I do almost all my LSP removal by machine, but I do a quick by-hand follow up to make sure I don't leave some 1% behind. I do this with *every* LSP I use, including Collinite wax, and as long as I don't apply the stuff goofy-thick it works great for me.
I recently buffed a coat of #16 off the A8 using *one* set of suede-style MF bonnets on the Cyclo, and that's not a small car
But until you get the hang of the whole thing I'd recommend a few bonnets as they *will* load up.
For the PC, the Meg's MF bonnets seem to work very well. I don't recommend the Cobra brand ones as theirs that *I* have tried can micromar very soft paint. The others I like are off the market so I'd lean towards the Meg's or the DFTowel "natural microfiber" ones.
I find polish removal by machine to be tricky as many polishes should be buffed off before they're completely dry. Not to hard to do if you have two machines with one dedicated to just the removal, but not too easy if you only have *one* machine. Polishes such as the 1Z consumer line, that break down into nonabrasive cleaner-wax-type residue work fine for one-machine approaches, but those products sure dust a lot/load up bonnets, so have plenty on hand.
AIO-type products buff off very well for me by machine but again, they can load up your bonnets in a hurry.
I don't turn the bonnets inside-out to use the "other side" as I don't want to contaminate my backing pads. I use foam backing pads (cutting pads, they grip the MF best so it doesn't slip around) instead of wool as the foam doesn't compress down over time (resulting in diminished cushioning) the way the wool ones do.
