lazyman

everything i clean my windshield or when it rains and the wind shield wiper comes on it leaves the windshield with white stains across the whole wind shield




sry for large pic i didn't know to make it smaller ;(

are those water stains? i can't find a way to remove them.. any help would be appreciated

Myterial

use a non foaming glass / window cleaner and newspaper as the cloth. its going to take a bit of time / elbow grease, but it should get it off. i had something similar to that and that's what removed it for me. (i think the glass cleaner is used was meguires quik glass cleaner)

lazyman

hm..i'll give it a try but do you where they came from? like salt water or acidic rain ect...

tigersilhouette

Looks like etching from acid rain or calcium deposits from hard water. If you have an automotive paint clay bar, you can try rubbing that on the glass to see if it gets rid of it.

lazyman

i coudln't find the meguires quik glass cleaner anywhere locally so i went and bought armourall auto class cleaner, thats non foaming,i used newpapers as a cloth and i was scrubbing for couple mins on an area and i couldn't see the differences, the spots seem to be stil there..

Are there a special type of clay bar that works for the window cause the only ones i mange to find was the mequires clay bar kit?

invasion08

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http://www.griotsgarage.com/product/...rrivals&page=1

lazyman

i clayed my windshields with mequiars SS clay but its still not getting rid of it any ideas?

laythor

try this, worked on the hard water spots I had on my windshield:


Spray on a light coat, gently rub in with micro fiber cloth, repeat daily. Mine went away after a week or so.

You can also try CLR, but be very very careful not to let it get near the edges of your windshield and onto the trim.

lazyman

The weird thing is, the stains aren't visible when the windshield is dry .you can only see it when you try to wipe the windshield dry when it's wet

DocBeech

iTrader: (1)

maybe an oil based stain then. The oils can get trapped in the pitting of the windshield.

lazyman

so if i want to fix it i'm going to have to replace the whole windshield???? or is there any other way?

DocBeech

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your going to have to scrub your *** off. Try something like invisible glass which is a very safe window cleaner. Replace your windshield wiper blades after your get the windshield clean to make sure nothing is redeposited.

lazyman

ive been claying my *** off for couple days already and nothing has changed
the windshield wipers only has been half a year old...
but i'll try the invisible glass and tilex and see if any of them works, hopefully one does

DocBeech

iTrader: (1)

you still need to replace the wipers to have ones without that crap on them.

Loki

iTrader: (1)

Uhm, I'd recommend against hard scrubbing on the windshield. I don't know about your cars, but on mine the windshield material is super soft: there are a couple of places where I rubbed with a cotton towel without enough lubrication, I guess, and it left thin scratches that are only visible when the sun is at the right angle, or at night, but they're still annoying.

StealthTL

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I'd try that Plastex stuff with a buffer - it works great on yellowed headlights.......but they're plastic.

Razz1

0000 Lot 4 lot steel wool

Or brake cleaner

lazyman

i thought when you get brake cleaners on your windows, its a pain to get off

DocBeech

iTrader: (1)

lol it is

Razz1

I've never had a problem with it.

Have you seen the ingredients?

lazyman

What is the name of the brake cleaner you use?