Yeah, I agree. Noting that I'm not familiar with the pads in question (but can assume that they go aggressive-to-mild from yellow to green to blue), I'd increase the aggressiveness of the product rather than go to a very aggressive pad. I use the least aggressive cutting/polishing pads that'll do the job and rely on the product for the cut. An aggressive pad is likely to *instill* micromarring (as can the initial bite of some products, so you gotta get both sides of the combo right
).