what will remove water stains?

[muckyman]

Hi all
my car has got some unsightly water drop stains of the paint (particularly on the boot) which looks unsightly. The car is dark blue.
They won't shift with normal shampoo. Any ideas of products that will shift this? Maybe a chemical cleaner of some kind?
There is a "halfrauds" very close to me so I can easily get their products if you think of any good ones for my situation
ta
Michael

[agxster]

In my experience using polish (i.e. Autoglym Super Resin Polish) did the trick. You might also want to try claying first. All of that available at your local Halfools.

[belleair302]

I would suggest that washing the car with a decent shampoo will help, as will rinsing with an Aqua Gleam water filter which will remove the impurities from the rinse part of the wash. Do not wash the car in direct sunlight and allow the water to sheet off by using an open hose to rinse.

[muckyman]

belleair302 said:

I would suggest that washing the car with a decent shampoo will help, as will rinsing with an Aqua Gleam water filter which will remove the impurities from the rinse part of the wash. Do not wash the car in direct sunlight and allow the water to sheet off by using an open hose to rinse.

I've used a decent shampoo (Zymol) and it didn't shift it.
The method of washing you described is pretty much how I do it, but I've just bought the car and these marks were already there.
Just trying to get it closer to my standards at the moment....

[JB!]

Meg's Gold Class is good, then polish or even paint cleaner or claying.

[PJ S]

If it's just water spots, then Duragloss AquaWax does a very good job of removing them without turning to the abrasive-based likes of AG SRP.
As mentioned, a water deioniser/demineraliser will be useful for preventing it, but the whilst the AquaGleam one is handy, it's considerably more expensive in the long term compared to the resin and vessel type window cleaners would use.

Use only for rinsing, and with a low flow open hose to sheet the water off, once rinsed with the hose normally or your pressure washer.
That'll leave less for you to mop up, and if it's sunny, you'll not need to worry so much about trying to get round the whole car before it evaporates.

I recommend this one - http://www.daqua.co.uk/index.html