Powerball!!
 

Mother's Powerball that is. I just finished restoring a bike, and used a powerball to clean up all the alloy parts. After I wet/dry sanded out the deeper pits, the powerball brought everything up to a mirror shine in no time at all. Well worth the $25.

Photos, me lad.

I've seen their ads in Car&Driver forever...I swear by mothers wax...I've wanted to try the powerball for a while now on a bike but I always wondered if it would be too big to negotiate the tight spaces.


Did you put it on a drill?

Photos to come........once the sun swings around.

It can get into the smallest of places. I was able to quickly polish up a brake caliber in about 10 mins. For a deeply pitted stem, I roughed up the deeper stuff (320/400/600), and then finished with the finer wet/dry. There are still 'mirco' scratches that could be removed with a finish of 1000/1200, but you have to be really close to see them. Polishing time was about 20 mins.For the handlebars, it was a quick shot of oven cleaner and a 5 min. buff.

Yes, drill mounted, and rested between my thighs. I'm going to fab up a holder for the drill for future use. As far as the ball, it works right from slow, heavy handed to light, high speed finishing.

I've been using 'Peek' tube polish, but am going to try the 'Mothers' AL and steel polish in the future.

After most of the black residue was gone, I just quickly finished up with a clean cloth.

This truly is a great tool for those don't have access to a buffing wheel and jeweler's paste.

Just how the ladies like it ;):lol:

zing!!!