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09-09-2012, 09:26 PM
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Black Ma6ic
Drives: 2011 Camaro LS M6 Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Sprinklers. UGH
C5,
This is the second time this has happened to me, and I wanted to see if I was the only one. I parked my car on the street to go to work and came back to find horrible water marks from the sprinklers that hit it. This happened in NC and I had to get the car professional waxed (not my bill). However, now it's happened in CA. So it's not just a regional thing. My car looked awful and my Quick Detailer wasn't doing the trick. I took it to get hand washed right after and it's still not totally right. What's going on because the other cars on the street had no visible affects on their paint and I know they too were hit???? It won't let me add the picture, I don't know why.
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09-09-2012, 09:28 PM
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Drives: IOM 1LT/RS Join Date: Feb 2010
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Breath into a paper bag and relax, it's just water.
I've got the marks on mine but I don't have time to clean it til friday.
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09-09-2012, 09:31 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro LS M6 Join Date: Dec 2010
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09-09-2012, 09:33 PM
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LFX is not the average V6
Drives: 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 Join Date: Mar 2012
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its the minerals (mostly calcium) in the water that do this. at my old house, when i was still driving an old-ish f-150, the sprinklers hit it daily and that side of the truck was slowly turning white. washing with soap, rags, polishing compound, or anything else conventional wouldn't get rid of it.
there is an easy solution. the minerals have a high pH and can be dissolved with vinegar. i was able to get rid of a whole month of hard water build-up off the truck. anything that is mildly acidic will do the trick. vinegar worked fine for me and i had multiple layers of that crud on my truck. edited: fixed spelling/grammer errors
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09-09-2012, 09:33 PM
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09-09-2012, 09:37 PM
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Drives: 45th Anniversary Join Date: Jul 2012
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Only happened to me once and when it did it was awful, spent the night at a friends house and his sprinklers raped my car! Took me forever to get it clean!
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09-09-2012, 09:48 PM
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09-09-2012, 10:40 PM
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You need to get a serious coat of sealant and/or wax on the paint, this will help keep the water off the paint (and on top of the wax). Should greatly reduce water spots.
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09-09-2012, 11:24 PM
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Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible, IBM Join Date: Jun 2012
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The same thing happened to me at an apartment I lived at. The sprinklers would hit the front fascia and hood, it was horrible as the car was black and really showed the water spots. Bastards.
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09-09-2012, 11:27 PM
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damn sprinklers
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09-09-2012, 11:37 PM
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09-10-2012, 09:22 AM
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09-10-2012, 12:37 PM
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I hate sprinklers. I can't even express how much.
*In life, there are no nandroids*
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09-10-2012, 12:48 PM
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I love it when peoples' sprinklers are shooting out so far that they're freaking watering have the damn street. that really gets me going.....
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