I can't believe I am asking a water spot question...

I went to Lake Powell for a week. Wind blew most of the time, but still a great trip nonetheless. But after a week of having the wind blow water all over my boat any time it was moving, I have water spots from Hades. This would be a disaster if my boat were anything but white. I last waxed the boat last fall, and I suspect that is my fundamental problem. It seems clear that my coating of wax is not there anymore. So I have hard water spots that are next to impossible to get off.

I usually use Babe's boat bright after every trip to the lake and it works great for those 1/2 day trips that I usually make. We wiped her down after we pulled her out at Powell and basically the spots did nothing.

Today I tried 2 different kinds of wax - no help.
Babe's spot solver - no luck,
Babe's boat wash - no way,
Palmolive and water - nada,
Ducky cleaner - not working,

I have some 3M cleaner and wax that is rated for 'lightly oxidized surfaces' and has a mild rubbing compound in it, and that worked to some degree, and is pretty much the only thing that even worked in the slightest. I used it twice in the same area and that pretty well got rid of the spots.

I was thinking that I need a pure rubbing compound like 3M makes and then follow that up with a straight wax. Then I will surely wax the boat more often. I don't like it looking like this, even though it is really not bad from a distance.

Any suggestions?

Sorry to start another water spot thread, but this seems more cantankerous than most water spot problems.

Here is a cell phone pic that shows what I am dealing with to some degree.

White vinegar

Boat Bling Hot Sauce

Babes spot cleaner.

Originally Posted by rlsv211

Babes spot cleaner.

He said he already tried that.

Wax out the waterspots with a buffer and use Boat Bling Hot Sauce from then on, every time you pull it out of the water.

How long did you let the Ducky stay on your boat before washing it off? When I went to Powell boat looked the same as yours. When I got home, sprayed a heavy coat of Ducky and let it stay on for 24 hours. Then spots came off with soap and water.

I've never tried it, but what about a clay bar?

kaboom, works perfectly.

Driventoperfection.com. Their cleaner is money for water spot removal.

-Uj

Originally Posted by ian_ashton

White vinegar

Vinegar will take the spots right off, Just follow with a wax.

Vinegar will not remove hard water spots, i know as i've tried it on my black hulled boat and it does absolutely nothing. I tried all the above mentioned remedies as well except Ducky and the only thing that will completely remove them is buffing them off.

Wow - after Powell I have always had great luck with either Ducky or Babes Spot remover.

I also used to have a decent luck with a 50/50 vinegar/water -- sometimes I would put some windex in there too - but that is going to strip
your wax. Make sure you have a good base coat before going somewhere like Powell, it will come off easier next time.

Hey Tall try a little CLR. You will have experiment with the dilution rate but it should work. I have used full strength before for really stubborn water spots. As long as you were willing to compound it through in a little work with the magic eraser, it will be easier on the finish than a heavy compound. You will certainly need to wax it after.

Kaboom - Spray, wipe, rinse - GONE - then wax of course

Which Kaboom ya talking about, thay have a few variations.

Vinegar never works for me either. I think it is an old wives tale.

I have used white 30% vinegar at the ramp after boating for years. Its cheap and works great on all the Midwest waters near Chicago. I have not fount it to remove wax but I do wax 4 times a year with Poor Boys paste wax. You may have to beef up the mixture if it doesn't work try Zing . Be careful its very strong wear gloves.

Buffing it the only REAL remedey ive found. All other still leave a slight have of water spotting..