Water spots on windows

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BlizzardX23

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depending on where you live and how long the water spots have been there, the minerals kind of etch into the glass....here in Sac, thats how it is. Its really "hard" water out here. Depending on how bad it is, nothing may work...as a cleaner/stripper/or any other trick does not repair glass...
 

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Spot x hard water stain and spot remover worked for me. Got all the spots off my yukon.
 

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New windows....


depending on where you live and how long the water spots have been there, the minerals kind of etch into the glass....here in Sac, thats how it is. Its really "hard" water out here. Depending on how bad it is, nothing may work...as a cleaner/stripper/or any other trick does not repair glass...

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I use some stuff called NuGlass. I had waterspots on all of my windows except my driver side and with this stuff and some major elbow grease I got it off and they look good as new. You can also use a buffer with this stuff and it will speed up the process i just didnt want to get it all over the paint. Good luck!
 

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I'm failing to see what a buffer will do, since the purpose of a buffer (normally) is to reduce all the surrounding area (normally clearcoat or paint) so that it matches the scratch, etching, etc that you are trying to diminish. So, are these people who have recommended a buffer simply saying to use it to reduce the thickness of the glass? ?Becasue that's what you're doing when you buff out your paint.

Glass is really hard, so personally, I've never seen actual etching on it caused by hard water. Every time I've taken water spots off my own vehicles or other people's, it's been through either a clay bar, very fine steel wool or sometimes a paint cleaner type of product. And every time (in my own experience), it was just that the minerals in the water had dried and just needed some sort of product and some good ol' elbow grease to get off.
 

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I used turtle wax rubbing compound and some fine steel wool. It worked really good but took a good half hour on each window. I also have muriatic acid and thats muchhhhh faster but extremely dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. I'll post a pic asap> ok so I tried to upload a pic and failed.. so if somebody can help me out ill send you the pic and I can go figure this out

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lets see if that worked
 

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