How To Polish Stainless Exhaust Pipes

This is probably the best way to clean the pipe since it is very difficult to clean the outside welds and the inside of the pipe.

How to polish stainless exhaust pipes. A heavy carb cleanerbrake cleaner then abrade with steel wool metal polish rinse with apc and then coat with a sealant like hydro. Its a staining that occurs to metal surfaces that are exposed to salt-laden weather. - Stitched Sisal very firm thick fibers with tripoli affil.

It looks like red surface rust. Cleaning exhaust tips and pipes Chrome or Stainless Prepare the area Begin by cleaning the exhaust tips with soap and water. Use several clean clothes and brake cleaner to remove everything that you can.

Once you have installed your FRESH looking equipment give it another wipe down just to make sure. The exhaust system I am using for an example is a Yoshimura stainless steel unit for a 2006-2007 Suzuki GSX-R 600750. At 2199 it will remain a secret to me.

Expect to spend between 4 and 10 hours on the job depending on the headers condition. Aluminized pipes such as MAC and Flowmaster or some Bassanis will NOT come out like this but you can clean it up a little by sanding it Here are the pipes as they come from Borla. Stainless-steel pipes can be cleaned using mild acids.

I had a plastic bag cook on my exhaust pipe from the cylinder almost back to the cat. When a metal surface is exposed to extreme heat it turns the metal into a blue looking color. Here you can see another example of the result of polishing stainless steel exhaust pipes.

I picked it up on Craigslist for 250 which seemed like a great price at the. This black soot from the exhaust tip can cause damage to your paint and you want to keep it as far away as possible. These are a from new Stinger System.