The dots will be dried tar, it's a bitch to get off without the right products, you can get a tar remover which will dissolve it. Flies are sometimes difficult to get off too though
For cleaning you want to have separate cloths, sponges and rags for different parts of the car, for cleaning paintwork a clean sponge with plenty of soapy water is fine then a soft towel to dry and a microfibre cloth for buffing after ... I've done the same and put scratches on a previous car through cleaning in the past. They do buff out with some t-cut or wd40 and then a coat of wax ... I wouldn't put fairy anywhere near my paintwork or wheels though. WD40 and GT85 aren't ideal for wheels since there's a chance they'll get in the brakes and make them slippy but I find it's ok if you're careful and put it on a rag first
Didn't get out on the bike in the end, I did my alloys again with gt85 which isn't as effective as wd40 so I need a fresh can of that now - the gt will be good for lubing the road bike drivetrain though - then I washed the bodywork again. After that it was cleaning under the bonnet getting dead leaves and crap out of the crevices and starting to clean the engine bay and engine coverings ... back at it tomorrow then
When it's properly clean I'll have to check the state of the bodywork, there's a small dent in the roof that's clearly more than a buff out job, and one on the corner of the rear bumper, as well as a mark in the middle now from where someone went into it last week, that one's small but bloody annoying, as are the other marks since none of them have been my fault!
I didn't think the discussion about car park capacity could be beaten, but the instructions on how best to clean your car has shot right to the top.
The part about different cleaning sponges and cloths was a particular highlight.
