I might be wrong but I don't think you could dry buff enough to the point that it's damaging. I would think that not polishing long enough would be worse, and that is what actually causes hazing. Once you start to see it dust, and leaving less and less residue behind just stop there. #83 has diminishing polishes in it, so it starts out aggressive and finishes very fine. If you stop somwhere in the middle you aren't getting the full potential of the product. If you dry buff long enough for damage to occur, that would be some serious dry buffing, and I think you would notice before that happened.