I had to park my car outside at the airport and when I got back it had white spots on the hood. It could have been fog or something atmospheric, and it was near SF Bay, so I bet there was salt in it. After I washed it, I used a Meguiars Polish/Cleaner and then Machine Glaze (by hand). Obviously, neither worked.

Any suggestions on what to use? I'm not a detail maniac, nor an expert. I have a Harbor Freight polisher, with yellow and black foam pads, and terry cloth. microfiber bonnets. I'd prefer a locally available product, and the local auto paint store has a good selection of Meguiars.

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

Hm, may sound obvious or silly but have you tried warm water and a good quality shampoo? The same happened to my friends car but he had wax on some plastic parts of his car where he wasn't meant to wax. After a week or two he had white spots everywhere and had to give it a few good washed for it to even start to fade!

Good luck! My bet is just keep trying with normal/if any products and warm water

 

Did you try Meguiar's "Ultimate Compound, Color & Clarity Restorer"? I used it yesterday (by hand) to remove some water spotting caused by a magnet on the boot of our 2012 MCS (no more magnets on our cars!!); it also removed about 99% of a bug splat on the bonnet (I tried various paste-based cleaners on it and none of them worked).

 

BTW, I just no noticed the jpg of your bonnet; the water spots under our magnet looked just like that...

 

Porter Cable polisher and meguiars deep cutting 150 followed by meguiars 250 polish.

 

Thanks. I'm probably not going to buy a PC polisher, but the product help us appreciated. What pads should I use?

 

No one mentioned claying first??!!
Check out this site...
http://www.nanoskinusa.com/_e/dept/2...RUB_System.htm best claying system I have used.

 

Those appear to be hard water stains. Clay bar won't remove those if that is what they are. You can use a water spot remover and a compound/polish. The meguiars products mentioned earlier should work.

 

You can probably rent one at Home Depot. Honestly, it will save you a ton of time, and provide better results than polishing by hand. You won't need to polish except maybe once a year anyway, maybe twice, but if you can rent the tool, it will save you from buying it if you're not going to use it that often.

 

I have a cyclo dual orbital polisher and used the orange pad yesterday to remove a scratch and it worked perfectly. Used Pinnacle advanced swirl remover.

 

Thanks for all the good info. I have a Harbor Freight polisher, so I'll use that. I've had good results with that. What pads should use?

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Just be careful with that Harbor Freight polisher. They sell 2 types: one is a cheap kind of palm-held random orbital that shouldn't hurt your paint, but probably can't correct any defects, the other type are the polisher/sander variety. These are a direct drive type of machine and have no random orbit, so there is a risk you can burn your paint if you are not used to how to use this.

I'd start with a light pad like the lake country white pad and move up from there.

 

I just had some really nasty water spots on my car all over the place with the hood being the worst. I went and got a Meguiar's clay bar kit and it worked out really good for me. The hood was bad enough that I had to go over it twice. Although these spots had just happened earlier the same day that could be why I had success.

 

I used the Meguiars medium cut and then fine cut and it seemed to work. Of course I've got white spots all over that I'm still trying to get off.

 

Did you use your polisher? I have had these water spots and a line from the original bonnit stripes for almost a year. Clay, Hydro, vinegar, meguiar's guick detailer... evan two coats of Epic and they are still there. I am going to get some machinery to take care of it I guess.

 

Yes. I used my Harbor Freight polisher. I was told to be careful
Not to run it too fast and to keep it moving to avoid burning the paint. You have to run it at smile speed to make the compounds work. Be careful or buy a quality buffer like the Porter Cable

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