Simply cover the area of the car you re not working on. The polish will fling off about six feet or so. When your finished polishing, your car will have a great shine. If you re using a cutting pad, it will also be covered in wool fuzz. Simply wipe your car down with a damp terrycloth towel, and your car is ready to wax.
Some people apply wax with a buffer, while others prefer hand application.
I m a fan of hand application. There does not seem to be any benefit to machine application that I can see, and I believe it uses far too much wax to justify the small time savings. However, a good terrycloth bonnet makes wax removal a cinch. Apply your carnauba wax by hand with a foam applicator, allowing it to set as recommended by the manufacturer. Use the terry bonnet on your buffer, at low to medium speeds, to buff the wax to a brilliant finish.