mother's ball polisher..werks for me

[MX_Racer32]

i asked my girl for that mother's ball polisher for xmas, it goes on the end of the drill, i used it to polish my wheels today, i usually spend around 20-30 min polishing them by hand...i spend 2-3 minutes today with the drill, i think doing them by hand may get a better overall look but for less then 10 min, my rims look hella better then they did....

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im using an OLD drill that my dad gave me, like 30 years old, doesnt turn that many rpm's, and im using mothers aluminum polish (white jar), im sure with a better drill it would look better but like i said, less then 10 minutes and my aluminum is blinging, i HIGHLY recommend this to anyone with aluminum wheels that doesnt have the time to polish...

[MX_Racer32]

lol i didnt notice how crappy that 2nd pic was, hello blury-ness...haha oh well you guys get the point.

[pacotaco152]

i had one a while ago, which idk what happen to it and it worked wonders on my chrome wheels with that chrome wheel polish

[SSMUFF]

looks good, wish I had thatwhen I had my bent boyds.

[96sdime]

did u use liquid polish or the regular paste stuff??

[MX_Racer32]

ive been wondering about that "chrome polish" id like to do the wheels on my crf, they look a little dull but im worried once i do it, i will have to keep up with it....

[556mm]

wow man that is totally badass. where did she get it from? i cant find those ball polishers around here anywhere.

[BlackEsDime]

whoa... i don't know about polishing my balls...









haha, no seriously though. If i was worried about my billets and planned on keeping them. I'd get one. But i want to switch to chrome for ease of cleaning and i want bigger wheels anyway.

[Cruznsten]

man, your subject title is hilarious if you dont think about wheel cleaning. but i was wondering how well they work, looks like i may have to put that on my purchase list

[gotUsic]

man, my dad got one so i went to try it this week and the drill died on me so i did it by hand

[kitandrims]

autozone has them i just got mine i have yet to use it...umm u can get em on the internet just about anywhere that sells wheels, ebay, i think napa has them too im not sure on that tho.

[MX_Racer32]

yea my girl got it on the internet.

i just used the paste.

[DevilDriver]

get a more stable picture taker and it will be great lol

looks good as always man.

[pacotaco152]

Quote: Originally Posted by MX_Racer32

ive been wondering about that "chrome polish" id like to do the wheels on my crf, they look a little dull but im worried once i do it, i will have to keep up with it....

My dad used it on my dual exhuast on my 250f and they still look badass

[MX_Racer32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Punk0Rama

get a more stable picture taker and it will be great lol

looks good as always man.

i think i was trying to be tricky with the photo selection...i should of put the camera on dummy....i mean auto...lol

[MX_Racer32]

here's another

[scomp23]

I like the color of your truck

[MX_Racer32]

Quote: Originally Posted by scomp23

I like the color of your truck

why thank you, it "was" metallic gunmetal but when i painted it, i used a low qaulity one stage paint and it has since went to shit, shes going back in the booth this spring.

[scomp23]

I think that graphite color looks sick on S-10's, I was considering painting my Blazer graphite, post up some pics after you do yours again please.

[Luka]

hell yeah...that looks real good...how much does the powerball go for???

[MX_Racer32]

i dunno, i think about 30 bucks or so..

[yell02sonoma]

Quote: Originally Posted by sicnoma

man, my dad got one so i went to try it this week and the drill died on me so i did it by hand

I bought me $25 corded drill from walmart so i don't have to worry about my battery dieing. Also got a craftsman extension cord on a real, can pull the truck out of the garage and go all the way around with no problems.

[MX_Racer32]

Quote: Originally Posted by yell02sonoma

I bought me $25 corded drill from walmart so i don't have to worry about my battery dieing. Also got a craftsman extension cord on a real, can pull the truck out of the garage and go all the way around with no problems.

yea thats how i did it, polishing seems to bog down the drill a bit, which will wear out the batteries real quick, but then agian, i am using an old ass drill so...

[Metlhed01]

powerball is $20 at any advanced auto/discount auto/whatever the hell else they go by.

they work real well on rims like the 212. but any wheel with lots of sharp edges tears it up. ive eaten mine up on my 221's. works great though, but you still have to do the small areas by hand.

[LOWANSLOW97]

i just picked one up today going to try it out tonight.

[MX_Racer32]

Quote: Originally Posted by LOWANSLOW97

i just picked one up today going to try it out tonight.

dont ruin those rims..they will be mine someday....

[Stesch_s10]

Heres what the powerball did to my rims and i love it! tell me what you think man.

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f14/mothers-powerball-rules-pics-202157/

[OneSkFk811]

i used tthat powerball on my rims and it didnt really hel[ that much i ended up polishiing them by hand..... i think it was because the person i bought the truck i dont think ever polished the wheels at all....... mayb ill just get new rims or sumshit like that

[sxsracer278]

Quote: Originally Posted by MX_Racer32

ive been wondering about that "chrome polish" id like to do the wheels on my crf, they look a little dull but im worried once i do it, i will have to keep up with it....

its not bad man, i did my 250f's wheel up really nice when it was new, then just like one quick rub of polish after you wash it, takes like 5 min and keeps the shinny, looks super clean

[Stesch_s10]

i just did mine tonight ill get pics up. this would be the 2nd time for me to use it. last time was in the summer and it shined them up just fine.

[Wrkn prgs]

seen this thread before, then I thought about Flitz. Does anyone know if the Mothers' PowerBall or the Flitz Polishing Ball works better?

[choppingXtreme]

I think it looks like shit if you ask me..


































j/k. i might try polishing up my zq8's since i ain't rolling chrome anymore. might be worth the time.

[MX_Racer32]

...chopping, you got another truck?

[choppingXtreme]

damn right. i couldn't leave the scene for that long you know??lol

[Stesch_s10]

ok i have another post out there about the mothers powerball but i just did this today so enjoy. i know its not near the best looking rims in the world but then again i drive it daily and have snow rain mud and whatever else to drive through.
i only went over the rims once because i didn't have much polish left and its still winter and the snow is melting and they will look like crap in a few weeks anyway.

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[MX_Racer32]

dude...your hijacking my thread...


lol jp

i heard sanding\scuffing your polished rims with some fine grit sandpaper gets all the pits out and helps create a better shine after polishing, i did this with my aluminum swingarm on one of my dirtbikes and it turned out looking like a mirror. you might want to try that since your wheels dont look all that shiny.

[choppingXtreme]

so that's how you can get rims like my newer zq8 to shine? fine sand it and polish the hell out of it?? hmm, I'm gonna do a search on this and do it tomorrow for the hell of it..I'll see how it turns out.

[MX_Racer32]

well i was talkin to stesch_s10, but i believe someone did do that to their zq8s on here as well.

[Stesch_s10]

yea my friend pewter00 did that to his zq8's and holy shit they were just like a mirror. alright what grit of paper.. 1000? and would i wet sand with it or not?

[Metlhed01]

yeah if you were to wetsand it and keep going to a 3000 grit paper, then polish wit a rough compound then a fine compound, they should shine up beautifully.

[MX_Racer32]

when i did my swing arm, i used 1000 grit i believe and did it dry, BUT i was also removing paint and then used steel wool to buff it to a dull shine first. i would say try a 2000 grit first, maybe even wetsand it, when trying something new, i always try the least amount first, and if it was me, i would try it on the backside of the wheel first and experiment there, "just in case"...ya know?

[Stesch_s10]

but my backside is NOTHING like the front, they haven't been polished at all and they are really really dirty and all i do is clean them with a brush and some soap and thats it, so if i was to to it i would have to try it on the front.

so wet sand with 2000, then polish with the powerball, then hand polish with some cream polish?

[MX_Racer32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stesch_s10

but my backside is NOTHING like the front, they haven't been polished at all and they are really really dirty and all i do is clean them with a brush and some soap and thats it, so if i was to to it i would have to try it on the front.

so wet sand with 2000, then polish with the powerball, then hand polish with some cream polish?

really dirty? so clean them, get some purple power, spray the crap out of them, scrub em clean, sand, polish, bam.

[Stesch_s10]

haha all for the back that no one ever looks at haha.

[Stesch_s10]

oh and the back of my rims are umm... what do you call it. like ahha rippled. its not flat

[Stesch_s10]

ok so if i was to go clean my wheels with some water and scrub them a lil, take 2000 and wet sand it then what would i do? powerball it again or hand do them?

[MX_Racer32]

id wash them with an SOS pad to make sure there is no debris in them, then try wetsanding, if you see no improvement then id probably try it dry, then id buff out what i have with some steel wool. clean them real well after that and then re-polish with the ball. once you repolish though, id take a little extra time with the ball to get a real nice shine. they should look like a mirror when your done and shouldnt be too time consuming either.

[Stesch_s10]

alright maybe next weekend i can try it when i have some time. thanks man

[Stesch_s10]

im gonna try that tonight, im gonna take some steel wool and then take the power ball and some mag and aluminum polish and see what happens. i ran out of the liquid that is suppose to be used on the ball so it should still be the same. ill post pics at the end of the night

[MX_Racer32]

keep us informed. your gonna have to rub hard with elbow grease with the steel wool.