Remove hard water spots

[Richieskis]

Hello everyone,
I am sure this has been asked and I tried the search but no luck, what do you guys use to remove hard water spots from the hull,

Thanks for your help

 

[SaltyBones]

Aerospace 303 and Boat Bling Hot Sauce are the two I use on my boat. That's what I plan for on the skis as well.

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

Vinegar or cheap liquid toilet bowl cleaner. Then wax it good and keep it waxed, b/c gel coat is porous.

 

[bajaman123]

It is amazing what white vinegar can accomplish.
A mildly abrasive cleaner-wax works good, too. I prefer 3M products, personally.

 

[Spimothy Leary]

y'all stole my thunder with the Vinegar.

although it doesn't always work, it seems to work 90% of the time, and a good coat of wax keeps them off.

For really stubborn ones I've also had success using a very mild compound.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

My well water at home has destroyed my cars paint. Even with a filter and softener... and all the glass on the shower door has been ruined.

I'm adding 3 more filters... let's hope it does something.

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

Softeners add a ton of salt don't they? Pretty sure I can taste the salt.........? Not sure that's helping but high mineral content water is tough to deal with.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

They aren't supposed to, but yes, they do... Apparently 3/4" pipe thread ISNT the same as 3/4" hose thread... Because.. Merica?

 

[bajaman123]

They aren't supposed to, but yes, they do... Apparently 3/4" pipe thread ISNT the same as 3/4" hose thread... Because.. Merica?

lol...if you are talking a garden hose then yes...it is 'GHT', a coarser (fewer threads) than 3/4" pipe.
Ya gotta love it!

 

[bajaman123]

Speaking of GHT, I was dumbfounded to discover that the hose fitting on the back of the Sea Doos is simply GHT. I was fully prepared for some strange Canadian-ized metric fiasco...

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

I guess garden hose thread is more universal than any other? Then there's straight pipe thread, tapered pipe thread, Japanese Standard pipe thread........

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

I'm obviously not a plumber... Added a garbage disposal to my sink, which required moving the dish washer out. install was all hard lines and copper and jacked up from moving it around, so I like the stainless braided lines, but for the love of god how hard should it be to install this stuff? NOTHING fit right. 20 trips to the hardware store finally got it done, but what a freaking stupid pain in the A$$.

Correct, garden hose. I want to test my new 3 filter setup on just the hose water before I'd install it in the whole house, but that may cost just as much, so maybe I'll just get a plumber... should only take 30 min at most.

 

[mikidymac]

Don't forget BSP thread. British Standard Pipe, and no it doesn't work with American pipe thread.