[Review] Mother's Powerball

[MaxHarvard]

Admittedly, I am as lazy as the next man. So when i heard that there was a product that could clean and polish aluminum wheels in a fraction of the time, i was intrigued. Always wary of big claims made by companies i aquired a powerball and decided to do my own test of the product. I followed each of the directions as carefully as i could so as to get the maximum effect. I used the recommended aluminum polish with and without the powerball.

Tools needed to complete the job.



The 'before' wheel. To be fair, the rims are not that old, only 2 years. Also, i dont tend to drive more than 500 miles a year.


I was worried when i didnt get a lot of 'black stuff' as the directions said, so after doing a small part of the wheel with the powerball, i decided to pit 4 other aluminum/metal polish compounds to the test.


To my surprise, i couldn't tell the difference between the 5 methods. Perhaps i dont have the discerning eye that many do, but i was equally pleased by all products used. Here is an after shot, each 5 receiving a different part of the wheel.


In my brief and highly scientific test, the power ball equally matched all the products and took much less time doing it. My only complaint was that the recommended polish was almost gone after only one wheel, the ball apparent soaks up a considerable amount of it.

If you like hand polishing your wheels, then you'll receive similar results as I did with the powerball.

Overall rating - 8/10
Pro's - Quick, easy to use, simply hand tools, fairly inexpensive
Con's - Use a lot of compound, $25 for the ball and $8 for each bottle of compound, dirty wheels may scratch the surface, hard to get into tight spaces.