Thanks for all the tips guys. With so many varying suggestions, I had to finally pick something and make a purchase. I picked up a new backing plate and some
meguiars soft buff burgundy and yellow pads. Hopefully these are decent and relatively forgiving for a newbie. I also have the trio of optimum hyper compound, compound, and polish. Hopefully those will do the trick. Comments there?
As far as use goes, is it preferable not to have the pad flat on the paint, but rather to have it tilted up a bit? Thx