Cloudiness and white specks in finished project


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SRTCobra
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Hey guys!  I'm new to the forum, and new to composites in general.  My first project involved using a Red CF/Kevlar Fabric to hand lay up some side Moldings on my Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8.  It took me a couple tries to figure out how to get it to stay tight on the part, and wait for the perfect time to lay down the cloth.  I finally got that down, and thought I was doing everything correctly.  Followed all instructions, advice, etc.  Anyway, after I got the finish perfectly smooth and scratch free, I looked at all four panels in the light and to my disgust, it was cloudy in the majority of places, with little white specks everywhere.  I don't know what I did wrong to get this cloudiness and specking.  It also looks like it goes all the way through to the CF weave.  I'm dumbfounded and don't even want to try again, if after all that hard work it's going to come out looking like this again.  I posted a picture of what I'm talking about.  It does not show the white specking, but you can see the cloudiness, especially towards the right.  And unfortunately this is not the worst one.  Any advice?
Thanks in advance,
Cody



White Specks

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stevogt4st205
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Hi, personally i wouldn't build layers of resin up, id make sure you put enough resin down in one go. As this can cause the above and also if you sand through one layer and then try and polish it you get a different affect in areas.

Also cloudyness can occur if the resin/hardener is old and/or you havnt prepped the part correctly,

Also once i tried to be clever and used the cheap halford clear laquer as a "glue" to stick fabric to a part it worked well but did leave this affect on the finish therefore this is a big no no lol

another stupid question is you havnt tried to sand and polish the part using the polishing compound from the easy comp website and then tried to apply another layer have you? could be that 
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