MOTHERS 05143 PowerBall 2 Metal Polishing Tool

You will get out what you put in. Use a good polish suitable for aluminium alloys or whatever it is you are polishing. Clean the sponge frequently to avoid putting black marks back onto your alloys. A sensible approach to adding polish, working it onto the item to be polished, wiping away excess polish with clean lint free cloths, and then washing the sponge will produce excellent results. Hopefully my before and after results of alloy wheels that are literally 50 years old will be as good an advert as can be seen anywhere. Awesome product. Keep drill speed low as advised in the instructions to prevent the sponge breaking up and losing pieces.

This is quite large but it is very effective when using Mother's metal polish. It takes quite a lot of product to "Load" the thing the first time you use it but after that it takes only a little to top it up. For alloy wheels or larger engine cases it is first class, making light work of large areas. The extension piece in marvellous: it spins and so you can hold this part with your free hand to guide the mop with great accuracy. Its an excellent tool but not really for small parts.

The buffer is awesome, but the small hex drill attachment on the shaft broke off after a few minutes of use. I cut the plastic tube and just re-attached the drill right to the shaft, after that it worked fine. The buffer is a great aide and polishes like nobodies business and quickly. I used it on large 22.5" Alcoa aluminum motorhome wheels. They were badly oxidized after 24 years of neglect. They look like chrome wheels now!! The buffer itself is foam rubber and doesn't lend itself to cleaning. I tried to wash it in strong detergent but it's still covered in black sludge. I reuse it many times in the soiled state and it still works ok.

Used this to polish the Alum rims on our highway tractors. Worked really well. Held up well after doing 6 tractors and still has lots left in it. Tried to use it on diamond plate. And that didn't go to well it. Chewed it up pretty good.

Looks like a gr8 product, look forward to using on many polishing jobs.

What can I say? These are messy. If you’re not careful you will rip them up. They will wear you out. all that being said, MY CHROME RIMS WERE NOT THIS SHINY EVEN WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW! Wow oh wow was it impressive what some good quality metal polish and this polisher ball can do with some time and elbow grease. As much work and as messy as it was, it was easier than trying to get those results by hand!

Item was delivered on time and as advertised.