Wetsanding: 1, Hard water spots: 0 Yeah baby!! before & after pics

[the walrus]

Ok so I was struggling with the major hard water damage on the wife's Infiniti I30. 3 passes with the G110, UC and orange 5.5" pad with a fair bit of pressure yielded only ok results.



Inspired by a previous post of the same issue, I decided to wetsand.



2000 grit, soaked in water and a spray bottle to keep the surface nice and wet, I did a *light* wet sand, followed up by 1 easy pass with the UC on 5.5" orange pad.



It's a miracle......see for yourself.



PS...I also discovered that NEVR DULL Chrome polish works great to take hard water off of glass/mirrors. Very easy and effective.





Scratches and hard water before:

After:

Pass door before:

50/50 before wetsand

After:

:getdown

 

[SuperBee364]

Very nicely done! Great photography on a color that is not very easy to get defect pictures on.



That paint looks better than new.

 

[brwill2005]

You most likely could have removed them chemically with a product like Valu Guards Alkaline neutralizer. Good job though.

 

[pampos]

Great job there...well done!!!

 

[SuperBee364]

You most likely could have removed them chemically with a product like Valu Guards Alkaline neutralizer. Good job though.

I think he had already removed the mineral content, and was left with the etching, which, of course, would require abrasive polishing.

 

[the walrus]

Thanks guys! I was just using what I had in the garage but thanks for the heads up on the Valu Guard stuff. BTW, this is my first time using a DA polisher. I got my G110 3 days ago. I'm pretty happy with the results.





Justin

 

[livearchivist@g]

that looks great! i need to do something similar on mine, just haven't done any wetsanding before... need to work up some courage

 

[Bostonsfavson]

You most likely could have removed them chemically with a product like Valu Guards Alkaline neutralizer. Good job though.

You're basing this on looking at the photos?