Car Detailing: Hard Water Removal

Video Transcript

"Hi it's Dow at the Firehouse detail shop. And today we are detailing the outside of a car and teaching you how to do it just like a professional. We are going to address in this segment hard water removal. Now some of you may have it and some of you may have never heard of it but when it happens to your car it's evident and it's something that definitely needs to be removed. Because it's impossible to get a shine, it's hard to see out your windows the whole bit. Typically happens when you park in front of a sprinkler, again and again and again. Unfortunately there's not a lot of common products you can buy at the, at your house you know, I've seen people use vinegar, it can do a decent job removing some hard water spots. I also recommend that you don't do anything abrasive to try to get rid of it. Now we are going to use some abrasive product, maybe even talk about abrasives, it has an abrasive noise. We are going to use it maybe on a windows, some steel wool, some very fine steel wool. If we rub that on the window we can get hard water off. Don't ever use an abrasive product on the paint, or on the plastic chrome. You might be able on a chrome bumper go through and use some steel wool to get it off, but again typically I would be cautious to use anything abrasive. My favorite product but again this is really just for professionals cause this is even, you know I don't, you can only buy this from a professional detail store. Is a acid based cleaner. It attacks calcium and minerals that are left so it actually will go into the paint. It has to be done in a cool environment. You never spray it you know, it on a hot wheel, or hot paint. It will actually eat away the hard water calcium deposits and leave a clean surface. If it does leave some pitting again you are going to have to see a professional who's going to have to use a high speed buffer to get the remainder of those products out. That's about what you need to know to get rid of hard water spots. They're obnoxious, they don't look good and they have to be removed to make the detail complete."