pipe cleanup tricks

beamer
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beamer
Edited Date/Time 11/10/2013 11:36am
Anyone have some experience cleaning up chromed exhaust pipes, my FMF is a little crusty/rusty on the head pipe. Not horrible but definitely needs some TLC. Ive given it a quick going over with SOS pad and that worked ok, but still needs more.

On another note ive been trying to find something equivalent to Eagle one Mag wheel cleaner up here in Canada and apparently it was pulled off the shelves due to its ingredients. No longer available in Canada they say, and im thinking that the soda blasting is the same thing, nobody ive checked with seems to know anything about it........
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project racer 11/7/2013 5:46pm
11/7/2013 5:46pm
Try a bit of plain old tin foil. Just tear a piece off, fold it over a few times, and rub the pipe as if you were sanding it.

It has worked fairly well on 40 year old chrome on one of my vintage mini bikes.
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Griff.747
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Griff.747 11/8/2013 5:28pm
11/8/2013 5:28pm
Wire brush on an air grinder or emery paper
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Foghorn 11/8/2013 5:43pm
11/8/2013 5:43pm Edited Date/Time 11/8/2013 5:45pm
Oxalic acid will lose the rust. Try Barkeepers Friend.
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Flit250 11/10/2013 11:36am
11/10/2013 11:36am
If you want to bring back that nice new factory chrome look back try useing autosol polish, I have a fmf fatty and I use it on mine all the time and it works great!
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