Robert, as Jim says, similiar here, I am using wool for the heavy compounding cut (got to keep it clean as it tends to matt up a bit and not work well) and 2 kinds of 3m foams (both grey)for the intensive and final polish.

I also have a 3m foam compounding pad (tan/yellow) that I use at the very start then switch to the wool. The foam compounding pad does not clog as the wool will but does not finish off the compounding as well.

Here's a few photo's of the crap i had to contend with. The 10 finger [discount] drip I repaired yesterday, all gone, and did not go thru the clear coat (whew), I've almost completed the gill drip fix and the orange peel was on the fender that was in the previous photos, all OK. The dust all over the hood was able to be taken out but the trunk altho fixed up immensly has a dozen or do pock marks thru to the primer as the dust was in the base and when sanded they popped out leaving the primer exposed. That will be an easy repaint (by ME....the guy I trust most!)

If I can fix these, I'm sure you will do just fine! I figure I am about at a 2-3 footer at present, but intend to keep at it as time permits, but will focus on actually getting the car on the road for spring-summer now!