How To Polish Stainless Exhaust
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How to polish stainless exhaust. Expect to spend between 4 and 10 hours on the job depending on the headers condition. I picked it up on Craigslist for 250 which seemed like a great price at the. 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. 2- Apply either Autosol Metal Life Saver or Autosol Bluing Remover and let it work for a minute or so. My process for cleaning my tipsmufflers is.
Use light coats of polish and hit it with the Dremel. It works same as Autosol Stainless Steel Polish and Belgom Alu. Has any of you inmates out there polished you exhaust header pipes with any success.
Metal polish would obviously work better but this buffing compound worked fine in. Vary speed and pressure depending on the results you are seeing. Protect the surface beneath the exhaust with heavy-duty drop cloths.
Make sure that you use a bucket and microfiber cloth that you dont plan on using for a normal car wash. Wait 2 to 4 hours for the exhaust to dry. Clean the stainless steel exhaust with a trisodium phosphate cleanser using steel wool.
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. Polish with Hot Rims Mag and Aluminum Polish and a terry cloth. Polishing Stainless Steel - Buffs and Compounds 2002.