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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 01:33 AM
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I have had these waterspots on my windows like forever now and I can't seem to get rid of them. I tried a little vinegar/water mixture on my windows and no luck. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I can not stand these waterspots on my windows, it sucks!

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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 01:48 AM
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Tucson! Wow yer close!

Lots of advice for water spots in the "search" section. I also have some nasty water spots on my sunroof, just haven't tried any of the remedies yet.
Even bought the Mr Clean wash thingy, still had spots on the sunroof. Water must be pretty hard here in southern Arizona.

Is there a club up there? You guy ever meet up?
Old Dec 21, 2005 | 01:53 AM
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nah no club yet that I know of in Tucson. I want to get something going but it just has not happened yet. Mabye if I just use warm vinegar and no water. THat might work, who knows!?!?
Old Dec 21, 2005 | 03:07 AM
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EWWWW! Dont use your home remedy cleaner! You are going to stink up your car. How bout you go down to your local car store and purchase some Stoner brand window cleaner. That should do the trick.
Old Dec 23, 2005 | 03:08 PM
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Default Re: Waterspots on all windows of my XB

Originally Posted by SCIGuynTucson
I have had these waterspots on my windows like forever now and I can't seem to get rid of them. I tried a little vinegar/water mixture on my windows and no luck. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I can not stand these waterspots on my windows, it sucks!

Thanx,
SCIGUY n Ttown

see what u need to do is first clean your windows like if you were washing your can no windex. get some rain x, apply it to a napkin (not to thick), yes it might feel funny on your hands you can always wash them. do not get rain x on the car paint!!! have a starting point like your windsheild just leave your wipers up. wipe and your are giong to see a haze its ok. wipe the whole windsheild and go to the next window, and so on and so forth. when you are done with wiping get a dry clean cloth and wipe with a continuos flip of the towel. you will see the haze go away, get inside the car and notice how the one side is ok, depending on how well you wipe. the first time you might not like it but after you get the hang of it your windows will have no water spots. i never do. thats what i do to my xB and clean your wipers. take them off and get a little armor all, and wipe both sides and leave them off the car till they get dry. i hope this helps it has for me. peace out
Old Dec 23, 2005 | 08:07 PM
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You might need to use a glass polish to get those waterspots out.

Or, you can try Klasse All In One. I've used it to get some TOUGH waterspots off of my dads matrix.
Old Dec 30, 2005 | 05:08 PM
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for difficult waterspots, Klasse AIO on a 4" orange cutting pad @ speed 3.5 on a PC works wonders
Old Jan 2, 2006 | 09:29 PM
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Klasse AIO on a 4" orange cutting pad @ speed 3.5 on a PC .......whats that? never heard of that
Old Jan 2, 2006 | 09:48 PM
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Finally someone else knows my pain. Everyone around my area has not had this problem and think I am crazy for worrying about it. Anyway I have had my car for about a year and a half and I have had these water spots since the first week i owned my xb. I have use glass polish, windex, Stoners invisible glass and rainex but I still have the spots and it has gotten better but not completly clean and it makes me angry because I am a person who likes their car clean but i can't get my windows clean.
Old Jan 3, 2006 | 06:16 AM
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errr sorry about that, i forgot i wasn't on my detailing forum :D I was talking about using a porter-cable random orbit buffing machine and klasse all in one to get the waterspots off. I know most of you guys dont have a machine, so instead you can use a microfiber applicator pad or a microfiber towel to apply the AIO. Microfiber tends to give more bite to the product your applying than if you used a conventional foam applicator. LOTS of tiny circles should be used when applying the AIO. You might even need to apply it twice, but AIO is a pretty strong chemical cleaner, if you work it long enough, your waterspots will come off.
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