I think what he is referring to is... in the
Pinnacle videos, as well as
Wolfgang and others, they start with an orange pad and some sort of swirl remover.
They show a guy with a Porter Cable 7424 working in the polish for about 5 minutes on a 2'x3' section and then say (and show) that you know when your polish is completely broken down when it becomes holographic/translucent...