I just finished detailing my entire car. My process on the outside was:

Wash
Clay
Wash
SSR2.5
PP
SSR1
UPP

It was kind of a bitter sweet project. My car looks better but now I can really see all of the dents and chips on it.

It also uncovered all these little "dimple" type shapes in the paint. It is still smooth to the touch, and you dont notice it unless you are really looking hard around the reflection of the sun for swirl marks.

Is this just what happens to paint after 10 years? Was it a bad paint job originally? Is there anything I can do?

Sorry I don`t have a digital camera, so there are no pictures. I was hoping someone else might have run into this as well.