I Went through a fresh limestone road the other day, and it was wet, so my tires threw up some of the water with the limestone mixture in it onto my paint, it has now dried and there are tiny white spots all over the side of my truck.. how do i remove these spots?

Also, I know this was stupid of me, but while trying to remove a couple of spots, i used the abrasive side of a kitchen sponge to get it off, and it left small scratches in the paint, how can i remove these scratches also?

Im guessing a very light compounding? thank you for any input!

 

Calcium deposits. (basically, hard water....) A light rubbing with some VERY high grit compound (or possibly even washing it with hot, soapy water) will take it right off. A good coat of wax, (paste wax....) will make it easy to take off next time.

 

Had the same thing happen to me. I wanted to wash off the pollen on my truck so I hosed it down mid-day in the sun and didn't dry it. The beads of water magnified the suns rays and left a mark where each droplet was.

I used meguiars cleaner wax (red bottle) and it worked great. HOWEVER, I used a variable speed buffer and did a 3 stage process.

Cleaner wax has some abrasives in it, and it really brings out the color. Also, a clay bar helped get some of the hard water stains off for me. But that is more labor intensive than just getting out the power tools.

 

I live out in the styx and use well water so hard water spots are something I have to deal with every time I wash my truck. I used to use Mothers and Maguire's products but I found them to be labor intensive with min results. I have switched over to AutoGlym products and am very impressed with its line up (two years now), except its wheel cleaner.

Start with this then follow with a good paste wax.

http://www.autoglym.com/enGB/product...6VQ=HD&Range=1

Product line website http://www.autoglym.com/enGB/default.asp

For glass I use this product.

http://www.notouch.ca/product/auto-glass-stripper-37

 

tried something today. I washed and waxed the car with a bunch of products.

Wash: 5 gallon bucket
Turtle wax gold 5 ounces
Murphy's oil soap 1 ounce

Washed the truck very well, and even reconditioned most of the white/gray plastic. I am going to try pure murphy's oil soap next time.

Wax: Used 7 inch variable speed buffer with wool pad
Meguiars Ultimate compound once over
Finished with Meguiars cleaner wax

I should really get some pics. This truck's paint is smooth. i did, however, need to go to the store and get some touch up paint. Very small specs of paint came off in some places. Most of them were the very same places that i covered up last year when i did the ultimate compound and wax treatment.

Ultimate compound and cleaner wax are the only things I would swear by. The cleaner wax really gets the crud out of the pores of the paint. There was a lot of residue on the pad.

I used a microfiber cloth over the whole truck and it is gleaming.

I have to get a pic tomorrow.

 

^^^ you should have a look at the foam pads for the buffer, much better than wool.
The only time I use wool pads is for heavy cutting.

 

funny you should mention that. I have been eyeing the summit pad set for a while now. But i can't seem to find the right pads anywhere around me (yellow, black pads). Lowes and home depot does not sell them at the stores. Even harbor freight.

The summit set is about 34 bucks.

sorry I didn;t get the pics, I will get some tomorrow.