Customer Reviews

Mothers 05141 PowerBall Mini Polishing Tool

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Bought the Mini PowerBall to do the aluminum wheels on my motorcycle after I tried the regular PowerBall and found it WAY too big to get into all the areas I needed to. Even the Mini was difficult to get into some areas. I wish Mother's would make a Micro or Nano version.

The ball worked well with the Billet Polish to get a mirror shine in most areas. However, I would caution you to take your time and use only light to light-medium pressure on the ball because it didn't take too long before it began to tear apart on the inner folds and start thumping around on the surface, making it useless. I had to buy another in order to finish the job and it was starting to tear by the time I was done. Not very cost-effective. BTW, I have used cotton buffing wheels with the compound bars and the like in the past in order to buff various metals and had already used that method here before using the Mini PowerBall and Billet Polish for the final step in the process. So I wasn't trying to grind away at a rough, dull surface with this PowerBall, just bringing up the shine to as close to chrome as possible.

Smaller is definitely better when it comes to power balls. I bought the original one and it worked well, but was hard to get into the smaller portions of my wheels. I did not use the extension rod much. I still used my dremil in some of the corners, but if you want to polish you wheels with less effort than just a rag and some elbow grease it is much better. The polishing compound that comes with the set works very well also.

I bought this small one because their large Powerball is really too big to do normal-sized auto wheels. But this small one is 'still' too big to fit into my 15" wheels. I guess it was designed for a SUV. C'mon Mothers, how about a teeny one... (see the comments below on this review)

product is easy to use, it works well although it doesn't get into the creases of my stock BMW wheels

Dont waste your money on this until mothhers makes refills for this. Its expensive up front which would be ok if it came with another mini ball you can purchase but mothers has decided to discontinue making the refills. why????? I have no idea.

The powerball products work well, if you have wheels and other billet goodies this will become your best buddy!

The only reason this doesn't receive five stars is because it can be used in only one direction. This isn't a problem, yet, but over time, it's going to wear on one side of the tool than the other. Additionally, you may want to use a different direction on your drill, the typical tool in which to mount this polishing ball, and you can't use reverse on a drill with this polishing ball.

Still, with this, about a teaspoon of plastic scratch remover (used on pinball machine playfields to polish them) and 10 minutes of prep/cleanup per headlight, this little ball got the somewhat cloudy headlight lenses on my wife's car back to crystal clear. Sure, I could have done the same thing with 1,500 and 2,000 grit sandpaper, which I have, but this was much quicker, not messy, and took almost no effort.

Now...to polish the rather large aluminum wheels on our diesel-pusher motorhome. At least this will make it less of a chore.

I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to clean. It's almost spongy in its texture.

Got this as a gift for my birthday. I like using it better than an orbital buffer. Better control and can get into tighter spots, plus not having to drag around cords makes the job much easier. I use a Li-Ion cordless drill and have no problem getting the car done on a charge. This also makes it much easier to use paste wax which I think lasts longer than liquid. I wouldn't recommend this on wheels unless they have a very flat design. It got caught a couple times in my rims and tore small pieces out of the applicator. Don't use too much wax, and start slow otherwise it will spray it everywhere.

I purchased the PowerBall Mini to polish up some of the aluminum parts on a vintage motorcycle I am working on. It has done an amazing job. The PowerBall used with Mothers PowerMetal polish has allowed me to polish aluminum parts of the bike to look like chrome with minimal effort. You do not need much pressure when using the PowerBall Mini. And I would also suggest working the polish into the PowerBall Mini before turning your drill on, otherwise all of your polish will splatter off. Once the polish is worked into the foam of the PowerBall it holds onto it well. I am very happy with this product and transaction from Amazon.

This is a great tool for those hard to reach spots that are difficult to reach with a full size buffer. Easy to use and the right size.