"Dried" water spots on windows

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Is there some kind of chemical on the market to get rid of this?? It's all over my windows on my Tahoe and just about tried everything I can think of in my garage....including acetone. Fingernail polish remover didn't budge it.

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[Silver 10+ year member]

try a wax cleaner

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

windex works for me...

but im sure you tried that so i have no idea.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

try waxing your window

 

[wErd 5,000+ posts]

spray windex on the window and rub some steel wool over it...just dont put steel wool on tint.

 

[Famous_78]

Wrong Wrong, ive been workin in the detail buissness for about 3 years now, we have that happen all the time, theres nothing we can do about it. We usually send it to our body shop and they buff a enamel into the window and it eats them things right up talk to your local body shop.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

If u have to wet sand with about 2500-3000 grit and use a buffer compound to get it out. Its how they do it with headlights/taillights if they start fogging up or gettin yellow on the outside.

I wouldn't do it if u have a tint tho.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Um, some of the responses in this thread are worrisome.

What you REALLY need to do is to work in steps. Start with a mixture of white vinegar and water with a rag. See if you can't get them off. If not, you have water deposits, not water spots. What happens here is that since when rain falls it isn't truly pure because of pollution, the water evaporates and the contaminants don't stick to the glass, they embed themselves into the glass. You need to get an aggressive claybar from a detailing shop or online, and go to work on the windows. If THAT doesn't work, then try a GLASS polish via random orbit buffer. This will polish them down. If that doesn't work, step up the glass polish to something more aggressive and use a rotary buffer. Mind you, the rotary buffer can leave hazing which you will then need to remove with the random orbit, or a finer polish. If none of this works (I can't imagine that it won't), then your only solution is to get a new window frankly. Wetsanding and steel wool for people who don't detail is a completely retarded solution. You'll just wind up scratching your glass to hell and back.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

If u have to wet sand with about 2500-3000 grit and use a buffer compound to get it out. Its how they do it with headlights/taillights if they start fogging up or gettin yellow on the outside.
I wouldn't do it if u have a tint tho.

Explain to me how wetsanding your head or taillight lenses will get rid of condensation.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

Explain to me how wetsanding your head or taillight lenses will get rid of condensation.

Wetsand + Compound Buffing, they work together. Can't just wetsand

Edit read ur other post, same basic idea but u wetsand with a very fine sand paper first (2500-3000 grit)

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Wetsand + Compound Buffing, they work together. Can't just wetsand

Which will still leave scratches and remove any protective film from your windows. To remove buffing compound scratches, it can take multiple polishes with various applications to remove them to factory look. This guy doesn't own a bodyshop. The chances of him NOT scratching his glass irreversibly is incredibly low.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

And still, sanding a taillight doesn't remove condensation....which forms on the inside.

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Explain to me how wetsanding your head or taillight lenses will get rid of condensation.

Its not condensation in most cases (which is on the inside of the lens), many recent cars come with clear plastic headlight lenses that discolour from exposure to the sun over a few years.

That can be cleaned off, but its a real b!tch.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

True he probably doesnt own a body shop, but it was a suggestion, incase maybe he does know someone at a body shop that can do it for him. It does remove protective film and tint thats why i said he shouldn't do it if he had it. Or he'd need to get it redone.

and yes i ment the outside film gettin yellow due to age or w/e

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Let alone removing scratches from plastic lenses is COMPLETELY different than removing scratches from glass.