Mother's Powerball

[lowriderbowtie]

Anyone got it or tried it?? i seen it on TV last night
I want something (instead of my arm) to do up my aluminum rims

[lowriderbowtie]

Well since no one could give me a good review on this product before i bought it...i decided i would be the first one to give an excelent review!

I did all 4 of my wheels today with the mothers powerball in about 15 mins start to finish. I cant beleive how well this ball works. its sorta like that flitz buffing ball, but its made by mothers. I used Mothers Billet polish with it btw. If any of you have aluminum wheels or any aluminum on your truck for that matter, you need to get this ball!! It fits on the end of any drill. I love it...ill never go back to using my arm to bling up the wheels!

[DROPPEDGMC]

let us know how it works. i saw it also and was thinking about it

[lowriderbowtie]

It works awesome...i could never do as good of a job by hand, and its fast!!

[Mike 92S10]

Yeah I've been looking for something like that. I spent over an hour polishing my wheels yesterday, I used Mothers polish but it took a lot of rubbing,

[lowriderbowtie]

Ya this is an absolute MUST if you have aluminum wheels...everytime i look at my truck i cant beleive it!! its just awesome, enough said!

[Maximus]

Were did you get it.I thought about the Flitz stuff but I trust mother products so I would try it.

[DROPPEDGMC]

we need before and after pics

[Hammer]

the mothers clay bar, imo is the best i've used. not tried the powerball though

[lowriderbowtie]

Well i bought it at Canadian Tire...its just a big hardware and autoparts store nationwide up here, probly similar to your autozones and pepboys or whatever. Anyways it was 29 bucks. Next time i use it i will take a before and after pick...its does a little better job that me, but it takes me ALOT longer by hand. and didnt damage itself on the sharp edges of my wheels which supirsed me! Its awesome, ive been telling everyone i know about it!

[Maximus]

I bought a pack of Mr.Clean eraser bars for wheels and tires.They claimed they were great for break dust and boy were they right.I have a problem with caked on break dust that is hard as hell to get out even with a mild acid base.All I used was soapy water and the eraser bar and it just came right off.With very little effort to beat all.I HIGHLY recommend this for anyone having problems with brake dust or just wanting to clean your rims of a residue.Oreillys parts store has that Mothers Powerball if anyone is looking for one.I called them and they are like 21 bucks.Im gonna pick one up this weekend and polish my trucks and TA rims.Ill take before and after pics of them.

[lowriderbowtie]

You'll love the powerball man! Im gonna polish the aluminum on my snow mobile i think, just so its ready for september!!

[20Xtreme02]

Sounds like the way to go, I'll put one on my shoppping list. Thanks for the review!

[firehawkclone]

I have been looking for one for months...ever since S.E.M.A.

[Maximus]

I thought I would update my results with the products in this thread.First off anyone who wants a easy way to clean there rims and clean them GOOD I will swear by these damn Mr.Clean eraser bars.I got to see my S10's rims in a better light today and I am even more impressed than yesterday.I also cleaned up the TA's wheels and got them looking like brand new again.But they are not polished aluminum like my S10's so im not gonna polish them.I used Mothers California Gold car wash with regular warm water and the eraser bar and it just knocked off the brake dust and other dirt and grime with just a little pressure.The heavier brake dust I had to throw some elbow grease in there but it all come off clean as a whistle.I also observed a few other handy uses for the eraser bar.I have problems with oxidation on my hood that I seem to have to polish out every few months.On a hunch I used the Mothers car wash soap and an eraser bar and just washed my hood in a circular motion really well till I covered the entire hood completely.To my suprise it removed all of the oxidation and left the paint smooth and shiny as if I had just waxed it.So I went on a hunt for things to clean after that.I used it on all the chrome on the bumpers and trim and on my windows.It cleaned the road grime and bugs with ease an also cleaned off the waxy build up on the windows too.The things are just amazing.Oh and it cleans tires up just as good as bleach white does.As you can tell I am fairly fond of this product.So while I was on the cleaning kick I went out and bought the Mother's Powerball to start getting the rims to shine like diamonds.I bought one at Oreilly's and picked up some Mother's billet polish while I was at it.I was gonna polish my rims on my S10 but damn if it didn't start raining like hell.So it's gonna have to wait till tomorrow weather permitting.I must say though the powerball is made really well and has a good foam texture that looks like it will get in to about any little nook and cranny you might need.I took some pics of all of the stuff I bought so someone wanting to pick them up would know what they were looking for.And to show what the powerball looks like also.Once I get to polish my rims im gonna take pics of before and after to show what the results are.The results may be ok,decent,poor,or great I don't know yet but I have a feeling it won't take no were close to what it would take doing it by hand.But what ever the results are I will post pics.Here are some pics of the Mother's Powerball and Billet polish and the box the eraser bars come in.You get 4 in a box.
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[Maximus]

OK update on this just a tad bit.So far it is not as easy as I thought it was gonna be.My cordless drill ran down QUIK doing this.Im gonna try a different approach or something because it's gonna take me forever to do this if my drill keeps running down between wheels.And my regular drill with cord doesn't work so that's a no go.And I really don't wanna go out and by a new drill just for this.My cordless isn't a bad drill either.It's a 12v Dewalt that I use all of the time on different tasks and it lasts the whole time.I don't know what or how you did it in that amount of time lowriderbowtie but I would love to know.My rims are just polished aluminum and really nothing special.It might have been because they were so bad in need to be polished that took longer than yours.I mean REALLY bad need of it.I don't know im gonna try another approach and see if it makes it any easier or quiker.I will post any further results later.

[lowriderbowtie]

Ya my wheels have never really "needed" to get polished, cause ever since i bought them last june, i polished them every week just to keep on top of things so they dont end up looking horrible.

I did mine again today with the powerball. it rained, so i just wanted to get the water spots out. all i do is give my drill a good charging for about 2 hours, throw the ball on, put the polish on the ball and go over the rim about 3 times, then i just rub the haze off. But like i say, the wheels didnt really need polishing. I heard one of my neighbours say "unbeleivable, he's doing them again..." haha. hopefully you can get your drill issues worked out man. good luck

[Slow01S10]

ive had mine for about a month now and all i can say is WOW, i used to use Mothers Billet polish, but i switched to Ardex Metal Mania, its a detailers product, when i first got that stuff, it made the Mothers polish look like the wheel was dull, then i totally stripped all the polish off the wheels when i did them with the powerball, it took a hell of a lot longer for my billet wheels, plus they were off the truck and i did the backside too, but 6 hours later and a whole bottle of polish that was $20 my cost, it was well worth it, made them look atleast 1000 times better than by hand with mothers billet polish