Thanks Gents for kind words!
Hummm, in all fairness, probably didn't give BlackFire a fair shake. Was hustling and if it didn't cut, I move on.
Hindsight: Believe it was the pads that made the difference. The Rupes Yellow pads are very firm and nice to work with. Believe that it might have been too firm for the Honda paint.
McKee's Redline polishing pads are bit softer and a touch thinner than the Rupes Yellow pads. Believe that made the difference right there. Never bothered to try the BlackFire One step on the redlines. Probably would have done just as good as Speed...But, was in hurry and if it did what I wanted, then I wasn't going to fart around with different combinations. I just went with it on the spot!
At end---was just as good as can be in the shortest amount of time.
Tom