I would go with a polishing wash or very light cutting detail cream. Or a waxing pad with a polishing wax.

I'm no detailer, but if you use rubbing compound and it turns out to be too aggressive, you don't have an option to use a more course abrasive like you would if a polish doesn't work.

I think a D/A is going to be helpful. You can get one for cheap at Harbor Freight if you intend to almost never use it. I'll have had my D/A for a year come February and I've used it once. I figured 2x a year but this year it's been garaged more than usual and hasn't been rained on since February. Needless to say, it doesn't yet need to be polished!

Read up on different types of pads used for detailing if you choose to go that route. I'd get a light cutting pad with a minor abrasive instead of a rubbing compound.

With that said, I've used rubbing compound only one time and in my experience, it's quite abrasive and used to remove deeper swirls. I don't think you want to cut into your clear that much for what you see.

 

Any luck? I have a 2018 and I’m thinking of removing my Special Edition graphics but worried about ghosting.

 

I haven’t had a chance to try anything yet. My plan is polishing compound first, see how that works, and adjust from there.