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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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Thumbs up Mothers Powerball Rocks!

I know, I know, I'm the only retard in America that hasn't had a chance to check out the Powerball yet. Well, that all changed last night when I finally took the plunge and attempted to polish my Draglites.

I absolutely HATE polishing of any sort, so I picked up the regular size Powerball and a can of Mothers Billet polish on the recommendation of a few friends, along with a few microfiber towels.

I got home and wiped the wheels off to ensure that they were clean. I then smeared a liberal amount of the billet polish onto the first wheel, and fired up the powerball. I ran it for ~a minute making sure to touch all parts of the wheel, and then I smeared on another coat and powerballed for ~another minute, and wiped the wheel clean. WOW! I was literally shocked at how little time it took to make these wheels look GREAT! After doing all four, I MIGHT have spent 45 minutes on it.

They look insane, the only part that doesn't look great is around the valvestem where the ball has a hard time reaching. I'm going to pick up a Powerball Mini to help with that - if all else fails, I'll just do that by hand.

A heads up to anybody who hasn't tried it yet: the Powerball works GREAT!
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 01:41 PM
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Where are the before and after shots?
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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Thanks for the info. I was thinking about the mini.
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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the regular size was the worst $15 i ever spent, i might give the mini a whirl
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 98NBM
the regular size was the worst $15 i ever spent, i might give the mini a whirl
Same here, but maybe it was because the first thing I tested it on was already pretty far gone...I did much better by hand, but it took a REALLY long time (literally 45mins+ per wheel!).
This is what it looked like after two passes with the power ball and power metal polish.

And this is after 45mins by hand polishing
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 11:11 PM
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I use it a lot and if you used any other polish other then the mothers liquid polish that comes in the red bottle it will work a lot better! The mother polish in the little red/white can is a lot better then the liquid!! its
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 09:48 AM
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I going to try them out...
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