I need some advice on how to remove water marks from the windshield of my car. I have already tried using vinegar, acetic acid and glass cleaner along with some scrubbing. While the vinegar helped the majority of water marks still persist. Can anyone recommend any other methods? Thank you in advance.
I have gotten stubborn hard water spots off window glass using just Dawn dish soap in hot water and 4 zero steel wool? The 0000 steel wool is soft and fine enough not to scratch glass, but abrasive enough to help remove the water spots. Rinse and use a squeegie or dry microfiber cloth to check your progress, as you work?
NAPA sells a "glass stripper" that works really well. It takes a bit of elbow grease but well worth the effort. It's a thick, pinkish color semi paste..you put it on with a sponge and rinse it off. It also removes waxes and dried on oils and silicones that make water "bead" on glass. Water should "sheet" off glass, not bead up. Hope this helps
Have you tried "OOPS" or "GOO GONE? You can buy it in the paint dept at Walmart. It will take anything off without damaging it. I am painting my truck, and got paint all over my truck windows( yeah I know sloppy painter LOL.
Are you sure the steel wool won't scratch the glass? It's still steel wool, no matter how fine the grade, and the scratches left on the glass may be less obvious than expected.
I wouldn't risk it, myself. blackdiamond13 @ Jemsite
I've been the manager of auto body and paint repair shops. We used fine steel wool every day to clean glass. It works real well. The big problem with it, is to wash the car after you clean the glass. If any of the steel wool stays on the painted part of the car (and you won't see it), after a little night moisture hits it, then it rusts. You'll end up with rust spots all over, but they can be buffed off, if you catch it soon enough.
Every once in a while cleaning won't scratch the glass. I wouldn't do it every day though.
hi, I'm part of a network of fish enthusiasts and basically, we either use the water/vinegar combination when we have problems like this, or a magfloat heheh (that's a cleaner that you use by dragging it with magnets from the other side of the glass) hehe but yeh, vinegar and water should do it...
maybe you need to use a higher concentration of vinegar? and did you try nail polish remover? also citric acid (lemon salt) could do it... that's what jewelers often use to clean soldered jewelry... may be worth a shot
Another old time method of clening glass was using BonAmi cleaner....comes in a can like Comet, the powder stuff, not the liquid. I worked for NAPA and a customer of mine (Vulcan Materials) used Bon Ami to get concrete off of the windshields of their trucks. Plus hard water marks are close to being impossible to remove from glass. Bon Ami cleanser won't scratch glass by the way, just remember to keep the area you're working on wet and take your time, it's not an instant process. I had mentioned in an earlier post about the glass stripper that NAPA sells....it's made by a company called No Touch.
