Jake have you tried misting your pad with water first before compounding. You don't need to go over board with the water, but a few quick light mists should do it. May I make another suggestion. While I feel that
Lake Country makes the best foamed pads, I truthfully think the purple foamed wool pads are just a waste of one mans thoughts. You really need to look into the tuf buf Black lambs wool pad from micro-surface.com