p51mstg

After mourning the loss of my Windveil Blue 07, I now have an 05 Performance White GT. For the age, the paint is in really good condition, and I thoroughly enjoyed my first wash and wax - a great opportunity to inspect the exterior and learn its flaws.

What I noticed was that the white paint isn't completely white - it has little tiny dots in it. I used Meguiar's cleaning wax, and expected to buff those out, but not one disappeared or even faded after waxing.

Is that built into the paint, or was I lucky enough to buy a car that sat too close to another car while it was being painted in the body shop????

otbiker

Research clay bar. Generally it's brake dust imbedded in the paint.

StickShifty

mine is completely white.

p51mstg

It's amazing how uniform it is - found the spots all over the car. I'll try a clay bar and see how it goes.

Art161

What color are the dots? Was the car repainted or was it a special show car? Could it be metallic paint? Just a thought, and perhaps not a good one.

siberian.mist

it should be all white, no dots. where in minnesota are you?

p51mstg

I'm near Rochester.

I don't think it's a special paint job. From what I know about the car, it's original (CarFax said no significant damage). The more I think about otbiker's advice, though, the more I think it's possible that the paint has small specks from "environmental" sources - road dust, brake dust, tar, debris, etc.

It's looks like plain white from even an arm's length. But, if I get down nose-to-nose with the paint, I can see specks (my eyes aren't as good as they used to be, so at first I thought I was mistaken).

I'm not too worried about it - this is my daily driver. I'll try the clay bar idea and see how far that takes me.

p51mstg

Don't mean to dig up old posts, but thought I should share what I learned. I used a clay bar, as recommended, and sure enough the spots are gone. It took more elbow grease than what was implied by Barry Meguiar's videos, but it did work. It was amazing how dirty the clay got!

Anyway, the problem was contaminants embedded in the paint, and the clay bar did the trick.

ab

Good for you. I noticed small black spots on mine when new I believe someone called it rail spur from when Ford transports the cars. I clay the car every spring and still can't believe how much crap comes off.

yank194

+1 I made the mistake of not claying my last mustang and over time it went from a red GT to an off red GT. I use Zaino car polish, clay, etc and my paint really looks good for a white car. Looks even better for darker cars. I might try Meguires or Swissvax on my car before the winter.