On my first XS the polishing was all done with wet and dry in a bowl of hot soapy water - No dust formed. The final gloss was obtained using Autosol on a damp cloth rubbing by hand - again no dust formed. Nothing wrong with using elbow grease, just takes longer. The right side cover has more fiddly bits to work around and paint stripper is handy here to remove the original clear, but now yellowed, protective varnish. In that thread I posted above there is an excellent section on re-painting the Yamaha lettering.