MakoShark72

Been polishing my mag wheels, and its taking a long time and doing a number on my hands and fingers!!

Does the Powerball really work, or are there better alternatives?

Thanks!

oldalaskaman

I like it

SteveG75

Yes.

gungatim

it works but is greatly over priced IMO. much cheaper ways to do the same thing.

MakoShark72

And those ways would be...what??

Isn't the Powerball less than $30?? That's pretty cheap..

Dose11

Yes

Sonny71

Works well for me

MakoShark72

You guys use it mainly on wheels??

oldsarge

Now I might go get one.

73Corvette

Did you use a scotch guard pad on them....it's much more aggressive than polishing them....but your can get some amazing results and then follow up with the fritz ball and polish them to whatever finish you like...... you can also use some fine steel wool or sos pads to get things started.....

MakoShark72

Yes, I have used 2000 grit wet paper, as coarse as 1200 on some areas, they are coming out really nice... But its a pain, so I am thinking to going to the Powerball for the finish polishing..

Redwing01

I did the final polishing on my old 78 with the powerball and it worked awesome!
But I do remember all the hard work it took to get to the powerball stage , it's a real pain but it wll be worth it in the end.
Good luck

terry82

yes it works fine but i would use a hand drill that plugs in . my 18 volt drill does not seem to last long.

larryg3

It works great

gregmuzila

do you know if your wheels are original? i am not sure if mine are polished or coated, etc. I have a 78 with no records from PO.

Looking to polish mine up and even re-paint the black a bit

gungatim

those other ways would be a $3 buffing wheel that you can mount in a high speed air powered die grinder (<$10 @HF) or a drill, or using your hands and a soft towel. I just buy the mothers polish and use a little buffing wheel in a right angle air grinder and it works great. for smaller parts I use a stationary buffer with mothers polish. $30 for a foam ball attached to a shaft seems absuredly expensive to me...Sometimes I use a fine scotchbrite with mothers by hand, and #0000 steel wool with mothers works good too.

VanSant

Amazon sells a great power ball set for $74.00 Polish, three ***** and the cone, check it out.

iokepakai

I'm done polishing these wheels!! My wheels will look good for about 3 weeks tops then it's back to the polish to make em look good....If I let it slide it's double the work.I'm gonna PVD coat em for 125.00 each and be done with it..Will post up the results when there done...Aloha's
After polish:
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After 3 weeks they look like this:
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terry82

have you tried just putting wax on your wheels ?

chrisNY

wow in just 3 weeks they turn that fast iokepakai. I didn't like the power ball very much tried it a few times, but went back to doing it by hand