rabbi
You will soon find your own method, what works for you does not nessaryly work for others, so take advise lightly.
what I do is swirl a small amount of product on a pad
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Look at the size of the area I'm going to work will determine how much product to use. what you see here is about the Max you should use for a rectangle 23"x33". what I do even before turning on the machine is set the pad down on the lower left section of my work area
then touch it to the upper right,
then upper left,
then lower right,
your making an X pattern
as you will see evey time you touch the surface you get less and less product on the surface, thats ok.
Start with the polisher at 2-3 and work the lower left to right in a zig-zag pattern working up to the top, you at this time should be a bit fast in your movement, you are trying to spread the product evenly not polish at this time. Once you have finished the left to right bottom to top, you now should do a top to bottom right to left again, bit fast in your movement, you are trying to spread the product evenly not polish.
Once you see that the product is evenly spread and there is not a large build up you can comfortably bring the speed up on the polisher...to 5.5 and SLOW your movement down...... Now your polishing, you can go in what ever direction that is comfortable for you just keep an eye on the product left behind the buffing pad.....you want to see product left behind if you do NOT your DRY BUFFING...not a good idea....dry buffing can lead to swirls/Holograms.
if you experience a slight cloudy appearance on a dark color, there are a few solutions
1. you may have not worked the polish enough.
2. your pad choice my be to aggressive
3. you may be applying to much down pressure.
Good luck, Please keep us posted on you progress.