Re: What am I doing wrong 
Holograms
Getting a finish to 100% hologram or swirl-free using ONLY a rotary buffer is very hard to do, even if you're good at this kind of thing.
If your expectations are 100% swirl-free in bright light after stripping the finish and with no wax or paint sealant on it all, then first dial in a system you can prove works to just on small area before going over the entire car.
Again, this is hard to do because when you have a pad rotating in a circular motion on a coating that is easily scratches, then even with the best product the best foam pad technology and the best technique, it's still very hard to do. Sometimes it's not even about your skills or product selection, it's about the paint as not all paints buff easy.
Technology has come a long way and this makes it easier to get 100% swirl free results after chemically stripping any fillers off and then viewing the results in overhead bright sunlight in August or using some kind of artificial lighting, but again it's hard to do.
That's why many pros, as good as they are will do the best the can with the rotary and then change the action of the tool by switching over to a dual action polisher and re-polishing the paint to insure the circular fine scratches, (that's what holograms are), are worked out by the oscillating action of the dual action polisher.
I've done some testing over the years on just this type of work, almost always on black paint as light colors are too forgiving to be trusted. Creating a swirl-free finish with only a rotary can be done but there are a lot of factors involved and you have to control and master each step.
That's why you want to make sure you can make one small area look great before going over the entires vehicle.
Applying a quality wax or paint sealant will mask fine holograms but if your goal is show car perfection, for whatever your reasons, then dial in your system first to a small area then tackle the entire car.
It's pretty hard to beat the clarity and gloss you can achieve with just a rotary buffer, a foam finishing pad and a quality finishing polish in the garage, but stripping the paint bare and pulling that same section of paint out into bright sunlight will usually show you different results and perfection for most people is pretty hard to reach.
