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[CHzo6]

Here is a quote from a Mother's rep. on today's Boston Globe website...

Many of us traditionally have applied wax by hand and used a buffer to remove it. Dvorak recommends the opposite. “Use a drill-mounted applicator to put a thin coat of wax on the paint, then remove it by hand with a microfiber cloth or good terry towel.’’

Sounds like a recipe for swirls to me!!

[J. A. Michaels]

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Scary process to me.

[Michael Stoops]

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Mother's is now making a Powerball for Paint. It's a yellow cut foam ball that attaches to your drill. If the foam is soft enough, and we seriously doubt that Mother's would get this wrong, then we don't see any real problems with it. Unless of course you load the thing up with too much liquid wax and then turn the drill on full speed, which would result in slinging product all over the place. But we'd classify that as user error, not necessarily a problem with the applicator itself.

[dvtldav]

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To me this does not sound much different than applying wax with the G110.

Dave

[J. A. Michaels]

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Mother's is now making a Powerball for Paint. It's a yellow cut foam ball that attaches to your drill. If the foam is soft enough, and we seriously doubt that Mother's would get this wrong, then we don't see any real problems with it. Unless of course you load the thing up with too much liquid wax and then turn the drill on full speed, which would result in slinging product all over the place. But we'd classify that as user error, not necessarily a problem with the applicator itself.

Then I take it back. It could be a great idea. With the right drill.

[ColonelCash]

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I won't ever be using my DeWalt 18v Hammerdrill near my cars. I tried the Powerball once and wasn't impressed, maybe it was my drill (Black & Decker I think), but I couldn't get it to spin fast enough to do much of anything.

[CHzo6]

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Well he didn't state a Powerball made for paint, he simply said a drill mounted applicator, which you can find at a hardware store, and it will swirl and scratch the hell out of your finish.

[Michael Stoops]

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Well he didn't state a Powerball made for paint, he simply said a drill mounted applicator, which you can find at a hardware store, and it will swirl and scratch the hell out of your finish.

It is probably safe to infer that the Mother's rep was indeed talking about the Mother's Power Ball for Paint. If the article didn't state that specifically then blame the reporter, don't blame Mother's! They sell an awful lot of those tools.