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exhaust cleaner/polish

francod123

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Can anyone recommend a good cleaner/polish for a natural stainless steel exhaust system. I am fixing an oil leak now but have some baked on oil spots from where the oil was blowing from the cylinder fins onto the manifolds that I would like to clean/polish off without removing the finish, etc. Thanks in advance.
 
Start with Scothbrite or steel wool, then use any commercially available (non-clear coat) metal polish. If you want it chrome like, the more you polish, the brighter it will get.
 
I've had good luck with Bar Keepers Friend, a powder sold in grocery stores to polish stainless steel pots and appliances. I use it with a ceramic stovetop scrubber pad. With a little elbow grease, it removes the tar, bugs, water stains, even heat discoloration, without scratching the shine like steel wool or fine sandpaper. Blue-Job metal polishing powder and pads also do a great job, but cost a lot more.
 
Thanks for the tips guys. I'm not going for a shine. The exhaust is not a polished stainless steel look. It's just a natural finish so shine is not what I want.
 
none better or faster I have found than polishing soap, this is a cake you use with a cloth and water....it was made for silver smiths.

S100 sells it also wonderful stuff, also Marine polishes work very well.

strangely Marvel mystery oil sopped on and allowed to soak or Aerokroil will remove carbon and gummy stuff better than just about anything else, then polish with the polish soap.

maroon scotchbrite pads are about the right grit for most brush finish exhaust ss.
 
I would steer clear of the Scotch Brite unless you want a brushed satin finish.

I have had quite a bit of sucess with a short bristle (1/4-3/8") brass wire brush to remove road grime with out scratching the stainless
 
#0000 and Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish have been used successfully to bring back the Stainless Steel and Chrome on my cycle. Oh yeah, forgot to mention elbow grease as another essential ingredient.
 
What about good old "chrome cleaner" ?

Can ya use chrome cleaner ?

I have a huge bottle of "Turtle Wax Chrome Cleaner and Protectorate" and need to find new uses for it.
 
Best stuff I have found in NZ for the 1200S pipes is Polaris Stainless Steel cleaner. It's a white powder you apply with a damp cloth and it works a treat. Far better the Autosol.
 
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