stinkin' waterspots!

[e_nough]

ok so ive had my 87 na for about 3-4 months now and have taken care of a few repairs... now to get down to the details of cosmetics.

my car has tons of waterspots on the side view mirrors, rear window, side rear windows, and some on the other windows.

i tried some 3M rubbing compound with some luck. the spots disappeared after lots of hard scrubing and reappeard a few weeks later. what the heck!

any ideas for a permenant solution that doesnt take back breaking rubbing (or even if it does)

thanks

[scoober78]

Did the car get wet between the rubbing compound and when the spots reappeared? If not I've never heard of anything like that. I use rain-x and never have a problem with water spots because the spots are never on the car long enough. It might work for you too. Sounds strange...

Erik

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[thekid]

these spots probally came from acid rain,rain x will help,but if you go to a glass shop or some one who installs glass there is a product that is for polishing glass and this will remove these spots and protect the glass.i had my car done for around 75.00 and was real pleased.the guy that done mine said you can buy this polish for aruond 20.00 and it will do several cars,but had him do mine as he painted my car . hope this will help....

[e_nough]

sorry, thats not rubbing compound, thats polishing compound that i used. something like a 3 or 6 micron grit.

[85944na]

i deal with this a lot, I detail cars part time. There are glass polishes out there, however, I have had the most luck with steel wool, at work its in bulk so i'm sorry i dont know how fine it is, but very fine steel wool works very well, and does not scratch the glass.

[ckrough]

very fine steel wool and a 50/50 vinegar water mixture should do it.

then rain-x afterwards to protect them.

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Chris

90 944 S2 Cab, Guards Red