but the specks appear white in the picture but actually don't seem to have any color to them in person. they are quite clear-ish.
The ones in my pic appeared like tiny bubbling like the way it looks when the clearcoat is starting to fail. I’m glad I remained calm and didn’t panic, because that was a brand new 2018 Denali! Lol.
When did you notice them? When you were all done? If so it’s too bad otherwise you may have been able to pinpoint when they became visable.
Could it be that when you did the AIO step some residue got splattered to the already AIO polished area? Then it dried there and sealed in with the wax step. Try to QD wipe a small test spot or a waterless wash product and see if it's gets off. A panel wipe product could solve it if it's not coming off. But would need to be waxed again if you do. Otherwise a finishing polish on a finishing pad and see what that will do and if the spots remains I think it's a paint problem.
What exactly where the compound and pad combo used on the first step?
And how many passes per sections did you do?
How was the defects when you started?
I never noticed them until i was finished, but the hood was in pretty bad shape when I started, there was stuff all over this thing.
As for as products
It was what ever drive thru car wash my wife took it to.
Meguiars off the shelf clay bar with CG synthetic detail spray as lube ( it seemed to work better than the Meguiars quick detail that came with the kit.
Griots complete compound
Griots one step sealent
Meguiars ultimate paste wax
Chemical guys Synthetic detail spray.
I ordered the aggressive Meguiars clay bar to give that a shot. Just waiting for that to come in.
I'm going to check my other black car to see if there are similar spots/specks on it. It has never been properly detailed before that i know of.
I had something similar happen to me when applying WGDGPS 3.0. At some point during my first of 2 coats I managed to get some splatter from the DA which I failed to spot during buffing. I proceeded to apply the second coat, also without noticing. It was only during the buffing of the 2nd coat that I noticed yellow specks, which at this point had been effectively "sealed" under the second coat. I just clayed them out and resealed and all was right with the world again.
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