hard water spots on black paint

[ERROL]

Hello I have several hard type 2 water spots on my hood can anyone help me on what I can do to remove them I already tried buffing them out with polish with a buffer but no luck

[CHzo6]

Re: hard water spots on black paint

What kind of polish and what kind of buffer are you working with?

[ERROL]

Re: hard water spots on black paint

i used menzerna polish recommended by my sprayer friend and a rotary buffer but used it on low speed cause I didnt want to make it worse

[greg0303]

Re: hard water spots on black paint

It sounds like they etched deeply.

You need to remove more paint to level them.

How old is the vehicle? Are you working on factory paint or resprayed area?

[ERROL]

Re: hard water spots on black paint

its a 95 ford escort and no its a resprayed area

[greg0303]

Re: hard water spots on black paint

If that area was resprayed then the paint should be softer than factory one.

What Menzerna product did you use? Was it a cleaner/ polish or just polish? Are these spots fresh or etched already?

Fresh spot can be treated with a clay first.

If it's old/ etched then you need some abrasives to remove enough surrounding paint and level those water spots.

[ERROL]

Re: hard water spots on black paint

it was a polish/cleaner and no these are not fresh cause first step i did was clay first than polish with buffer but they were there for just 2weeks as i didnt wash my car for 2 weeks had house problems to take care off

[greg0303]

Re: hard water spots on black paint

It looks like something stronger is needed (compound).

Some deep water spots require even sanding.