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Hey there. i bought my new 2015 Silverado the beginning of July. About two weeks later I drove it on vacation to the outer banks. I washed it once while I was there. That night I jad noticed what appears to either be some type of smudge or water spots on the driver side door front and back. I tried to clean it off but it wouldn't come off. When I got home I washed the truck again, took the clay bar to the entire truck, and waxes with NXT 2.0. Hadn't really thought about it much until now. Washed my truck again this evening and still see these smudges/water spots. They almost look like hand prints but no amount of rubbing seems to get them out. Im pretty sure they were there when I bought the truck. You don't see them at all in sunlight. You can see them at night but only if the light hits the paint a certain way. My question is how do I go about removing these spots? Most people probably won't pick up on it, most of the time I can't, but it bothers me to no end that they are there on this new truck. Thanks for the help.

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My detailer knows how to remove those, but sometimes those need a rather extreme approach like wet sanding. Those are basically close to etching and might require "cutting" the paint. Find a very good paint correction specialist in your area and once the paint is in tip top shape, have glass coating applied.

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I'm uncomfortable with cutting paint, so I can't recommend a product for it. My detailer uses products for professionals which are unavailable at a typical auto parts store.

 

The cause for etching could be acidic rain or some kind of fine chemical fall out which reacted with rain water or even some chemicals in the water used to wash the truck. It's hard to say unless water samples could be obtained and tested.

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Im thinking about picking up a DA polisher at Harbor Frieght tomorrow. It seems to have gotten pretty good reviews. Can you recommend which pads to buy for this, and shoukd I just remove the polishes and waxes by hand with a microfiber towel after applying with DA polisher?

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Yes it's a 6" backing plate. I also thought with a dual action polisher it was much harder to mess up your paint. I mean I know you can, but my understanding your real worry for messing up paint was with use of rotary buffers

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You are correct orbital polishers are safe, rottary buffer can damage your clear if you are not careful.

 

With your 6" backing plate you will need 7" pads......

 

http://adamspolishes.com/shop/accessories/buffing-pads-applicators/adam-s-7-gen5-pad-pad-bundle.html

 

http://adamspolishes.com/shop/kits/4-polishing-kits/adam-s-basic-porter-cable-7424xp-kit.html

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