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Removing water spots |
Cal |
Sep 19 2016, 12:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 615 Joined: 19-November 14 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 18,138 Region Association: North East States |
My '74 2.0L was painted about 25 years ago in two-stage base/clear coat. The paint job is in excellent driver quality condition and looks great from 5 feet away. Up close it has faint water spots that appear to be etched into the clear coat.....mostly on the flat areas; hood / trunk surfaces. I've detailed the entire car by hand....washed, clay bar, polished, waxed, etc. and the spots are still there. What would be the best advise for possibly removing the spots? I've never needed to or used a buffing machine before.....the past 35 years I've detailed everything by hand. Should I consider buying one or just take the car to detail shop?
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Tom_T |
Sep 19 2016, 12:37 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Cal,
If they're etched in, then more likely that's from bird/bug droppings, & etched-in due to the acid in their poop! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) You can usually get hard water marks off with a damp old school sheep skin Chamois. Before you try anything more aggressive on that paint, I'd suggest you take it to one of the PCA Concours CW folks recco'ed paint detailer shops, & have them scope the paint thickness first, & then recco how much you have left & how far you'd need to cut into it to get the etching out. Then you can decide whether you want to tackle it, or have them do it. PS - Hard water spots are calcium/etc. minerals which will sit on top of the paint, ergo why the old school chamois works on them. Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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