As an auto detailer have you ever considered how come the buffers turn in a circle, and the orbital buffers shake around in a certain structure? There is a very good purpose why this works to put on or take off wax, and it is something which is also found in nature. Take the swash zone on the beach if you will, this is the area where the waves have lost their momentum, and flow upward along the slope of the shore and then drift back just as the next wave comes and promotes up again.
Considering that the surf hit in similar places and at similar periods, but they interact with the diminishing wave slightly diversely each time this creates turbulence circular flows. It turns out this is a wonderful way to discharge particle sediment which is being transported in the water onto the beach. It also helps the beach stay healthy with a constant inflow of new sand, even as some of the old sand is being decayed away.
Considering that the surf hit in similar places and at similar periods, but they interact with the diminishing wave slightly diversely each time this creates turbulence circular flows. It turns out this is a wonderful way to discharge particle sediment which is being transported in the water onto the beach. It also helps the beach stay healthy with a constant inflow of new sand, even as some of the old sand is being decayed away.
When you're cleaning the work surface of an automobile, and you are implementing wax, compound, or cleaning agents - your job is to do the same thing; spread around the detailing products onto the surface of the clear coat of the car. You can see why an orbital buffer or a regular buffer does just this. It is also why in the detailing industry we recommend that when you are applying wax by hand you use circular motions, except where you come to crevices, body lines, or body joints. So you see, there is a mathematical and theoretical purpose for doing this, and that's why it works so perfectly.
If you hope to get the most quantity of product off of your wax pad onto the vehicle and distribute it in the best and most efficient way, then it makes impression to do what nature does as it puts sand upon the beach. Curiously enough, it also cleans the water distributing as much of the sand as possible, making very little deposit suspended in the water.