Water spots
#11
use ultra fine steel wool on the outside of the windows with your favorite window cleaner and dry them with newspaper. it won't scratch the glass, but will remove the water spots. i used to own a detail company and do this on all my cars... if it's safe to use on a BMW 540, E320 blutec, kingranch f-250, and a QC ram, then it'll be fine on your windows.
On my paint too ... best I've found out is it'll need to be taken to a detailer and have a "cut 'n glaze" done. This actually takes a little clear coat off though.
#12
if you have water spots that can be felt with your finger on the paint it does need to be taken to a detailer and be polished. You could do it yourself but the equipment would cost a bit. you would need a few polish producst from a compound on up to a glaze as well as a Orbital polisher... the nice thing is you really arn't gonna hurt the paint with an orbital.... you would have to be a dumbass gorilla to actually burn through the paint with a random orbital polisher.. such as a porter cable 7424 or the sonus UDM
#15
When I wax my truck I wax the windows as well. With a little pressure it takes the spots off. If the spotting is really bad a cleaner wax with a little more pressure will probably be needed. I use it on the boats I work on all the time and it really helps. Of course to keep the spots off the windows must be chammied(sp?) everytime you wash the truck.
#16
Well heres the update... Finally bit the bullet and tried the 000 steel wool with the cleaner and it did nothing.... Didn't scratch the windows but with about fifteen minutes of scrubbing on one window there was no change. I'm starting to think the only option would be to replace all the windows and thats not happening. Is there anything a professional detailer could do that i couldn't... Glass polish or something?
#17
#19
Well heres the update... Finally bit the bullet and tried the 000 steel wool with the cleaner and it did nothing.... Didn't scratch the windows but with about fifteen minutes of scrubbing on one window there was no change. I'm starting to think the only option would be to replace all the windows and thats not happening. Is there anything a professional detailer could do that i couldn't... Glass polish or something?