Water spots on paint????

Ahhh… I was gonna say “are you f*ckn nuts?”

 

Clay bar for the paint fellas.

 

Clay bar doesn’t fix etching. It removes contaminants.

 

Haha yeah noooo. I have used a plastic razor blade on paint but that's a different topic lol.

Guess you've never had water spots that bad on the paint before. In my case, clay has always been useless for this. The Suds Factory stuff works insanely great though. So great it will even take off Ceramic Pro :/

 

That Suds Factory stuff sounds like a solvent… Like a lacquer. Idk sketches me out.

 

No issues on multiple cars even my 38 year old Supra. It's the only product I've found that actually works and I've tried everryyyyyything including all the homebrews. The water in Phoenix has a ton of calcium and it puts harsh spots on everything instantly. Aside from wetsanding, they make the best product I've used for this. It really does work as well as it does in the videos.

 

I have said it before and again. Best stuff is wire wheel cleaner. Sud Factory can't touch this!

 

...whatever you do, be careful, some of these suggestions sound like they could give you a bigger issue than water spots....if anything, perhaps try whatever you feel is worth a shot after plenty of due diligence, on an inconspicuous area first to see how it affects the paint

 

Agreed… Once you get good at detailing you realize you can fix anything on some horizon. Key is to protect it/get it in the right spot to bide you time to get to that ultimate high effort detail.

Gotta be comfortable balancing time/effort and the current state of affairs. My wife’s newer Lexus was used from the dealer with 20k miles and they sealed over what appear to be a lot of previous small contaminants from what I presume to be a tree that the previous owner would park under… Bothers me but looks good enough from 5 feet that in not going to lose my mind addressing it now as I know it’s well protected with what I’ve done.

 

Some 120 grit sand paper should take the spots right off