*jmpet626: hmm as of how AG rates it, XMT #2 has the same cut as Mothers Power Polish, and when i've used Power Polish with the white pad it did also leave me with some swirls, i was only able to tackle the swirls when i used the orange pad with the Power Polish and i also noticed that you might have to work the product a little longer to completely remove the swirls. So i guess using the orange pad would also make sense since it has more cut. What green pad did you use? the softer or the coarse? Because i think if you have the green polishing/finishing pad its correct that you use S&G with this, but if you have the normal green pad, its actually more agressive than the white pad. So it would be green coarse with XMT and white with S&G or your correct with white with XMT and green finishing with S&G.