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So, a few steps as guidelines:

- Optimum products are very user friendly and break down easily - if you don't over-apply them
- Over-application reduces their effectivity because the pad just skating on the top of the polishing oils, instead of utilizing their abrasives. Typical application/product usage: two concentric circles around the perimeter of the pad for pad priming; then 2-3 pea sized drops for subsequent panels. Golden rule: always apply enough to avoid dry buffing
- Always use speed 6 when correcting heavier defects - especially paints like VW, BMW, which can be a challenge
- Your arm speed should be extremely slow - think of 0.5-1 inch per second; sometime even slower, depending on the imperfections
- Breaking down means that the diminishing abrasives in a polish reach their final, extremely fine state, and they practically disappear. Heavier products, such as compounds usually contain macro abrasives (gritty feel between fingers), while other types, such as finer polishes contain micro abrasives (lotion-like). The abrasives (grit) are 'agglomerates' which break down to smaller, finer particles 'primer crystals' as they work. This can happen mechanically and/or temp-sensitively. The bigger particles provide the initial bite, and the smaller ones finish down to a perfect surface.
When you working with a DA, the trace of the polish gets finer and finer as you break down the polish. When you reach a state when the polish is very thin and almost translucent, you broke it down completely. It is ready for removal. Don't work them until they start to dust because dust particles can mar the finish. In the end, you will end up with less (oily) residue, easier removal (less towels!).
OP & OC has nearly unlimited working time, so check your work often, until you get the desired surface quality. If you need even more cut, use the Optimum Hyper Compound
- There is no firm timeframe for the working time of a given polish. It'll change machine by machine, paint by paint, etc.
- You can start with a yellow cutting pad/OC, then orange/OC - SLLLOOOOOWWWW arm speeds, because it breaks down more efficiently that way and doesn't mar/haze the finish under itself. You decide if you wanted to use a white pad with OC. - Then you can switch to white pad/OP, black pad/OP - you'll see that each subsequent application will deepen the look and make the finish more perfect.

Final word: Optimum polishes are simply EXCELLENT products!