Water spots

[sl3196]

Does a claybar get these off?? If not what will?

[19Cutlass94]

clay bar is too much work for water spots, use mothers showtime its like an instant detailer and it removes finger prints water spots everything.

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

:werd: I was going to say the same thing...

[sl3196]

Well shit I got some quick detailer in the trunk haha. They didn't come off with the chamois so that's why I was wondering. Need to wax it anyways.

[19Cutlass94]

I use just like a bath towel or terry cloth when I use it. Works great, although you need to apply a little pressure but just not kill it.

[sl3196]

No way man microfiber is the way to go. I aint using no bath towel on my paint!

[Euro]

i use bath towels on my paint and it shines quite well for 11 years old and 115,000 miles(see sig) :D

yeah use some quik detailer stuff that'll take it off, or try some bug/tar remover? that takes off alot of stuff

[19Cutlass94]

If you get a new one and dont get it ful of shit, its ok to use it, wont hurt the paint

[sl3196]

See I figured these would have come off when I was drying it with the chamois.


Microfiber is the way to go for paint care I'm telling you.

[digitaloutsider]

Unless you make sure your microfiber towels are ABSOLUTELY pristinely clean before it touches your paint, you're doing worse than any bath towel could. Remember, microfiber is designed to trap and hold dust/dirt.

[sl3196]

BAHHH!!!!


:lol:

[Euro]

werd....plus they're expensive as hell..freakin like 12 bucks for 3 :roll:

[sl3196]

werd....plus they're expensive as hell..freakin like 12 bucks for 3 :roll:Uhhh I paid like $7 for 6 of em. Keep on using your bath towels then boys.

:lol:

[pwmin]

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=TOWELS&Store_Code=Z
it has more to do with drying your car, but it's good reading.

[runt]

Claybar the car. Use a cleaner wax (mothers make a pretty good one) then find another coat to put over it. I've been doing my Prix this way: Clay Bar, Mothers Cleaner Wax, Meg's Gold Class. Car looks GREAT and no spots (as of yet)

My Cutlass had those "water spots" that never came out...EVER. Could never really get them to go away...but that paint was pretty much shot when I got the car...

Next question...does your place have hard water?

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

If all else fails- rubbing compound, polishing compound, then claybar, then wax! :lol:

[sl3196]

Yeah we do have hard water. I'm thinking the shitty ass water from the mine got on the paint at work. Cause where I wash the work truck the car gets sprayed too. And this water aint real clean lol.

[1990lumina]

If all else fails, buy a blower to blow the water off lol. I know this sounds dumb as hell, but I bought one of these (it was half off cheap ass thing) and it wroks AWESOME! Blows all the water off the paint painlessly and easily. It's like a mini leaf blower almost.

And yeah, hard water spots will "usually" come off with some quick detailer.

Terry cloth all the way :D!

[pwmin]

i use the mr clean autodry just for the filter part. when i'm lazy, i use the soap that came with it and dont hand dry it, but it helps.

[Euro]

Gearhead43(dave) uses compressed air to dry his car....damn thats gotta work great, but expensive

[runt]

Gearhead43(dave) uses compressed air to dry his car....damn thats gotta work great, but expensive

are you sure he doesn't use an air compressor? :shurg:

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

Gearhead43(dave) uses compressed air to dry his car....damn thats gotta work great, but expensive

are you sure he doesn't use an air compressor? :shurg:

:lol: little cans of that stuff for computers.. :lol:

[Euro]

yeah actually air compressor sounds right..but i coulda swore he said compressed air.....but that's alot of little cans for each car wash :lol:

[19Cutlass94]

haha youd be there for a couple days with those cans! :lol:

Usually when I dry my car, I use a chamois (sp?) then once thats done, I go over the whole car with mothers showtime and a terry cloth, like a bath towel and it comes out really nice. Of course the towels have to be very clean, but most of the time I just pick up brand new ones to use.

[Euro]

i bought a chamois...called "The Absorber" and it worked great once...then it never got dry and it didnt dry as well as a towel

there goes 10 bucks out the window,

i like my california water blade

[pwmin]

i always use absorbers, even though white towels are better for your car. i've used it so many times and it works great. soaks up way more water than leather or chomois or other drying rags i've used. i usually hit it with the water blade first and then go over it with the absorber. absorbers are supposed to be kept wet

[Euro]

yeah mine stay damp from being in the little tube it comes in, but theres still streaks and crap when i go over it.....

so im faithful to the water blade and towel

[19Cutlass94]

How well does that water blade thingy work? Always wondered that but never really wanted to "test" it out.

[pwmin]

it's just a squeegee for your car. it doesnt get all the water off, but it gets a lot off more quickly than a towel does.

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

The main thing here is to not let it dry in direct sunlight, cause that bakes on the waterspots!

[19Cutlass94]

Well I always pull the car in the garage before drying it off, but to do like a perfect job drying it, takes me like 3 hours with the chamois

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

LOL.. I'd only spend that much time if it was a show car or something. Red is a pretty easy color to keep clean looking though. :)

[Euro]

yeah i try to dry it off as best i can...best way to prevent rust from forming

the waterblade takes off 95% of the water on the big areas...hood, roof, trunk, windows, etc its alot easier and it saves towel's.....

[19Cutlass94]

yeah thats the thing though, thats everything, dorr jams, inside trunk, under hood, all the spots I can possibly get with a chamois. But every once and a while it does see car shows soo....

But Ill have to pull up an article I found about this kinda stuff. See if I can find it :lol:

[Euro]

yep i dry EVERY part of the car.....under the hood, door jambs, in the gullies around the trunk...everything


those trophies/shows are addicting lol

[mfewtrail]

Throw a inline filter on your water hose(check ebay, they're usually cheaper on there than most places) and it will cut down on water spots a great deal.

[Brian P]

just take off your wiper blade and use that to get the major water off. :lol:

[frusciante fan]

i air-dry after washing at 75mph. no problems.

[19Cutlass94]

haha well thats one way to do it.

I washed my car friday night, spend about 3 hours on it, today I spend about another 3, and I still need to get the rest of the interior, and a little more under the hood, and vaccum the trunk. :lol:


All this is getting ready for the show next weekend

[Garrett Powered]

Everything told on here are good idears. IMO. all is true especially the Meguires Quik Clay Detailing system. Makes paint smooth as glass! All you need to do is wash the car and rub your hand on the paint when it is wet and you will feel anywhere that it is not smooth, spray it with the mist provided and rub with a little piece of clay.

works on glass too just as good as steel wool to get off overspray.

The best thing about the clay though is the fact that it cant harm your paint unlike anything else you rub on your paint. because it isn't bathtowel or microfiber that scratches your paint, it is contaminants that scratch it.

The clay absorbs and hold abrasive micro contaminates unlike polishing compounds.

[Gearhead43]

Gearhead43(dave) uses compressed air to dry his car....damn thats gotta work great, but expensive

are you sure he doesn't use an air compressor? :shurg:

:lol: little cans of that stuff for computers.. :lol:


right Smart ass... :lol: I use compressed air from an 5 Gal Air compressor... Still do .. But If its windy or very hot outside I'll just use the shammy! :cool:

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

Okay this is what I do to get cars COMPLETLY DRY, which I often have to do if I'm gonna paint seal them..

1. Use a waterblade over the entire car... or if it has fresh paint just use it on the windows. This really removes water faster than a chamois.

2. Use a chamois quickly over the car to get what the waterblade didn't get.

3. Use a DIRTY chamois in the door jams, trunklid, and hood (usually I just do the front of it cause the rest it goes away on it's own). Dirty because often there will be tar/undercoating in those areas.

4. Compressed air to blow out all remaining water that hides in mouldings, mirrors, rubber/weatherstripping around the rest of the car.

5. Use a chamois one last time to get any water off from the compressed air...






Or if it's a nice sunny warm day I'll just waterblade it and put it outside with the doors/trunk/hood open for an hour or 2 so nature car dry it. :lol:

[97loudcut]

wow i cannot belive people use things other than microfiber on your car. ARE YOU INSANE?

BTW you can get 24 microfiber towesla t COSTCO for like 12 bucks.

Microfiber is the way to go...it takes me 3 towels to dry my whole car. There great for everything. You can literally get them wet and clean anything. If anyone disagress with me I would like to see some 10 yr. old black paint that has more shine than mine. See Kennsington pics if your curious.

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

Yeah.. chamois scratches paint :rolleyes: Leave waterspots? maybe....

Microfibre cloth AFTER chamois should be perfectly fine to get everything off without damaging the paint.

I don't care how shiney your car is, drying is only part of it...

[1990lumina]

Yeah.. chamois scratches paint :rolleyes: Leave waterspots? maybe....

Microfibre cloth AFTER chamois should be perfectly fine to get everything off without damaging the paint.

I don't care how shiney your car is, drying is only part of it...


:werd:

Though I don't really care about my paint...it came full of scratches, so it can stay that way for all I care. Hell I used to use shop towels to dry my car....

[97loudcut]

Yeah.. chamois scratches paint :rolleyes: Leave waterspots? maybe....

Microfibre cloth AFTER chamois should be perfectly fine to get everything off without damaging the paint.

I don't care how shiney your car is, drying is only part of it...


im talking about the other uses for microfiber like polishing, buffing, and interior cleaning.

hence the "they're great for everything"

dont skim

[19Cutlass94]

everytime Im done washing my car, I go over it with mothers Showtime. Works great. Leaves no water spots nothing.

Chamois dont scratch the paint. The cheap ones, well yes its possible. Thats why when you shove out 50bucks for a new pure sheep skin ( since I believe thats what it is ) then no it doesnt scratch the paint.

I duno how old this thread is I didnt go on page 3 :lol:

[GP1138]

My routine at work is Waterblade > Chamois > Spraywax, that's if I'm delivering a sold car. Otherwise it's just the first two.

Those waterblades really are great. Storebought chamoises suck ass. I don't know where the good ones come from.

[Euro]

detailer...its honestly not that hard to get rid of water spots.......... :dunno: i dont see the big deal

[ToroToro]

Water blades work great, but they DO scratch the paint to a certain extent. As far as the chamois, like Jay said...the cheap ass ones scratch but otherwise they are nice.

[1990lumina]

IMO they only scratch if you haven't got all the dirt off the car, or there is foreign material stuck to the blade

[Euro]

yeah ive used the water blade for a while...and no scratches(well...none from the blade :roll: )

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

If you got scratches in the paint then you have alot more to worry about then how you dry your car...

As long as a car is dryed off with a half-decent chamois or a waterblade, and not in the sun you shouldn't have waterspots.

Making sure you use a real car wash (not dish soap or something stupid) and rinsing properly is also important.