Cleaning exhaust tips??
#16
#17
Eagle One Etching Mag Cleaner and 0000 steel wool. This is an old tip I learned from my race mechanic.
READ THIS: Do not use this stuff while the tips are on the car, it has some sort of acid in it. I take the tips off and clean in the kitchen sink.
The tips inside and out will look like new. You can do both in less than an hour.
Quick Tip: Take a photo and measure from ground to tip to make re-installing easier.
READ THIS: Do not use this stuff while the tips are on the car, it has some sort of acid in it. I take the tips off and clean in the kitchen sink.
The tips inside and out will look like new. You can do both in less than an hour.
Quick Tip: Take a photo and measure from ground to tip to make re-installing easier.
#18
+1 Also makes them easier to clean in between bench polishing jobs. I can go 3-4 months of on car polishing with Blue Magic before I need to bench polish them.
#20
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0000 (Quadruple-aught in detailer-speak) grade steel wool does the trick nicely and leaves no visible scratching... it is extremely fine. I takes me about 10 minutes of effort on each tip when I clean it and makes better progress than any chemical cleaner I've tried (but I haven't tried all of the above).
I learned about this when a BMW I had recently bought was showing an odd place in the paint and I took it back to the dealer. The BMW shop's detailer broke it out the 0000 steel wool and used it on the paint!
I also use it occasionally to clean gunk burned onto up on the porcelain burner pans on my cooktop (seems somewhat similar to the exhaust problem). Nothing else I ever tried could do this.
I learned about this when a BMW I had recently bought was showing an odd place in the paint and I took it back to the dealer. The BMW shop's detailer broke it out the 0000 steel wool and used it on the paint!
I also use it occasionally to clean gunk burned onto up on the porcelain burner pans on my cooktop (seems somewhat similar to the exhaust problem). Nothing else I ever tried could do this.
#21
I typically use wd-40 to break down the carbon build up. It works surprisingly well and chances are you already have a can. I usually just use a paper towel, but fine steel wool will speed things up.
#22
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+1 on blue magic metal polish
#23
Rennlist Member
The brushed stainless steel holds the carbon extremely well.
I used everything. Many different compounds do work.
But having said that, I tire of spending almost as must time on the tips as the whole car.
Fabspeed polished stainless tips fixed it all.
Now its just a wipe with a damp paper towel. so flippin easy now!
I used everything. Many different compounds do work.
But having said that, I tire of spending almost as must time on the tips as the whole car.
Fabspeed polished stainless tips fixed it all.
Now its just a wipe with a damp paper towel. so flippin easy now!