First off, these pics are huge, a friend did this and I don't have program to resize yet, so I apologize.

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These are the tops of my t-tops. These spots suck. What can I do to make this better, someone suggested white vinegar and I tried it but it didn't seem to help, all it did was make my t-tops stink. Thanks.

 

Welp, I'd suggest you try a few things. Those types of spots are usually the toughest to remove. First, you need to try a glass polish, like Zaino Z12, which contains a mild abrasive to reomve spotting, films, etc... You can also try a paint cleaner like Meguiar's Body Scrub which has worked for me on spots in the past, or an abrasive like 3M SMR or Meguiar's Fine Cut Cleaner.

I'd start with a glass polish then work up to a little more abrasive products if it isn't working for you. Vinegar isn't going to touch spots like that, it's going to take an abrasive.

 

I used to have those on all my car windows, didnt have time to clean them for about four days. How did I remove them? First I wiped off the loose stuff with hot water, then I took Stoner's Invisible Glass Cleaner, and kept putting it on until at least most of it either went away or was barely visible. That's usually my method of removing those glass spots, and so far, has worked well for me.

 

If you have a clay bar you can try that first, you can press down as hard as you like with the clay as it is glass and glass is very hard.

If that does not work, try Zaino Z-12 Glass Polish, it has removed every hard water spot on cars that people have brought to me and they had tried everything they had to remove them.

PS, MikeLS, Zaino Z-12 is MUCH more abrasive than Body Scrub, or any kind of 3M paint compound prouduct, Z-12 has to be as glass is so hard.

Z-12 would probably be 2 to 3 times more abrasive than say Body Scrub. All compound makers like 3M and Meguiars put oils in their paint compounds so the buffer and your had will slide over the finish as the abrasives are doing their thing, these oils hinder their effectiveness in removing hard water spots from glass.

 

Thanks Kevin for the tip.

I knew the Z12 would probably be more abrasive than Body Scrub, but I would have figured a product like Fine Cut Cleaner or a compound would be more abrasive. I guess the oils in the compounds and cleaner makes more sense as a lubricant for the physical abrasive in those products. I think the BS is nothing more than a strong chemical cleaner anyhow, but it does work ok for spotting.

 

Hey guys...I have these hard spots on my Eagle 077 rims....I have tried the aluminum polish to clean them up, but that doesnt even remove them....Should I try something else, or is alloy different and they arent gonna come off?

thanks