WATER SPOT REMOVAL on a Ceramic Coating | What Product Works Best?

[@theragcompany]

👉 P R O D U C T S U S E D: Opti-Coat MDR (Mineral Deposit Remover) - theragcompany.com/products/opti-coat-mdr TRC Ultra Clay Bar - theragcompany.com/products/ultra-clay-bar GTECHNIQ W9 - theragcompany.com/products/gtechniq-w9-water-spot-remover RUPES UNO Advanced - theragcompany.com/products/rupes-uno-advanced

[@DerPic]

Watched a water spot removal video from a very well known detailer right before this one. According to his video, machine polishing will make it look like the minerals have disappeared but they will most likely reappear in the future. His take is to use a water spot remover 1st and then follow up with a polisher. Either way, both were very informative videos!!

[@antoniou5]

DIY detail Ivan correct?

[@DerPic]

@@antoniou5 correct.

[@ethanblan435]

I would agree with that. For best result, hit it with a mineral deposit remover first, then polish

[@kadirtas25]

I learned this very late. I polished my car twice and today i saw same water spots again. I will wash my car with Car Pro Descale and polish again. I hope it will be last.

[@antoniou5]

@@kadirtas25 i do have descale as well hopefully works and spots wont appear after i polish.

[@jbanda896]

Carpro Descale works. But I think that is more for light fresh water spots.

[@thugsy15]

Ordered W9 cos of this video. Just tried it earlier, no bueno. Spots did not even budge.

[@99zman]

Thanks for saving me from buying it. They almost had me.

[@davida7713]

Gtechniq make a lot of overhyped garbage

[@hartlanddetailer5670]

FYI...Yvan also touched on this topic, check it out about his thoughts on polishing water spots? It also dropped today or yesterday...

[@BrillianceAutoSpa]

Yup, and he said that polishing drives the minerals further into the paint. But these guys at TRC don't reply to any comments. These guys are tone Def when it comes to YT comments.

[@neilwalker5041]

I just finished off my bottle of W-9 and it did a good job for me. Thank you for this very informative video!

[@thugsy15]

I just tried it and did not work. Did you do anything special?

[@neilwalker5041]

@@thugsy15 the W-9 will remove the minerals from the spot. If the spot etched in the paint now it is safe to polish. If the water spot etched deep into the clear coat you can enhance the s as spot with polishing but it will always be there.

[@Amcchun]

Carpro spotless 2.0 worked well for me. Definitely recommend it. Don't get the 1.0 version though, a lot of bad reviews on that version.

[@vtecaccord96]

Now the real test is to put this out in the sun and see which section of the hood comes back with water spots. Heating up the panel will be the true test on what really works.

[@BrillianceAutoSpa]

True.

[@rm3-f8k]

You are correct my friend.

[@JaimetheNomad]

I’m fighting this now and looking at options, so this is helpful! I think for me I will try W9 first and if more is needed I may try rupes.

[@glumdogtrillionaire]

UNO on a wool pad WILL adversely affect the coating, regardless of if you’re replacing it with a lower-standard of SiO2.

[@orthodox1717]

💯

[@chipdiamond2628]

For sure, Wool pad has some power.

[@gyraldmarfori6094]

I thought so too. Let's call in Jason Rose to confirm lol

[@TimNThoma]

Curious if the blue eagle edgeless 500gsm are the same blue as the Amazon special 450gsm 6 pack?

[@ObsessedGarage]

Can we please, please, please throw those garbage hex lights in the trash? I will personally pay for some CREE lights and fly out there with Mike F to replace that junk!

[@theragcompany]

😂 It’s been nearly 5 years since you last came to Boise, I’d say it’s about time we gave you another tour!

[@howboutdemjets5092]

Sud Factory Paint and Glass water spots remover works perfectly!

[@tomchinigo5014]

Great video Anthony, thank you ! Do you think Meguiars Wheel Brightner would work ?

[@BrillianceAutoSpa]

The guys at DIY Detail mentioned that you can't polish out water spots. That your'e driving them deeper for them them to appear later on a hot day.

[@Malborex]

why did you not use uno pure ? wouldn't it have optically removed the waterspots without leaving something behind and changing the coating behaviour? And second yvan lacroix always says you have to remove the minerals before polishing otherwise your just grinding the minerals into the clear coat and they will reappear after some time and temperature change ? :)

[@77rommel]

This needs addressed......

[@steinerkevin3929]

Yay my order for w9 is coming in Monday!!!!! My 4Runner is caked with water spots

[@thugsy15]

How did it go?

[@gimaru1]

Did it work ?

[@rookdaft7801]

How’d it go?

[@steinerkevin3929]

@@thugsy15 it worked really good tbh. I have a well pump as my water source so lots of minerals are left on my car. It removed it pretty quick

[@steinerkevin3929]

@@gimaru1 worked well. I have a water pump as my water source so it contains lots of minerals to leave water spots on my car. W9 worked good imo

[@charliecalzadilla6028]

What polishing pad did you use with the Uno?

[@stephan2357]

20:52 why not another, dedicated MDR video, on test panel, where let sit for 24+h? 🤷‍♂ you also could control the level of accumulated deposits, if you were to place it at your sprinkler (maybe even for longer than this customer did)...

[@kerwinjones3106]

Needed this!

[@seventysschev]

Thanks for the demo!

[@jeffhny]

Great idea, but the test should be done with a polish that doesn't have protection in it. Kind of tough to tell if the hydrophobics are from Uno or the coating.

[@mazinkaisers]

Interesting how the vinagre active or reset the coating and make the water bounce back ! Sometime experiments like this we can discovery how other products work !

[@pit5000]

I heard you need warm/hot vinegar. Helps with dissolving the minerals better.

[@stephan2357]

💡9:02 Gtechniq's instructions for W9 say: ..."wipe onto an area no bigger than 2ft x 2ft" "Buff immediately..." "Re-wash your car after use"

[@stephan2357]

9:29 when i asked Gtechniq's support what do they actually mean by "re-wash", whether with : water, or ONR/rinseless, or IPA, or shampoo? she literally said "re-shampoo"! which i find wrong, because i've tried shampoo and rinseless, but could not see difference. only benefit of no risk inducing new water-spots from normal shampoo wash, when used rinseless.

[@alliemonster8149]

Hi there , great video! Will a second application of W9 remove more?

[@alliemonster8149]

You just answered my question in the last minute, thanks.

[@kenbergman4106]

Can W-9 be used on a waxed car without remove the wax or do I need to rewax vehicle?

[@seventysschev]

You’ll likely need to rewax your car. The SDS For W9 doesn’t list a pH, but it does say that it contains acetic acid (vinegar).

[@Dcervantes243]

That coatings water behavior didnt look amazing to me, but it still looked alright. I will say those water spots definitely affected the coating negatively in the water behavior.

[@glumdogtrillionaire]

It would be good to see how Carpro Spotless 2.0 does.

[@petelanzone484]

Carpro 2.0 was junk for me. I tried to use it. Wish I can send it back

[@kirbyschneider4187]

What type of pad was used with the Uno advanced?

[@umcaraqualquer7389]

Guys, When will you start selling your products in Brazil?

[@unnamedchannel1237]

I am trying to get water spots from my powdercoated Alloy window frames. I managed to remove some with Clay but scared to use anything elese. Suggestions please. Clay is taking a long time (Edit - this is house windows)

[@kuren7778]

RUPES UNO ADVANCE can be use to a graphene coated vehicle to remove water spots?

[@gyraldmarfori6094]

Sorry, but wouldn't the Rupes blue wool/MF pad remove the coating even though you used Uno Advanced as a polishing compound?

[@PickinTreasures]

Odd how you do circles when Everyone says not to

[@stephenlouden480]

what ceramic coatings on the car?..um... Uno Advanced 😅. you polished away the coating and replaced it with the uno. only question is can you oanel prep and ceramic coat over Uno Advanced?

[@bad_vaporizer]

The side with the polisher used isnt beading water like the other sections anymore. 😂 I think the mechanical part of that process took some of that ceramic coating off.

[@cherchmouse]

Has anyone ever tried Undrdog WSP?? I bought some, but I'm afraid to use it... lol

[@DynoDieselWagon]

Pro Note ♤ stir shake or agitate any liquid b4 use 2:55

[@roelleor2374]

Mdr didnt work for me, I let it sit for 2 hours May I ask what the link foe Wheel acid cleaner

[@havingtoomuchfun4806]

Polishing isn’t a smart way of removing water spots. You need to use a mineral deposit remover first.

[@millyharbinger8897]

Finally someone knows their stuff

[@Orr_s]

Was always under the impression from other vids you arent really supposed to clay a coated vehicle, unless absolutely necessary…is there truth to that and will synthetic clay damage a coating and its durability?

[@weave4181]

Wool pad you just toasted that coating, rupes specifically requires to use a white pad for the purpose of this video

[@JoseAlvarez-rz6sl]

If your using vinger you should of use the clay 1st then apply tge vinger.

[@glenjamiecombs8495]

Step 1 on black Cayenne. Rain spots 1 MDR left on overnight ZERO.

[@NoHandleAT]

Wheel Acid did not harm the coating, so much for that W9 push. Wheel Acid > W9.

[@jaysmotorcyclesaga]

Hi

[@mikefortunato9800]

W9 is prob just acid, detail spray, and scent.

[@brenthill5596]

Megs d140 diluted.

[@yourboieejake]

Just acid bath the whole car. Can't have water spots if you don't have paint.

[@johngaytes-ex7nt]

So to spend all that money for Ceramic Coating that doesn't even protect my car from just water is actually a waste of money... i stick with waxing my car every couple months

[@brianmchale6668]

I thought a Ceramic coating was going to save me from water spots. ??

[@thugsy15]

Not if the beads got dried under the sun. Found out the hard way last week end. I now think ceramic coating is pointless. If I cant remove spots by chemical then they will polish which could remove coating so then they would reapply. Now wtf was the ceramic coating for.

[@marambula]

for beads!

[@craigedwards6892]

Totally agree! Same thing happened to my Black Audi A3. Sticking with a traditional wax in future.@@thugsy15

[@JosephJohnson-bq1wm]

For a waxed/polished shine without waxing, but still possibly with water spots if water beads are allowed to dry. Water spots maintenance/removal is a different topic independent to the waxed appearance of the ceramic coating. For perspective, water spots can happen with or without ceramic coating, but it's the waxed/polished appearance step of detailing that is already produced by the ceramic coating.

[@reloadrefine]

That lighting sucks for the viewer to see the results.

[@DynoDieselWagon]

Did you know muriatic acid can be Caustic in the hands of a 13:25 rookie

[@COC785]

Not knocking Gtechniq but it is way overpriced! Griots water spot remover is much cheaper at $13.99 for a 22oz bottle versus $22.95 for Gtec's 16oz bottle. I can buy lunch with the savings and get the same performance.

[@unpopularopinionz]

The fact u do circular motions makes me question ur expertise

[@tycucchi]

One of the first here, lol