Water spots, GRRR...

Water spots any suggestions w/w? Will a light to medium polish take off water spots? I’ve never polished, always used Maguire’s wax or wax/cleaner combos.

Any help, thanks in advance.

i think a like a 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar in a spray bottle with water will do the trick

also the mcquires quick cleaner wax should also take care of it

Babes boat brite, or Hot Sauce by Boat Bling.

Vinegar will work good and strip your wax.

The Hot Sauce works excellent and leaves a coat of wax.

We always wipe down with the vinegar mix and then use boat brite....prob overdoing it but no problems with spots.

if all else fails from what everyone else above have mentioned and does work, get a bottle of meguiars water spot remover... FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.... it will work...
Wax the boat afterwards as it will be stipped....

I got some boat wash concentrate, mixed it with tap water about 50 50 then poured in some caurnuba wax and stirred it all up. Don't know how good of an idea this is, but water spots go bye bye.

I like Babes also...........they have a "spot remover" that's my favorite color (pink)


Anyway, spray it on......wait a minute or so, then wipe off. If you use their boat brite during wipe downs, usually you can stay ahead of the spots.

Rik, I thought that was water down blue color???? That is what I have...

I think I drink too much............

I'm pretty sure the blue is the "seat saver"........?

But I've been known to "re-use" bottles and may have mixed one up??

I'm so confused........

Now you got me confused... he he he IDK now...

Turtle Wax Ice Spray Detailer

303 on my boat and have no problems with spots.

Here's a color chart for those still wearing geranimals:

Babes Boat Brite 16oz. (Green) - $9.99
Seat Saver 16oz. (White) - $13.99
Seat Soap 16oz. (Blue) - $9.99
Boat Bubbles 16oz. (Orange) - $8.99
Spot Remover 16oz. (Purple) - $9.99

I like the HOT SAUCE by Boat Bling.

Yo Hate....that label may be purple, but dammit if the fluid ain't PINK!

Geranimals.....LOL!

(note to self: lose the matching animal clothes......)

Babe's Spot Solver works Great! Follow it up with Boat Bright, and no issues with spots! Or just wipe down with Boat Bright every time and your hull will be mirror smooth.

Spot solver looks a lot like Sparkle glass cleaner to me, smells like it too. I have used Babes, but I don't think that it works as well as vinegar and water. Boat brite leaves streaks in my experience.

Ahh...Boat Brites the business. It works like a champ for me along with a microfiber cloth, however I'm using it mostly on white gel coat where as results may very on colored.

Ducky is awesome, I even use it on our black bathtub.

Everyone knows the vinegar trick. But here is a less common one...someone suggested mayonaise to me once. I tried it because I didnt believe them. It worked though ha ha!!!

Really depends how bad the spots are. If they're bad, then nothing will take them off short of rubbing compound. A little turtle wax rubbing compound followed up with some decent wax will do the trick. Maintain the shine with Babe's and you should be golden.

IF they're totally brutal like on some of the stainless on my boat I will use CLR (tub and shower stuff stands for calcium lime and rust?) diluted. Works like a frickin champ. In 110 degrees and wind it might as well be mud as hard as the water is here. CLR is like a 2 pass deal then wax wax wax wax wax wax. I do my best to keep it off the gel though. I use quick detailer to wipe down. I pickup a case @ a time when it's on sale. My buddy uses pledge on his I guess its the same premise as the mayo deal but I wouldn't want a blob of mayo sitting in the heat and funking up the boat YUQ! You use bread to apply the mayo to the hull?

1/2 water and vinegar in a bottle...get cheap vinegar it is 80cents a jar and will last most of the season. I have used a bunch of different spray waxes and vinegar is quicker/easier.

kaboom from walmart. strips the spots with little if any effort. then reapply wax.

Ya Scott, I recommend a hamburger bun its almost like a wax pad...and make sure you apply a TON of mayonaise. Coat the entire boat first in direct sunlight, let bake until it begins to crust and stank, then buff off with a piece of sandpaper. HA!!!

I use "Wax as you Dry" by Eagle One. Works great and keeps the boat waxed as well. I wipe it down with it every time it comes out of the water and it shines like new.