How To Polish Stainless Exhaust Tips
I polished one pipe back when I got the bike 3 years ago and it took forever using 0000 steel wool and polish.
How to polish stainless exhaust tips. If your pipes are. Cleaning and polishing your exhaust tips will not only complete the look of your car but also protect the tips from corrosion and caked on carbon build up. Wipe clean and do it again with a fine grit polish - again by hand.
Here I am using Optimum Metal Polish and 0000 steel wool on the insides of the tips. A short guide for how to polish a stainlesschromed exhaust tip and bring it back up to its original shiny glory. Mild steel mild steel that is chrome plated and aerospace grade stainless steel.
While the cleaning procedures may vary depending on your specific exhaust tips the following instructions will give you an idea of what it takes to clean your chrome or stainless steel exhaust tip. Even use a brillo pad or steel wool if they are caked with exhaust residue scratches will be removed later. Hi all I have a full stainless exhaust system on my motorcycle that looks really rough from baked on road grime since 2003.
Clean with Aluminum Wheel Cleaner Bug Tar Remover 2. Use some moderate grit polish and hand polish whip it like the shoe-shine guys like mad. The principle is to put the lace once preferably twice around your exhaust pipe and then move the ends back and forward.
You wont need too much of the product to get a good finish so dont go overboard with it. Make sure that you use a bucket and microfiber cloth that you dont plan on using for a normal car wash. Apply some of the metal polish directly onto the exhaust tips if you are using Autosol just squeeze some directly out of the tube onto the tip.
For exhaust pipe polishing -use a strip impregnated with a metal polish Luster Strips See also Chrome Stainless Steel Exhaust protect the exhaust components with a polymer sealant. Polish with Hot Rims Mag and Aluminum Polish and a terry cloth. You just wrap a strip around the pipe twice and pull back and forth vigourusly to polish.