Dark blue CX5 - Water Spots, light scratches and Hood restore

Kaps

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CX-5 Touring 2016.5
I use ONR Wash and Wax once about 3 months. So far it has done its job really well although I question a spray wax during drying instead of wash and wax.
The process worked since I am just too lazy to do the whole clean / wax etc. process. Up until I noticed something.


The right side of the vehicle had water spots. On body and door windows. They were very consistent - the way I Park - right side is exposed to the sun from 1PM onwards till 6. So any water via sprinklers or even washing a panel that is so hot - is a problem.

Also noticed scratches near rear hatch window. It seems that they were scratched when I cleaned the windows.


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If you zoom in you will see scratches next to the rear glass.

After pictures :
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Method I used:
1. Wash the panel that has water spots or scratches.
2. Use Meguiars Quick detailer QD and clean the panel.
3. QD and a clay bar to lift contaminants - wipe with microfiber. At this point if you move your hand over this and untreated panel you should feel the difference.
4. Scratch X from Meguiars with a micro fiber towel - treat the areas, dont treat the whole panel. wipe off excess with cloth or QD + cloth. Repeat if needed.
5. Meguiars Gold Wax. Even coat, wait 2 mins run your finger, if you see smears - wait longer. Wipe with microfiber.




I had to use Scratx twice to get the scratches off. It also removed water spots (hard to take a pic of these). I listed my Meguiars kit for 25 bucks but was glad no one bought it. Very useful kit.


For water marks see my hood - easier to spot where the blue sky is...see the imperfections, these are water spots.

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some nasty scratches ...

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I will attempt a hood restore today later or tomorrow. Process will be similar. My other side has no water spots. so guessing the Wash n Wax from ONR does a decent job. Not sure if spray wax is better. Never thought i would sacrifice gaming time to clean this but once you see it, you cant unsee it. And the feeling you get during final wipe down is sweet.

Will post - hood restore and window restore (stoners + 0000 wool) pics.

Total cost:
ONR Wash n Wax 12 bucks
Megs full kit - 60 bucks (has about four or five more bottles that i have never used, has clay bar foam pad and a towel, wash mitt - QD / Interior QD, Wax, Shampoo etc etc.
Misc towels - dont buy cheap ones, you save a buck or two but its not worth it. 15 bucks
Single Bucket without grit guard - maybe 15 bucks.
Total - 100 bucks. The 100 bucks will give me atleast 2-3 years of washing and car care.

All in all - i have used ONR and Meg's products and they do a decent job. You can try a once in 3 months wash method but it wont be as simple or fast as ONR - and will probably take 1.5 hour for entire car. 07 to those who wash a car and take every piece apart and clean it, I havent even vacuumed it even once. Probably explains the musky smell.
 
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Update - took 2 hours to restore hood - first timer so took so long. No pics as I had too much of the stuff on hand, need a glove or so next time.
Hood looks fantastic, no water marks and wife was very happy seeing it.
Scratch X 2.0 from Meg did the job although some scratches need a 2nd pass. Very happy with the result.

In the end I had few rock or a metal on metal chips on my hood - not much can be done, I might order a color pen and try it out.
Two distinct circular marks - looks like some alien bird poop - no amount of Scratch X fixed those, its like water marks but inside a circular shape.

OVerall very happy with the hard work. Still puzzled about the marks and how to keep decent amount of wax on my car most of the time.
 
Finished the Job on impacted doors. The water spots were etched pretty hard.

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Cured on left, horrible on right. and no amount of washing was removing these spots.



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Same two doors from different angle. Feels good!
 
Looks like what you have is a combination of water spots and what is known as RIDS (randomly induced deep scratches) If you can solve the RIDS, detailers around the world would rejoice, they just happen. Any how, stoners makes a water spot remover. Water spots are just the mineral deposits drying on the car, they can be very hard but the water spot remover softens them making them easier to remove.

I suggest you look at getting a machine if you are going to continue to fight with water spots and what not. Even an inexpesive HF dual action polisher will save you countless hours.
 
Looks like what you have is a combination of water spots and what is known as RIDS (randomly induced deep scratches) If you can solve the RIDS, detailers around the world would rejoice, they just happen. Any how, stoners makes a water spot remover. Water spots are just the mineral deposits drying on the car, they can be very hard but the water spot remover softens them making them easier to remove.

I suggest you look at getting a machine if you are going to continue to fight with water spots and what not. Even an inexpesive HF dual action polisher will save you countless hours.

I would opt for a water spot remover or a 3m restore kit. Dual action polisher is out of question - unless something that works with my cordless drill lol. I did get most of those out - even a good chunk of scratches.
I was able to get the water spots from windows with 0000 steel wool but it did scratch my window - fine scratches.

I want to take picture of those circular marks - seems like some sort of high acid bird poop. Like they just ate at mcDs and came to poop on my car.
 
Noticed a drill activated one... for $38.99. Right now I am good with how the car looks. It is not garaged so will have to wash n wax more often than once in 3 months lol.
I will probably get a stronger ONR solution to spray wipe when drying my car to get more wax in.
 
Noticed a drill activated one... for $38.99. Right now I am good with how the car looks. It is not garaged so will have to wash n wax more often than once in 3 months lol.
I will probably get a stronger ONR solution to spray wipe when drying my car to get more wax in.

Yep, meguiars DA power system tool G3500 is pretty sweet if all you have is a power drill. It's smaller and but it is forced rotation so with the right polish/pad combo it can be quite effective.

Why not a DA? They are very forgiving and easy to use and will save you quite a bit of time? Is it access to an electrical outlet where you are or something?
 
Yep, meguiars DA power system tool G3500 is pretty sweet if all you have is a power drill. It's smaller and but it is forced rotation so with the right polish/pad combo it can be quite effective.

Why not a DA? They are very forgiving and easy to use and will save you quite a bit of time? Is it access to an electrical outlet where you are or something?

I have a portable drill so power is not an issue. Time is. Plus I will do a restore once a year and try to keep polish on it once every 3 months - I run out of space keeping tools out of harms way away from my toddler.
 
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