How To Shine Exhaust Tips
I tried simple green and a 3000 psi pressure washer.
How to shine exhaust tips. Dont use a buffer as you can easily overheat the chrome and burntarnish it. Wash the exhaust pipes with soap and water to remove the grime. Just finished 1 side of my exhaust following your steps from your old post turned out great what a cheap mod.
Even used Eagle 1 Never Dull wadding. Even use a brillo pad or steel wool if they are caked with exhaust residue scratches will be removed later. Did absolutely nothing for the oxidization.
Next take a clean part of the cloth and put a few more dabs of metal polish on it here is where you will. The Easy Trick to Make Your Exhaust Tips Shiny Clean. Take off the tip tape off and spray on EZ off oven cleaner for a few secsor aircraft paint remover.
Use some moderate grit polish and hand polish whip it like the shoe-shine guys like mad. Rub the chrome gently in a smooth circular motion. Thats a good start but Steel wool to finish off the grime would make them look a bit better.
No luck in cleaning thumbsdow. First I start by spraying down the inside and outside of the tips with Chemical Guys Grime Reaper APC at a 51 ratio. Last i used some Blue Magic metal polish and hand applied it there and outside.
I prefer to clean mine more than that honestly. Once again here are the exhaust tips before I got started. Make sure that you use a bucket and microfiber cloth that you dont plan on using for a normal car wash.