Can anyone give me a tip, or product, to help prevent water marks after washing the car. Unfortunately its Santorini black (not my choice, it was used and a very good deal). No matter what I do, including leathering down straight afterwards, I still get water marks. it is polished with autoglym resin polish. If i polish it all i seem to do is polish in the water marks!. Any tips or suggestions will be greatfully recieved.

Thanks in advance,

1stfreelander.

turtle wax 'wax it wet'

mist with that stuff the car after washing, dry it with a couple of drying towels, also excellent on glass

makes the car shine without all the labour and hassle. I use a towel in each hand so you can work faster and also lean on the car without leaving hand prints. I used to have very hard water which would leave terrible water marks without that wax

http://www.auto-essentials.co.uk/ecomm/cat...-2561.html

It doesnt stop that annoying water run from the rear quarter light though  At work
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1STFREELANDER wrote:

Can anyone give me a tip, or product, to help prevent water marks after washing the car. Unfortunately its Santorini black (not my choice, it was used and a very good deal). No matter what I do, including leathering down straight afterwards, I still get water marks. it is polished with autoglym resin polish. If i polish it all i seem to do is polish in the water marks!. Any tips or suggestions will be greatfully recieved.

Thanks in advance,

1stfreelander.

Hi i have same problem, This is caused by the water evaporating faster than the minerals in the water, which leaves the water markes. I have found two ways of dealing with this the 1st one is a Flash Car Wash system this can be brought off of ebay and works by filtering the water. This does not get rid of all the markes but does make it alot easyer when drying. The second is called Rinse Pimp does the same thing as the flash system but with far better results ( no need to dry the car at all) but costs more money. Hope this helps.

Try a clay bar

and your in a hard water area by the sounds of it

get an inline filter something like a Aquaglym one ultimatefinish sell them

takes out all the deposits/minerals that been left on your car when you washing it after the water evaporates

£50 well spent if your suffering, people say they don't need to dry it too with them Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

1STFREELANDER wrote:

Can anyone give me a tip, or product, to help prevent water marks after washing the car. Unfortunately its Santorini black (not my choice, it was used and a very good deal). No matter what I do, including leathering down straight afterwards, I still get water marks. it is polished with autoglym resin polish. If i polish it all i seem to do is polish in the water marks!. Any tips or suggestions will be greatfully recieved.

Thanks in advance,

1stfreelander.

Chamois leathers are now deemed a no no in the detailing sector

Apparently you now need a deep piled drying towel, drying whilst lifting any grit left away from the bodywork Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I have found the easiest and cheapest way to stop the marks is to rinse off with water butt water. I even use my jet wash with this water, just run a hose from the butt with a in-line filter. I can wash the car put it straight away and have very few marks.

What do you use to filter out the dirt ? Filter type ect

I ask as my gutters are full of grit etc Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Showroom Shine - is what you need guaranteed!!

Here you go, this is what you are looking for, Aqua Gleam De-ionising Water Filter 12" 0ppm | Spot Free Car Wash. I couldnt get the link to work on here so just type it into google

Just added to my list of reasons not to have Black  p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

npinks wrote:

What do you use to filter out the dirt ? Filter type ect

I ask as my gutters are full of grit etc

I’ve been searching for years for the answer and at the weekend I found it

I live in a hard water area and all of my cars end up with white residue if I do not use a leather and it’s a pain in the a*se

The answer for me was using Turtle Wax Ice shampoo. It dried almost streak free and was really easy to leather off. Stunning result

I’m looking forward to using the Ice polish. I tried it on the wife’s solid red Zafira which had gone a dull matt finish. Using the Ice polish it now has a showroom shine which took 30 minutes to apply and polish off. The speed is achieved by being able to apply it to the paint, rubber and plastic. It polishes everything with no white polish residue. I then did all the plastic and rubber on the FL2 and they looked great.

I’ll do the whole of the FL2 at the weekend if I get time but to be honest just using the shampoo was enough.

I vowed never to have black again years ago but I’m hooked on black & Ice  A Land Rover owner since 1988

From a 1974 series III to a 12MY XS FL2 with help of a 1995 D1, 1996 D1, 2005 D3, 2007 D3 and a 2009 FL2.