I was able to polish with the Mequires by hand using a soft cotton cloth. Not much pressure required, and the finish keeps improving with each pass.

I use 3" square pads cut from an old Stetson beaver felt cowboy hat from my youth. They are so soft, and are easily washable when they get filthy after several jobs. I used a different pad for different grits of Meguiars compounds and polishes. After all these years, I still have some of that cowboy hat ready to cut a few more pads if need be.

I've used Mequiar's #7 on oil varnish, waterborne lacquer, and nitrocellulose lacquer. I always wet sand first, getting the surface flat and free of shiny depressions. On both the waterborne and nitro lacquers, I then rubbed through the range of micromesh pads all the way down to 12,000. I did this dry. I was able to polish with the Mequires by hand using a soft cotton cloth. Not much pressure required, and the finish keeps improving with each pass. On the varnish job, I power-buffed with a fleece pad in a drill after the level sanding step. Yes, polishing compound went everywhere, but the guitar sure did polish nicely. With the waterborne lacquer, I tried following up with Mequiar's #17, but didn't notice much difference. All of these products are pretty inexpensive. You can usually remove wax with mineral spirits, changing cloths or paper towels frequently. It's worth a try. Let's just hope there's no silicone in your wax.

I wish you were not telling the truth, because if this were a yarn, it would be the funniest thing I have read for a long while.