I was cleaning up the Camino today and decided to try something new to try getting rid of the water spots on the rear glass. It worked better than anything I've tried yet.

I got the idea while I was polishing the driver's side mirror. I was using Never-Dull on the chrome and got some on the glass. It cleaned it really nicely.

So I tried it on the back window. Not so great until I put the 11" buffer on it. It ain't perfect, but it's better than it's been since I've had it.

zaino has a glass polish that works 100% for me with no buffing. It makes the glass so clear that you can hardly tell it's there!

Lee

Will it take out scratches? My windshield has a few scratches in it and I'm looking for a relatively cheap way to get them out

Have you tried wiping the window down with folded up newspaper? My dad showed me that trick back in high school. No joke, it flat works. And it's basically free...if you have any old newspaper layin around the house, that is.

Just fold it up and wipe the glass down with a little bit of pressure. Good luck! graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Newspaper trick works for me and so does razor blades like you're cleaning a window for tint. Put the blade at a 45 degree angle, squirt the glass with windex and kinda cut at the water spots, gets em off in no time!
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My mom's been bugging my dad for an oak coffee table for the living room lately. Last weekend one of the neighbors threw out a nice oak coffee table with glass triangle cut outs on it. I asked her "why ya throwing it out?" She replied "the damn grandkids have put circles on the glass and it just wont come out." I told her I could clean it right up for her and she replied "Well I already rearranged the furniture, if you want to clean it up and have it, you're welcome to it" So I brought it over to my house and took a razor blade and windex to the glass, glass cleaned right up then took lemon pledge to the wood. I left it in the tool shed all week then brought it out today for mother's day! graemlins/thumbsup.gif Needless to say, my mom was stoked smile.gif

In the past I've tried glass polish, Amway's chrome and glass cleaner, rubbing compounds, water spot remover, and definitely newspapers.

I'm talking about water spots with high lime content that have been there for years.

I haven't been able to do much with the scratches. I saw a guy in a body shop use buffing compound once to remove scratches, but when I tried it I ended up with swirl marks from my buffer.

I saw on TC a short time ago that a clay bar (with lube) took some water spots off glass for someone.

I use a product called CLR ,its a bathroom cleaner made to remove lime and mineral build up. It can be used on glass,ceramic

wouldn't lime away work? I'd just be careful not to get it on your paint!
Terry

Lime away is scary. Maybe a mild pumice stone?

I think the clay bar is a good idea.

Light steel wool and Windex. Trust me... won't scratch. We used it on new and used cars all the time at the dealership detail shop I worked at.

I've heard good stories about the 000 steel wool too. Haven't tried it myself though.

ooo steel wool works great to get the road grime off. Dry with news paper. A clay bar will remove the water spots followed with chrome polish. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Works great,
Bubba

Yes, I had previously tried steel wool too. Didn't work. I'm tellin' ya', I'm talking about the worst water spots you've probably ever seen on glass.

I didn't think it would do it, but the Nevr-Dull worked better than anything else I've ever tried.

I'd still love to hear anything else that's worked because my passenger side glass is much worse than the back glass was, and the Nevr-Dull isn't cutting it on that one.

I'm lucky though because I was able to pick up a complete set of tinted El Camino glass (minus windshield) last year at CB'02. So, worst case, I'll have to replace the windows with my spares.

Chad I have used lime a way on some tough stains that had been on the glass for years. I soaked a rag to apply, you don't want to get it on the paint. Kept it wet for a few seconds and then washed it off. I use newspaper and windex to clean all glass. Does a great job, no streaks like with paper towels.
On a related note, the plastic headlamps and taillights on my Chevy truck were all dull, the headlamps were actually a yellow color. My Dad suggested I use a polish he had laying around for 30 years. What he handed me was semichrome polish. I had my doubts but it cleanes up the plastic to look as good as new. The headlights are actually brighter now.
I use 000 steel wool on both the car and the Harley chrome to clean off the bugs and grit then follow up with a little wax.. Works great!!!

You can try lime-away, but if you want to get serious about it, go to the hardware store and buy some muratic acid. Lime away contains a mixture of acids, but muratic acid is about 50% hydrochloric. Try a dab on a Q-tip, and see what that does to the water spots.

You may not actually have water spots from hard water. You may have localized "weathering" appearing, which is caused by water leaching away compounds in the surface of the glass. If muratic acid doesn't dissolve the spots, you probably have a problem other than simple water spots.

People who have old coffee pots or drinking glasses that look like they have a hard water film, but can't get them clean to save their life... Usually because it isn't a film, but rather the surface was weathered away. Almost like an etch. The same can happen to windows, old bottles, etc.

Not much you can do about it... but $0.00 deductable on comprehensive might come in handy.
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Dave

I was watchin one of those mothers car shows things on espn, and they were saying to use their clay bar and chrome polish on the windows...

I personally think that clay bar is garbage material. I tried it ONCE, and it didn't do a thing. Just my .02, I will be trying most of these suggestions, I have scratches and water spots all over my cars windows. I wonder if it had something to do with sitting in a body shop for almost 9 years? :eek:

Addendum: I'd try vinegar and steel wool before I'd bust out the Lime Away and the acid. Harsh chemicals on finished cars scare me... :eek:

Have you tried wiping the window down with folded up newspaper? My dad showed me that trick back in high school. No joke, it flat works. And it's basically free...if you have any old newspaper layin around the house, that is.

Just fold it up and wipe the glass down with a little bit of pressure. Good luck! graemlins/thumbsup.gif
A very good idea indeed. Of course the news paper needs to be crumpled up, as you say, but even better if you add about 10 drops of vinegar to a tumblerful of water, cleas to glass/window, wardrobe mirror with it, the result will be quite miraculous.
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