Thanks for the tip, how many sections do you think is safe? I did a total of 4 with slow arm speed, speed 5-5.5 with 6 passes in each section. So maybe cut down to two and switch or just keep an eye on the pads I'm thinking.
Not to be on a soapbox (again) but I've said it time and time again to new guys trying to figure out which way to go with this hobby, er addiction, er business, er......
Get as many pads as you can possibly afford.
I was doing it on my own cars for years before charging one red cent to anyone else, yet then I bought pad after pad after pad. The moment I thought I'd start needing to do an entire vehicle in a single day and get paid for it, whether AIO, multi-step, or just plain old polishing.... I bought over 70 pads in a single order.
Typically, (especially in the compounding stage) you would get the trunk done with 1 pad. Hood would take 2 easily. Roof could take as many as 4. Maybe 3 on the hood and 3 on the roof. Fenders 1, doors 1, etc.
Get at least 4 of the same pad. Do an area and pull the pad off, feel the back of it. If it's warm set it aside and let it cool while you start with another pad. If the first pad hasn't cooled by the time the next one gets warm, (and in the summer it likely will not) grab another pad. It's possible that with only 3 you can make this work, but it'd never work with 2, (not if you want to finish the entire vehicle in a single day).
Move to polishing and they run cooler so where you used 2 you can probably use 1. And of course where you used 4, probably can get away with 2.