I was cleaning pad with terry cloth towel after each panel by pushing into the pad while holding polisher against my leg on speed 4 then used the brush to clean off in the same manner
You are probably right about the divit as product seems to migrate to the center of the pad and when i used my brush the foam in this area seemed to come apart.
I did a pearl white Acura recently and noticed my Brinkman didnt pick up things too well . I installed one of those 300 watt energy saver bulbs from Home Depot in the overhead socket and it worked...
I am 75 years old and have owed over 40 cars, other than the first few, all have been fairly expensive. During my life time have use all sorts of waxes. Very cheap to somewhat expensive. In term of...
Awlgrip is a paint very similiar to Imron, It is a hard paint but you should be able to work on it using any automotive type polishes or waxes but I would not use the Marine polishes on it.
I use Wolfgang Pad cleaner and Rejuvinator with the orange brush . I spray them and let them soak for about 10 min then go back spray,brush rinse repeat as necessary.