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Old 08-28-2008, 10:07 PM
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Dad's 300c Water Spot Nightmare

Not too long ago a fellow member on here washed and detailed my dad's car. He buffed it waxed polished claybarred you name it and the hard water spots on my dad's car still will not come out. it's so bad. they little cover almost the whole left side of the car with multiple drops in every square inch. CAN anyone help!!!! i've tried countless other **** on top of that with no progress. i told my dad he might have to have it recleared of something.

any advice or help???
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is this a new car, from the factory?
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Sounds like more than just water spots....
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color sand and buff
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Originally Posted by car_guy_09
Sounds like more than just water spots....
like.....

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is this a new car, from the factory?
its an 07

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if its got a warranty, take it to the dealership. tell them you've tried everything and cant figure it out. let them try, and when they dont figure it out tell them to repaint it lol
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Have you asked Hatrickstu?
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Originally Posted by impulseballer
Not too long ago a fellow member on here washed and detailed my dad's car. He buffed it waxed polished claybarred you name it and the hard water spots on my dad's car still will not come out. it's so bad. they little cover almost the whole left side of the car with multiple drops in every square inch. CAN anyone help!!!! i've tried countless other **** on top of that with no progress. i told my dad he might have to have it recleared of something.

any advice or help???
distilled water and vinegar worked like a charm on my z06
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probably acid rain damage from sitting on the lot forever, we had a ton of chrysler dodge jeeps sit on the lot for months, we have 4 srt4s that arrived in feb that are rotting on the lot.
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Originally Posted by crt013189
distilled water and vinegar worked like a charm on my z06
did you try claybarring and everything else before that?
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your only option at this point is a full paint correction. this involves a professional detailer taking some heavy compound to ur car with a buffer working it slowly, compunction by compound up to a new shine. expensive and VERY time consuming, but i can almost guarantee that would solve ur problem... find a local pro detail shop thats insured incase they screw up.
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Originally Posted by impulseballer
did you try claybarring and everything else before that?
yep claybar and everything that was the only thing that i found that worked vinegar and distilled water first clean the car then spray on rub in with microfiber towel then wash off with water then rewash the car then claybar etc...
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Originally Posted by originaladrian
your only option at this point is a full paint correction. this involves a professional detailer taking some heavy compound to ur car with a buffer working it slowly, compunction by compound up to a new shine. expensive and VERY time consuming, but i can almost guarantee that would solve ur problem... find a local pro detail shop thats insured incase they screw up.
im going to try the water and vinegar thing first for him but what's this going to cost you think?
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Originally Posted by originaladrian
your only option at this point is a full paint correction. this involves a professional detailer taking some heavy compound to ur car with a buffer working it slowly, compunction by compound up to a new shine. expensive and VERY time consuming, but i can almost guarantee that would solve ur problem... find a local pro detail shop thats insured incase they screw up.
im going to try the water and vinegar thing first for him but what's this going to cost you think?
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Originally Posted by impulseballer
im going to try the water and vinegar thing first for him but what's this going to cost you think?
trust me the vinegar and water will take it off look at my pics the water spots were horrible but now its like a mirror
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Originally Posted by impulseballer
im going to try the water and vinegar thing first for him but what's this going to cost you think?
here are the usual prices
http://www.detailatlanta.com/paint-repair.htm

i would say around 200. since its not a true paint restoration and those prices are a bit inflated

but paying a little extra for good work sometimes isint a bad thing.
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Originally Posted by originaladrian
here are the usual prices
http://www.detailatlanta.com/paint-repair.htm

i would say around 200. since its not a true paint restoration and those prices are a bit inflated

but paying a little extra for good work sometimes isint a bad thing.
oh lol that's not bad at all. haha i thought it was going to be crazy high.
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