Mother's Powerball Mini

TKMR2 · 01-31-2007, 03:39 PM

I picked up the powerball mini for $25 at checker auto. It has a moneyback guarantee so I figure what the hell. First impression is that it's still too big, it worked well for polishing the heat shields on the firewall as it does include a 10" extension, but the thing is too big for around most places in the engine bay. It did do a pretty decent job polishing aluminum, but where it really shined were my tail lights. After washing the power ball with dish soap, i went back to the garage and tried it on my faded tail lights with meguiers plast-x. WOW did it shine them up good, much better than just using plast-x by hand. Over all I would say it's a good item for polishing stuff once they are out of the car. which is kind of a let down seeing how it's marketed to be able to fit into small spaces. I gonna keep though for it's tail light shining abilities if nothing else.

canadam · 01-31-2007, 04:02 PM

Thanks. If I ever see one on sale, I might pick one up

Mister2.2 · 01-31-2007, 05:53 PM

I was wondering myself how well they worked. You use this with an electric drill?

TKMR2 · 01-31-2007, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mister2.2

I was wondering myself how well they worked. You use this with an electric drill?

yes.

MR2_SW20 · 01-31-2007, 09:42 PM

ya we use this on cars at the shop also. it does pretty decent buffing waterspots out of alloy wheels (stupid toyota/ford dealer we work with puts cars under sprinklers, luckily not Toyotas

)

This and meguiars mirror glaze metal polish worked great. Also, try using a red pad and meguiars swirl free polish to clean up taillights/headlights.

01-31-2007, 03:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
TKMR2 Biff Tannen Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 397 Thanks: 11 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Mother's Powerball Mini I picked up the powerball mini for $25 at checker auto. It has a moneyback guarantee so I figure what the hell. First impression is that it's still too big, it worked well for polishing the heat shields on the firewall as it does include a 10" extension, but the thing is too big for around most places in the engine bay. It did do a pretty decent job polishing aluminum, but where it really shined were my tail lights. After washing the power ball with dish soap, i went back to the garage and tried it on my faded tail lights with meguiers plast-x. WOW did it shine them up good, much better than just using plast-x by hand. Over all I would say it's a good item for polishing stuff once they are out of the car. which is kind of a let down seeing how it's marketed to be able to fit into small spaces. I gonna keep though for it's tail light shining abilities if nothing else.

01-31-2007, 04:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
canadam MidshipExpress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 10,399 Thanks: 120 Thanked 142 Times in 121 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (34/100% )	Thanks. If I ever see one on sale, I might pick one up __________________

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Mister2.2 Cheese it! Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,561 Thanks: 121 Thanked 115 Times in 99 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	I was wondering myself how well they worked. You use this with an electric drill? __________________ --Josh MR2Trader.com Free to Buy and Sell your MR2 Parts!

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01-31-2007, 09:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
MR2_SW20 Some Skills Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nebraska Posts: 121 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	ya we use this on cars at the shop also. it does pretty decent buffing waterspots out of alloy wheels (stupid toyota/ford dealer we work with puts cars under sprinklers, luckily not Toyotas ) This and meguiars mirror glaze metal polish worked great. Also, try using a red pad and meguiars swirl free polish to clean up taillights/headlights.