i had very light swirls on my car, "love marks"
never used a compound, i went with a very light polish (chemical guys V38 Polish) and went with a blue pad
final polish-blue pad
cutting compound - yellow
waxes-black
look into Chemical guys Videos on Youtube, they give a really good review on different pads to use in different situations
but these are the pads ive been using
http://www.detailersdomain.com/Uber-...pad_p_288.html