[thunderstruck507]

Well new to me...tried the Mother's Powerball and polish.

WOW. I expected the foam to be a POS and get ripped to shreds by the sharp edges in the windows of my slots. Hosed it off (no soap even) and it looks like new.

Polished all 4 in an hour and half. Used to take me about an hour each to get them this nice.

So to all the skeptics...try one.

(I did use an electric drill, not a battery powered one though)

 

[sixtyfo]

They look awesome im probably gonna pick one up here soon when i get some new wheels

 

[dpvoiceguy]

I'm a believer as well. Tried it a while back and now I always make sure I have a bottle on hand. And you're right...the ball is surprisingly tough.

 

[rick piras]

"Tried it a while back and now I always make sure I have a bottle on hand."
Excellent advice, that I usually follow while I'm in the garage!

Seriously, thanks for posting these pictures. I've always been curious how effective the Powerball is. I have an old Ford pickup that has the older style slotted mags. After seeing these results, I'll try it.

 

[musclecarjohn]

Cool...:beers:

 

[blm]

Can you purchase just the foam ball without the polish? Last time I polished my wheels by hand I used Bush's wheel polish and followed up with Bush's wheel wax and sealer. It beat anything else I've tried to this point.

 

[Lionel-n-Chevelles]

Outstanding.

 

[cs40racing]

Those look great! WOW!!

 

[wills65]

The Powerball is awesome. I have been using it since I saw it in the autoparts store. Still nothing works like Mothers Billet and a whole hell of alot of elbow grease. The Powerball is great for wheels that arent toooo far gone

 

[thunderstruck507]

Yeah the polish that comes with it is great. Much better than the old mothers aluminum polish paste. It comes off with less work and doesn't leave as much black mess.

NOTE: These wheels were very DULL, but not ROUGH. For the initial polish 4 years ago I used medium scotchbrite, then fine scotchbrite, then terry cloth to get them smooth.

I doubt the ball will work on wheels that are rough.

Also make sure you follow the directions and do sections of the wheel at a time. I did one spoke at a time, just let the drill do the work and apply some force (electric drill, not battery...battery will overheat). Then rotate and go again. Trying to do too large an area without buffing clean will have worse results than doing it as directed.

 

[Alwhite00]

Yea, Looks good. I polish my slots with that also. Ball holds up a lot better than expected.

LK

 

[JodysTransmissions]

What aluminum polish are you guys using? What is the newest and greatest stuff to try?

 

[thunderstruck507]

I used the Mother's Power Polish aluminum stuff meant for the powerball

 

[Surfin' 66]

I agree with everyone, I guess I'll go buy one now. I was pretty skeptical.

One concern I have is that my new Billet Specialties Streetlights have a fair amount of welding splatter on the backside of the rim, not polished away by the factory. I wonder if the splatter will tear up the foam.

Gonna buy one anyway, though. I live at the beach and I'm always after the aluminum on my car to stay looking nice.

Can you use a Mini Power Ball on engine parts?

Eric

 

[thunderstruck507]

why are you polishing the backside?

yes the miniball is made for stuff like under the hood, but I would clean it up first with a power washer and try to hand wash the stuff off

even with the minor hassles I love aluminum over painted steel, powder coated, or chrome any day of the week

 

[68BLKSS]

I have both the large and small PowerBall`s and they do work well. I can honestly say though, don`t chuck one up in a die grinder and use it with air. Man you oughtta see the foam fly then! HAHAHA Shreds the ball pretty quick at about 8000 rpms or so. Just a lil FYI.