I want to clean off the water spots from my car windows & side mirrors because whenever it rains it tends to screw up my vision, making it much harder to see.

I tried using Scotch Brite with glass cleaner, slowly scrubbing in a circular motion, now the water doesn't 'clump' together on the spot where I scrubbed. Previously it was like this -



- now it thins out and forms a 'separate layer'.

Am I doing it right? The water spots can still be seen when the windows are dry but when it rains it doesn't clump up anymore. Please do advise, fellow sifus, thanks!

Noted. I used a small force, so no swirls observed after I done a part of the window. Was thinking of finding those powerballs or whatever they call those to attach to a drill to polish the glass, because apparently the water stains have been there for a while. Any tips on that?

All tak jadi. Tried the kiwi kleen glass cleaner with the scouring pad but watermarks not removed.

I'm a total newbie to detailing but it certainly seems interesting - any commercially available glass compounds that can remove those stubborn water spots & also polish the glass a little? 15 year old glass very hard to see out of whenever driving during rain + headlight glare from other vehicles. Preferably something that can be bought at Tesco/Giant etc, so I can pick one up when doing weekly grocery shopping.

Rear windscreen


Side mirrors


This post has been edited by TheWandererX: Jan 8 2013, 05:07 PM

1. Where to get those types of sandpaper?

2. Polishing by hand - means I apply a little WD40 to sandpaper and lightly polish the glass with it right?

Thanks for the help yeah.

Will post back with results when I get my hands on the sandpaper.

Managed to find a hardware shop. Sadly, I was only able to get my hands on some 1200 grit wet sandpaper. The results, however, are pretty promising. Some pics.



Comments?

I used clean water when doing the window sills. At first I found it to scratch the glass a little but I realized it was every time my fingernail hits the sandpaper

Going to resume sanding works next morning. Too many mosquitoes working their way towards my blood.

Tarak clay. I'm pretty much a n00b when it comes to detailing. Previously I was this little innocent kid knowing nothing about driving, now suddenly caring so much for a car that is now mine I use the back of my finger to make sure things are smoothly done. time-consuming but aiyah what to do must start from scratch ma.

I'm curious though, is there any faster way to do this? Apart from using those rotary sander machines and stuff.

Manual labor it is then.

Manual work is horribly troublesome.

Aliyah malas nak buat already. Spending hours but results are quite miniscule compared to input effort. Guess I shall find a professional detailer one day to handle this for me