Water spots on outside mirrors

[foxhound58]

I read the thread on cleaning glass with #4 heavy cut cleaner.
I use this proceedure by hand with terry cloth applicator pad & it works well for me. Was just wondering if it would be possable to use it on the mirrors as well. I don't think the material is as hard as regular glass, and was afraid it would scratch the mirror.
Any help to remove water stains from them would be great. I usually use stoner IG. It will not remove it.
Thanks, Fox

[Murr1525]

I dont think it would be a good idea.

I have considered using PlastX on mine, but never have tried.

Maybe someone has?

[foxhound58]

That sounds like a possability. It's a tricky area for sure. Non abrasive, minimal force, & nothing that will remove finish from paint.
Thanks, Murr

[Murr1525]

What do you mean remove finish from paint? Are you refering to the mirror housing, or the mirror's plastic coating itself?

I had been refering to PlastX on the mirror's plastic coating ( I dont think it is glass).

[SL1CK]

I think he's talking about the actual mirror. Like, sideview mirrors.

[Murr1525]

Thats what I thought.. I wouldnt want to try #4 on those, but maybe PlastX.

[Black Bart]

Originally posted by Murr1525
Thats what I thought.. I wouldn't want to try #4 on those, but maybe Plastics.

I have used plastX on glass it cleans but you need to do a lot of buffig with a MF to remove the film.
One product that works good on glass that is generally overlooked is Bon-Ami it really cleans glass and removes water spots. If glass cleaner won't do the job try bon-ami.

[smurf]

I have used no4 on the glass wing mirrors left no scratching and did not distort it .The customer was very Happy .I find the wing mirror tend to have more grime on them than the windows .All i use is a foam pad with a few drops of no4 and rub away BLING BLING

[foxhound58]

Yes I was talking about the wing mirrors. Usually the housing around them are painted. Was getting desprate to use some some sort of bathroom hard water film remover. Before I resorted to that, just wanted to see what the guys on MOL were doing to remove it.
So I see that someone did use #4 with success. Just didn't have the guts to try it myself for fear of scratching the surface. I will probably give it a shot now with a sponge applicator.
Thanks guys, Fox

[foxhound58]

Thanks Smurf for the reply to my thread. I used the #4 on my mirrors to start with & no scratches. So tried it on the customers car, and turned out beautiful. He even called me up after he returned home to see what I had used to make them look like new again.
I guess it's just another advantage to the diminishing abrassives in Meg's products.
Thanks again, Fox

[Monk]

Originally posted by foxhound58
Yes I was talking about the wing mirrors. Usually the housing around them are painted. Was getting desprate to use some some sort of bathroom hard water film remover. Before I resorted to that, just wanted to see what the guys on MOL were doing to remove it.
So I see that someone did use #4 with success. Just didn't have the guts to try it myself for fear of scratching the surface. I will probably give it a shot now with a sponge applicator.
Thanks guys, Fox

I used #4 with a cotton towel on the mirrors on both of the new cars I got this year to get off the water spots, with no problems, but if I had read this thread first, I might not have done so. I thought they were glass! Dummy me.

[smurf]

glad you got rid of the water spots Fox
happy polishing