Windshield cleaning

Sean Strama

New Member
Jan 1, 2018
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Jacksonville FL
Boat Info
2012 240SD, Garmin 740S
Engines
5.0L MPI
Good day all. I recently purchased a used 2012 240SD. Over all the boat is very clean but the windshield has heavy water spots on it, so heavy in fact I have to look over the windshield to see. I have tried a Brillo pad in a small area on the side with little effect. Does anyone have any advice on how to remove or reduce these spots? I know new glass is ridiculously priced so that's not an option for me. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Whoa! Brillo pad? Would stay away from that. Steel wool is harsh and the debris from it will rust on your boat. Assuming this is salt you are dealing with or hard water spots a good washing with some vinegar water is likely to solve the problem. You will need to polish and wax the boat after it is clean.
 
Whoa! Brillo pad? Would stay away from that. Steel wool is harsh and the debris from it will rust on your boat. Assuming this is salt you are dealing with or hard water spots a good washing with some vinegar water is likely to solve the problem. You will need to polish and wax the boat after it is clean.
Thanks. Iv'e used Brillo pads before to clean car windshields and it works pretty good. Figured I'd give it a shot but I wasn't sure do I did a very small corner on the side in case it didn't work out. It doesn't look any different. I'll try the vinegar and water idea. tonight. Thanks for the tip!
 
you can use Scotch pads with a heavy duty windshield cleaner to remove water spots.....then follow up with a polish....I have done this with success....

cliff
 
This kind of piggybacks on an earlier suggestion, but I've had very good luck with machine polishing glass to get water marks out. You can use a heavy or medium cut polish on a rotary or random orbital with a compounding pad and get some darn good results.
 
This kind of piggybacks on an earlier suggestion, but I've had very good luck with machine polishing glass to get water marks out. You can use a heavy or medium cut polish on a rotary or random orbital with a compounding pad and get some darn good results.

I have had good success as well with a wool pad on a rotary and heavy compound. On the same hand, I have had some success with 000 Brillo pad and vinegar. The brillo pad will not harm a car windshield.

Bennett
 
I would definitely go with the polishing. It works for my boat and customers boats I detail
 
How about hull cleaner? Any I've tried will remove stubborn water spots off gelcoat, I'd think they'd work on windshields too.
 
Go to window cleaning resource, order some A1 window polish and some white pads and blue pads. I've been using it for over four years now. You must reseal the glass after you have removed the spots. There are many YouTube videos out there showing you how to do this.

The bad news now. Using the steel wool pad is a big no no, you may have scratched the glass. Also no lime away or CLR, nothing more course than a white pad, no green pads.
 
Get out your buffer put some rubbing compound on it and have it all auto detailing guys do that to the windshields
 

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