I've tried Dawn and water, rubbing alcohol and simple green. None of them worked well enough to get rid of all the spots. Most are at the edges of the mirror which are hard to get to.
What do you use?
What do you use?
Hard water spots on side mirrors
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probably needs claying, then some good polish, I used griot's 3 level system, it works ok. I've heard of the 3M hand glaze or rather that had good results. But, be careful of polish as it it's taking off your clear/paint.
There ARE products made specifically for getting such crud off glass; nominally windshields, but it should work for mirrors as well. Wish I could give you the product name, but I can't recall it. I saw it on Two Guys Garage, or some other such place. It's out there though.
- Richard
'93 Blk/Blk
- Richard
'93 Blk/Blk
They make a product that we use on boats that actually destroys water spots called "Just Ducky", costs around $10 for a 32 oz. spray bottle.
Ducky smells amazingly like Lysol Basin, Tub & tile cleaner which costs approx. 1/3 the price, which is what I now use to clean the boat and JetSki after a few days in the very, very hard water at Lake Havasu. It melts the waterspots like butter when mixed in with soap.
Just another helpful hint from HotBoat Magazine!
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Ducky smells amazingly like Lysol Basin, Tub & tile cleaner which costs approx. 1/3 the price, which is what I now use to clean the boat and JetSki after a few days in the very, very hard water at Lake Havasu. It melts the waterspots like butter when mixed in with soap.
Just another helpful hint from HotBoat Magazine!
[This message has been edited by Paul65K (edited 22 February 2003).]
Griots Garage has a product specifically for difficult water spots. It's a paste that has worked well for me.
Glass Polish
Seems to be quite a few good products out there. Hope it helps.
Glass Polish
Seems to be quite a few good products out there. Hope it helps.
Lime Away - Kills water spots. Get it at the grocery store.
Use stuff to clean shower doors - they're the same water spots and glass.
I've used CLR (Calcium - Lime - Rust) with very favorable results. Its non abrasive and chemically dissolves just the CALCIUM on the mirrors and nothing else. Doesn't seem to hurt the paint at all, either.
My Integra always parks in the driveway and takes a beating from the lawn sprinklers. We use recycled water here so its not the cleanest water. Gets rid of them all even on the paint and still waxes up great. Doesn't scratch or dull the finish, is pretty quick, easy to use and cheap.
Email me for before and after photos I just took this morning.
Ron
I've used CLR (Calcium - Lime - Rust) with very favorable results. Its non abrasive and chemically dissolves just the CALCIUM on the mirrors and nothing else. Doesn't seem to hurt the paint at all, either.
My Integra always parks in the driveway and takes a beating from the lawn sprinklers. We use recycled water here so its not the cleanest water. Gets rid of them all even on the paint and still waxes up great. Doesn't scratch or dull the finish, is pretty quick, easy to use and cheap.
Email me for before and after photos I just took this morning.
Ron
I use Zymol on my shower doors!
Just kidding... (although I actually do use it to wax the surface of my snow shovels, to keep the snow from sticking).
Just kidding... (although I actually do use it to wax the surface of my snow shovels, to keep the snow from sticking).
Try steel wool and car wax. That will remove the spots and leave a nice waxed finish on the glass.
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Wrap a damp cloth around your finger and apply a pea sized amount of tooth paste and polish it out.
Cant help other than telling you that I dont ever have any since I blow dry my car with my leaf blower. Never a drop left!
i take a mother's polishing ball (the foam one that goes on an electrical drill) then i get it wet, then i squeeze some of the water out, then i sprinkle on "bar keeper's helper" on it, then i push it against my mirror and turn the drill on.
gets the water stains off. downside is the stuff sprays all over the place so wear goggles and you are going to have to wash your car as the final step.
but it works!!!:wink:
this is what I used and it works perfect.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...ang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10615-Cat21248&topnav=
green bottle.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...ang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10615-Cat21248&topnav=
green bottle.
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I got a jar of white powder polish from my local glass/window shop. Works good. Just add some water to make enough paste.
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