How To Polish Stainless Steel Exhaust Pipes

Metal polish would obviously work better but this buffing compound worked fine in.

How to polish stainless steel exhaust pipes. I had a plastic bag cook on my exhaust pipe from the cylinder almost back to the cat. Could somebody explain how you can polish stainless or point me to a link. You wont need too much of the product to get a good finish so dont go overboard with it.

The smaller the grit of the belt sander the finer the finish you will achieve. This process is known as blueing and its a pretty common occurrence. Clean the exhaust pipe -Use a wheel brush and a degreaser to get inside of the exhaust pipe.

Use the wheel brush with the degreaser to get as deep into the exhaust pipe as you can. The degreaser will act to break up interior carbon deposits and rust. You need to be gentler with chrome pipes which are why the dirt is soaked first before being gently scrubbed with a softer metal and some cleaning agent.

Dont worry this can be fixed. Wait 2 to 4 hours for the exhaust to dry. The idea was the wheel bearing grease would carbonize and insulate the chrome from the high exhaust temps.

Apply polishing compound to the stainless steel pipe and buff the fine lines out with a buffer grinding disc. Discussion in The Garage. Apply Exhaust Metal Polish and start using the steel wool.

Clean the stainless steel exhaust with a trisodium phosphate cleanser using steel wool. Polished the stainless steel exhaust pipes of my BMW R1200RT. How to clean brown stainless steel pipes on BMW RT.