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Just curious if anyone has some insight on how to go about getting your header looking this pristein. Is it coated with something? Can I get this result from your average polishing routine or is there some other process it goes through like being blasted? 
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Not sure, but I’d bet it’s a nickel plating or something similar
Washed up moto and enduro weekend warrior.
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Ive tried polishing my ti5 pipe from pro circuit. Not much luck. For whatever reason polishing titanium is harder than aluminum or steel.
What i ended up doing at the end is using a wire wheel to get the gray crap off and make the pipe bright silver, and then use a map gas torch to turn it blue.
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Well, first of all, that is a brand new, barely ridden bike with a brand new pipe with little heat put through it (save for a torch to turn it blue and purple). It was likely polished using a buffing wheel on a bench grinder.
It won't look like that for very long once it gets excessively hot for an extended period of time. Just some temporary jewelry for a new bike build. Waste of time and energy for the average joe.
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titanium can be anodized to look like that. Buff to a shine and the color stays. Shine fades though
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Thanks for the input. Probably not going to mess with it if it won't last then. I was under the impression it was permenant
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Ti is really tough to polish or even clean up to be honest. I've put headers/skid plates etc in a nut blaster, sonic bath and I've tried buffing it with Autosol and a drill with some scotchbrite on it with minimal results.
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not too sure.
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