Kirkland Baby Wipes: An Unexpected Way to Treat Tough Water Spots

[NightOwl]

Got a box today. It works!

The pack I opened is not very wet, but works well enough.

Great! It’s good that multiple people can verify something like this.

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[NightOwl]

I also got my Kirkland baby wipes today and they totally removed these spots nothing else could get off. Thx ?? so much.

You’re welcome! Glad it worked!

 

[NightOwl]

I just saw this:
Kirkland fragrance-free baby wipes sold at Costco contain PFAS, lawsuit alleges

Interesting. Hadn’t seen this.

 

[g7bupw9z]

I just saw this:
Kirkland fragrance-free baby wipes sold at Costco contain PFAS, lawsuit alleges

The truck is not a baby, so it'll be okay.

 

[CyberGus]

“I’m tellin’ ya… baby wipes”

 

[wheeler]

The truck is not a baby, so it'll be okay.

Speak for yourself. ?

 

[Red Beard Ops]

Can confirm… Huggies works too

 

[The Tesla Guy]

I just saw this:
Kirkland fragrance-free baby wipes sold at Costco contain PFAS, lawsuit alleges

As with all cleaning chemicals you should wear gloves.
https://www.harborfreight.com/5-mil-nitrile-powder-free-gloves-100-pack-large-light-blue-68497.html

 

[JackCypher]

So we’re out of town visiting family in the Houston suburbs and happened to park close to sprinklers at the hotel. Overnight, the sprinklers came on and by morning we found one side of the truck covered in tough water spots that I couldn’t easily remove. I tried the window cleaner, water, and microfiber cloths, etc., all to no avail. Being 800+ miles from the rest of my cleanings supplies and power washer, I was at wits end trying to remedy the situation.

I wear glasses so when returning to the hotel earlier tonight, I also tried one of the Tesla recommended approaches, which is using glasses cleaning wipes. But it didn’t help either. Now really frustrated, I happened to see the baby wipes (fragrance free) in the car (we had watched our grandkids and still happened to have a package of wipes in the car). At first, I thought it was hand wipes we had brought with us. Anyway, I grabbed one just grasping at straws. Lo and behold it worked!

The spots came off easily. I wiped a small enough area to keep it wet so I could use a microfiber towel to then clean it and dry it with little additional effort. Then moved on to the adjacent areas, etc. I followed this up by wiping all the areas down with a damp (from water) microfiber towel and dry microfiber towel.

Before everyone toasts me for even attempting this, note Tesla recommends a mild acidic cleanser for “surface contamination” as highlighted in one of the attached pictures.

The other neat finding is it works very well when used to wipe down the bug slaughterhouse section on the front of the truck. The bugs seemed to come right off.

Not sure if other baby wipes would work as well or not. Probably depends on their formulation.

Attached are pictures showing before and after shots of a few different areas, including the bug-slaughterhouse section. Also, the ingredient listing from the baby wipes package. Note one of the pics of the front shows the left side as having been quickly wiped down, and the right side before being wiped.

ChatGPT also says it makes sense, and is safe to use (for what it’s worth). It said the fibers are gentle enough not to scratch the stainless steel.

Had the same happen, sprinklers - Worse many public facilities use 'recycled/'Irrigation grade water' in sprinklers and it is hard water.

In addition to what you tried - Claybar did NOT work. What did work to completely and utterly remove the water spots was Ultra Polishing Compound - very light and broad buffing over the entire panel *evenly* got it all off. [Don't! buff a single spot hard - you'll get a shiny spot!]

Moreover, I noticed that panel was smoother - and now resists dirt better that the factory finish.

I am not a paint/refinish expert - I'd only do this by hand - using a buffer will polish the panel. Just doing what I did by hand - I can easily see in a few hours you could machine polish the panels to a very nice semi-mirror finish.

I've included a photo of the Einszett 1z UItra Paint Polish - I got it somewhere years [decades] ago - I am a car guy...I cannot seem to find it now online - It is fantastic for clear coats - I used it to clean up the tailgate on my SUV's from the Cosco shopping trip scratches.

Regards to all..

 

[Mini2nut]

Great tip!!!

it reminds of the Sharpie permanent marker removal tip. Spray on suntan lotion and walla, the writing easily comes off with a rag.

 

[NightOwl]

Had the same happen, sprinklers - Worse many public facilities use 'recycled/'Irrigation grade water' in sprinklers and it is hard water.

In addition to what you tried - Claybar did NOT work. What did work to completely and utterly remove the water spots was Ultra Polishing Compound - very light and broad buffing over the entire panel *evenly* got it all off. [Don't! buff a single spot hard - you'll get a shiny spot!]

Moreover, I noticed that panel was smoother - and now resists dirt better that the factory finish.

I am not a paint/refinish expert - I'd only do this by hand - using a buffer will polish the panel. Just doing what I did by hand - I can easily see in a few hours you could machine polish the panels to a very nice semi-mirror finish.

I've included a photo of the Einszett 1z UItra Paint Polish - I got it somewhere years [decades] ago - I am a car guy...I cannot seem to find it now online - It is fantastic for clear coats - I used it to clean up the tailgate on my SUV's from the Cosco shopping trip scratches.

Regards to all..

Interesting. I wonder what the polish specifically does to the metal? Is it depositing a layer of substance on top of the metal?

 

[vinsk]

I'm in the same situation, water spots and tree sap residue on the Frunk. Will try the Kirk wipes!

 

[vinsk]

Got the Kirk baby wipes and my wife had this weird/big question mark on her face. Last purchase was a decade ago and getting a read on her was difficult but I'm pretty sure she had some doubts.

Anyway, I tried wiping the frunk panel which removed recent spots from trees or sprinkler water but it doesn't get rid of older hard baked spots by sunlight. Overall a good solution for quick cleaning before those spots bake into the panel from sunlight.

 

[NightOwl]

Got the Kirk baby wipes and my wife had this weird/big question mark on her face. Last purchase was a decade ago and getting a read on her was difficult but I'm pretty sure she had some doubts.

Anyway, I tried wiping the frunk panel which removed recent spots from trees or sprinkler water but it doesn't get rid of older hard baked spots by sunlight. Overall a good solution for quick cleaning before those spots bake into the panel from sunlight.

I noticed there are spots on my frunk that I can’t get off for some reason as well. About to try a few other things. Weird, but seems to be only in the frunk. Not sure if it’s the angle or what that causes it.

 

[Texarado]

I use BKF and windex as my normal “deep clean” (I’ve done it maybe 3 times since March). Then, I’d just let it get dirty. I happened to be going to Costco last week and thought I’d pick up these wipes. Great find/hack to the OP. These coupled with a dry Costco microfiber afterwards wipes stuff up very well. I may try this in the future after going through a car wash (since that doesn’t get off the stains or finger prints). I did try pampers wipes after reading this thread a month ago, but those didn’t perform as well.

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