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Does anyone know how to remove hard water spots from a cars paint?? My freakin' neighbor's let their spinklers go crazy yesterday and now I have a clean side and a side that looks like it has been through hell and back! Any ideas? I know vineger will remove it from the windows, but I don't think it will do much for the paint job!!!!

I get a online newsletter from Valvoline. In the last issue there was an article about spring cleaning and water spots. It talked about a vinegar/water mix to remove water spots. Try seaching Valvoline's site.Here is the link: http://www.valvoline.com/carcare/articl ... 20020801hw

I was just at the store and seen a lot of products that will remove water spots. I usually use wax myself. That takes them right out. If a plain wax will not take them out, you can use a clear coat safe rubbing compound. I seen one made by 3M and from what I have heard, it works really well.

one of the account managers at cocacola had this happen to his white van. It got so stained that the entire side of the van needed to be repainted.

Washing takes the white outta the hard water spots but you can still see where they are. Tried that approach already!!! Think Mcguires cleaner way would work?

Polishing coumpound should work, then a good wax and you car will look like new

I'm in souther New Mexico and the water here is F's. There is sooooo much calcium, lime, radioactivity, etc in the water it isn't funny. This place has THE hardest water I have ever seen!!!

Really difficult to sleep, I keep telling the wife to turn off the light!!! She drinks the water, I am a Cherry Coke man myself! It really is funny, once a year the city sends out a pamphlet to everyone with "The water is safe to drink" in big font bold letters!! Open it up and it shows little rev meters telling what was tested, and whether the amounts found were Green, yellow, or red. Alpha, Beta, and Gama particles are in the mid to high yellow every time. Must....Leave....Alamogordo....

Come on SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!! Then it is Denver, Co!! Yeah!

quote:???? We have well water, but nothing like you described.According to that newsletter article, the worst water problems seem to be confined to the southwestern states...

My guess is the terrain is so different there...if you look at NM, NV, AZ, UT, they're rationally more desert than fertile land...which is probably due to excess mineral deposits as previously mentioned in a report...So my guess is, it's similar to the reason you can't drink the water in Mexico, but you can in Kansas...

Also a good theory!

I was not aware of that!

Perhaps it's well water...In which case the owners don't necessarily have that advanced of a filter installed...If that's the case, my guess would be that the state knows the water mineral levels by testing the water table...

It also will depend on the depth of a person's well and which layer of the aquifer that it is to determine the hardness of the water. the shallower the well the lesser the chance of having a higher mineral content. But in most areas shallow wells tend to dry up faster. Now many of you may laugh, but the Coca-Cola salesperson that I am also holds 2 college degrees in Enviormental science and Marine Biology. Here on the eastern shore of maryland shallow wells are common but usually have to be filtered to reduce the nitrates due to excessive run off from farmland. Deeper into the aquifer 450-600ft brings a very high iron concetration which will stain cars and clothing. proper filtration systems that use a variety of chemicals including chlorine are commonly used.