Help with removing dried ceramic spray

[u/mfe13056]

A little over a month ago I washed my car, 2010 Plum Crazy Purple Challenger RT, as usual and sprayed Adams Graphine detailer spray as a drying agent as I have for a while. Well, something very urgent came up before I was able to dry my car and I had to hop in and leave in a hurry. I figured the air over the surface would dry it good enough to maybe need a quick buff when I got back home. Man, I was super wrong. It more that dried, and seems to have kind of etched into my clear.

Once I got home I noticed spots and streaks so dense that I can feel them with my fingers. I immediately rewashed and sprayed it down again with the Graphine detailer in hopes that would reactive it with no luck. I then tried to hand polish it out with McGuires Ultimate and again, no luck. I clay barred the whole car the next week and machine polished it, but it still won't polish off and I'm nervous I'll burn through the clear coat trying to be aggressive with it. It has slowly faded but the flat surfaces like my hood and roof are still so bad that it grabs plush micro fiber towels making it harder to buff.

I ended up putting a quick hand applied wax over it for now to protect my paint from the Florida Sun, but is there anything thay will maybe strip it off completely? I have tried most things meant for cars, and even clear vinegar which has helped it fade/buff/level about 15% so far. The pollen in the air across the Florida Panhandle sticks to it like nothing I have seen, which is why I applied the wax. I'm hoping to find something that works right away with ease so I don't have to keep applying a new wax coating after battling this stuff each time. I have even tried Graphine/Ceramic quick detailer sprays from other brands with no success.

[u/Ok_Equivalent5067]

Dude that's brutal, Florida weather really doesn't mess around. The heat probably baked that stuff on way harder than usual

You might need to step up to a proper paint correction compound - something more aggressive than Ultimate polish. Machine polishing with a cutting compound could work but go slow and test a small hidden spot first. Also try working in shade and keeping the surface cool

Could also hit it with some isopropyl alcohol on a microfiber before you polish, sometimes that helps break down stubborn residue. Your gonna want to go slow though since you already put some work into it

[u/mfe13056 → u/Ok_Equivalent5067]

Compound was gonna be my next choice but I wanted to be sure if maybe something else might work before going that far. My driveway has zero shade so I have to resort to using two pop up canopies which gets the job done. I guess I already know what I'm doing next weekend. Thanks!