help with a airstream rv

[DrdetailNashville]

Hey guys, I'm working on a airstream rv. All aluminum. It's recently been polished then driven from California to Tennessee. It has water spots all over it. The customer just wants it washed and then she's putting it in storage. The water spots aren't coming off at all. I've tried vinegar, no luck. Any suggestions?

[Detailing by M]

Re: help with a airstream rv

Usually these have a coating on them. Are you sure it's polished aluminum?
I use Pro Clean to remove water spots.
But working with aluminum is tricky.
I have very special products to polish aluminum "siding"

[DrdetailNashville]

Re: help with a airstream rv

The spots just stayed on there. I could remove them by using a metal polish, but she didn't want to pay for that. And honestly to polish that whole thing would've about a 2-3 day job. We washed it and dried it and called it a day. I took some pictures with my phone, I'll post them when I get a chance.

[Detailing by M]

Re: help with a airstream rv

The spots just stayed on there. I could remove them by using a metal polish......

I wouldn't do that if I were you. These have a coating of some kind and isn't bare aluminum.
A cleaner wax is the choice and not a metal polish.
Next time you see this one or another one do a test spot with a wax and an aluminum polishes. If your towel turns black with the AP then it's bare, but I highly doubt someone stripped the coating off an Air-stream.
And if you wax it and it reacts like paint then the coating is still there.

[DrdetailNashville]

Re: help with a airstream rv

There wasn't a coating on this one. And of course I did a test spot, I'm not a rookie The towel definitely turned black.

[Detailing by M]

okay very cool
I'm so glad you did test spot
Sorry to hear the customer wouldn't pay, but that's what happens