using a wax buffer with 3M fine-cut rubbing compound?

[Rema1000]

I thought I'd fix-up my paint a bit now that we're buried in snow.  I got some 3M Perfect-It fine-cut rubbing compound (and some swirl remover and one-step wax), and tried rubbing it in with the wax pad on a 10" WalMart orbital wax buffer.

Nada.
Zip.

Even small scratches seem unfazed by the rubbing compound.  Now, the guys at the car dealer have these nice Bosch air-powered right-angle buffers that do amazing things to scratches, but those are like $200.  Is using the WallyWorld wax buffer just a stupid idea?  Maybe the little 3M 4" round hand pads would apply the rubbing compound better?

[JohNLA]

I am not sure what rubbing compound I have but it works fine with only elbow grease. It is a bit gritty and usually puts some of the paint color on the shammi. So I use it as a last resort. I havn't had any luck with scratches that are deep enough to reac the primer.

[Rema1000]

Yeah, the Suzuki paint seems thin as paper.  I had a few flakes of clearcoat over the "Suzuki" name on the tank just fall right off when I went over them.  No amout of buffing is going to fix that!  

I guess it will need to be prepped and then given a new clearcoat .  That's not gonna happen now, with a temp of 2 deg. F (I can get the garage just above freezing if I work, which is OK for waxing, but not for painting).