...the ground.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
The main point you need to make to her, is tap water is different than rain water, rain water (while it may have some dust and other pollutants in it) does not have dissolved minerals in it (see below). Maybe a good example is to remind her why she uses distilled water in her clothes iron (does anyone iron clothes anymore?)



You make it sound like the water treatment plant is adding minerals to your water, LOL. Tap water has dissolved minerals in it because it came from the ground where it has been dissolving those minerals from the rocks, etc. And if your comeback is going to be "my water comes from a reservoir, not the ground", last I checked what's under the water in a river or a reservoir is...the ground.
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I do make it sound like minerals are added add the treatment plant…. My comeback? Learned chlorine (a mineral?) was added to tap water in grade school….

I’ll leave this here. Try Googling before correcting….Lol


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Coatingsarecrack said:
I do make it sound like minerals are added add the treatment plant…. My comeback? Learned chlorine (a mineral?) was added to tap water in grade school….

I’ll leave this here. Try Googling before correcting….Lol
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Well, I'll leave this here...chlorine is not a mineral, and not everything that you find by Googling is accurate.

See if you can find the step here where minerals are added: Water Treatment | Public Water Systems | Drinking Water | Healthy Water | CDC
 
Eldorado2k said:
Tell that to my little brother. He’s a millennial to the T. He’s that guy who can’t have an interesting discussion without his phone in hand and Google on standby. Lol.
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*triggered*

You do realize that the average millennial is like 32 to 42 years old.... (geez, that makes me feel even older...)

We got old fast lol
 
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