How to fix speckles/haziness?

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04CE

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PC 7424 (UDM version)

Lake county pads.

Clayed with Zaino claybar



Tried ZPC didnt do much.



Recently acquired Adam's swirl/haze and fine machine polish.



Using orange pad + swirl/haze, I was able to completely eliminate the spiderwebs in my paint.



What's left is the millions of litttle "pinpricks" in my paint. Speckles, mottling.. When the sun lights up the panel, it looks dirty and hazy.

I tried fixing it with SH + white and FMP + white pad, but it has little effect.



Right now I have about 6 passes with orange + sh and 4 passes with white + fmp.



Is this imperfection fixable? The car looks great until the sun hits it directly, then it looks dull and dirty. Thanks in advance.

















I'm updating first post because the forum wont let me reply.





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Here it is.



And it does, if I look from the right angle, look like there are thousands of pinholes in the clear.
 
Does the paint feel smooth? If not maybe there's some stubborn bonded contaminants holding the polish and wax. If it's not smooth try claying the areas.



Oh yeah is this original paint? It almost sounds like like my friend's hood, the one I deemed impossible because it was a poorly done paint job, the paint had tiny air bubbles which absorbed the polish and turned into white dots and the paint was also very soft, to the point of being gummy in the heat.



Some close up pics of the paint would be helpful too.
 
Yes it's smooth, I clayed it 3 times to be sure. It is original paint.



I've tried to capture the problem on camera, but you can't tell it from the metallic in photos. Maybe ill try taking a video...
 
I have the same specs on my '97 Maxima (with Arctic Pearl White factory paint). I have tried countless polishing steps/combos over the years, and they just don't go away. The paint has been clayed extensively, and is extremely smooth. I have attributed it now to some kind of little "pock marks" due to the paints age and exposure to the environments.

Getting pictures of it has been a real challenge for me. They are extremely small, but everywhere. You can only see them from certain angles, and you have to look extremely close. When taking pics, the gloss of the white pearl paint prevents the actual "pock marks" from showing up. I just got a new, much nicer camera with manual setting capabilities, so I'll try again and report back later.

If anyone else knows what we're referring to, please chime in. Even if you don't know a fix, I'd atleast like to know what they are, and why they're there.



Thanks.



Dave
 
Take a very fine needle and see if the tip catches in those little marks .. could be acid damage .. I see it all the time here.
 
:showpics

You know better...



Was it like this...? This was acid etching from the previous owner, unfortunately I had a terrible camera and could only get the blurryness, not the surface texture.

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After some significant compounding, because I just didn't feel like wetsanding my own trunk that day...

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Charles,



Mine doesn't really create a haziness like in your pics. Mine are almost microscopic little "pinholes" or something in the paint that are visible only in certain lighting conditions. I've got a pic I just took that shows them, but I still don't know how to post pics on here.
 
Dave Holmes said:
Charles,



Mine doesn't really create a haziness like in your pics. Mine are almost microscopic little "pinholes" or something in the paint that are visible only in certain lighting conditions. I've got a pic I just took that shows them, but I still don't know how to post pics on here.
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Acid damage of that type is caused when the contaminant is dissolved in water / dew and when it dries its concentrates in a tiny spot and eats a microscopic hole in the clear.
 
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Here we go. This is it.



If I look at it just right, it does look like thousands of holes in the clearcoat. Like someone took a pin and stabbed the car over and over.
 
charlesaferg said:
May be off topic, but that's one hell of a cool color for a (Vette?) Seriously. :2thumbs:
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Thanks. My only complaint about the color is that GM made it 2-3 different colors because they don't know how to paint a car. :rolleyes::lol



Jesstzn: Well, hopefully UDM will back up their product. And if the backup dies, maybe I'll get a "flex" or give up entirely.



IF I breathe wrong on the vette, it scratches the surface. Kind of tired of spending all my time correcting crap paint issues.



However, I wash the subaru with the towel I use to do the wheels of the vette, no additional soap, then hose it off and dry it with a dirty bath towel - and the paint still looks as good as it was new.
 
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