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John Morralee

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I should like to issue a warning. While using one of these balls (a ball of foam rubber mounted on a spindle which can be mounted in a hand drill and used as a polisher); take care. They do an excellent job but beware of snagging an uneven or broken suface such as a wheel arch. The whole thing can be wrenched from your grip ,possibly not entirely maybe, but enough to bring the drill chuck in contact with your polished metal work. Nuf said!
 
I'm assuming that is the voice of recent experience, in which case I'm sorry. Hope it wasn't major.
 
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I really have nothing against the polishing balls, in fact, I use the small one to detail my wheels. But with any mechanical polisher, you have to be careful around any edge. Most orbital buffers are really good at removing chrome emblems and bouncing them off the wife's car if they catch a snag.

I just bought a Porter-Cable 7424 due to a recommendation from one of my engineers that details cars in his spare time. It's a random-orbit polisher with almost a free floating head...not as fast as a regular polisher, but very forgiving. They retail for about $250, but I found quite a few online for about $130. I got it to remove some "spider webs" from my black Z, but went ahead and used it to polish the Healey before a show a couple of weeks ago. In fact, the wife came out and polished the hood with it. Very nice machine.

Best of luck, hopefully it didn't do too much damage...</span>
 
"I really have nothing against the polishing balls, in fact,"
My dog is an expert at this procedure,and its all done without expensive mechanical aids, mind you the washing off of the wire wheels immediately after the canine acidic application is vital to ensure longevity of the chrome finish
 
:lol:

The teenager in me smirked as I was typing that, also part of the reason that I didn't call them by their proper name since they are a "Mothers" product. :devilgrin:

Since I have Welsh Corgis, the most damage they can do is affect the tire lettering at the bottom of the tire. It would be a proud day for them if they could apply their acidic wash to the chrome wheels... :jester:
 
You have Corgis! Very cool! Any dog that is good enough for the Queen Mum is good enough for me!! :smile: Before I die I will have two Corgis, one named Rolls and one named Royce.... :laugh:
 
Two Chi-wha's and a mini yorki here, if they could get past the tread, I'd be a proud papa. :smile:
 
Thanks, they're the best. Here's a picture of them:

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The one on the left is Danny, a rescued Corgi, on the right is Starck, bought from a breeder.
 
:laugh: Taking liberal poetic license here, you should rename Danny to Hutsky....then you'd have Hutsky & Starck! And YES, they would have to drive a red Healy with a white stripe on the side! - ok, red with white sides would work too! LOL :laugh:
 
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">HA! That's a good one! He never answers when I call him anyways...

Stubborn, just like me... </span> :wall:
 
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