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dons733,

Cleaning: Should be accomplished with either acetone or brake cleaner. After that wash in Dawn dish washing liquid and water. How often do you rake your buffs? To apply the compound just barely touch it to the wheel. The "Blue Haze" you mentioned might be that you are getting the metal to hot and it's burning. Do the swirl marks change direction when you change the angle of the metal, with the light reflecting off it?
There is a "sweet spot" when the metal is at the right temperature and the polish is doing its thing, then you will get the shine that you want. Hard to explain but you will know it when you get there.
Try cleaning and washing your metal, I prefer acetone. Rake your loose buff and apply a little white compound and buff. It's going to take some time and patience with the loose buff and the white compound because it doesn't cut that fast. See what that does. For a final hand polish try the Blue Begone, some Mothers Mag wheel polish or Simichrome.
You didn't say what mechanical means you are using to polish your chrome?
You can test the type metal you have with magnet.

John