exhaust tips

[alanc1000]

hi all

whats the best product to put some life back into my exhaust tips, they are not crome but have a matt metal finish and no amount of duraglit is getting the blackness off! They are filth. Steel wool and something? Where can i get steel wool from, couldnt see any on polished bliss/?

thanks

 

[Scott™]

Autosol I've always used. Has done me well.

 

[Chri5]

Try a Brillo pad, removes all the ingrained grime from stainless so should work!

 

[Bluebeard]

Autosol (from halfords/tescos/anywhere)

Wire wool/brillo pad.

Microfibre cloth.

Use the wirewool and autosol (wear gloves, I expect you have manicures and they'll leave your hands clean) and just keep rubbing. Clean it all off.

Then autosol and a micrfofibre and polish it all up spick and span.

 

[alanc1000]

awesome never heard of autosol so i'll buy some tomorrow. Bit worried about using a full on brillo so i reckon i'll try one of those plastic scouring pads and see how i get on!

Cheers for the heads up about the gloves daniel, deffo dont want to ruin my cuticles!

 

[Bluebeard]

Just use an old brillo pad from the kitchen.

Polishing metal creats LOTS of black gunge, hence my protective recomendations...

 

[alanc1000]

ok i'll give it a blast tomorrow and will post up before and after pics for the freaks, i cant wait!!!

 

[Bluebeard]

I'[m looking forward to it. (genuinely!)

 

[alanc1000]

will keep you posted - i'll be exhausted by the end of it TBH.

 

[Bluebeard]

Pipe down.

 

[Chri5]

Nice Tips.

 

[Cliotoby]

 

[JD]

 

[alanc1000]

no idea why i'm posting this, perhaps you could help?! ^

 

[Dan519]

scotchbrite and wd40

 

[alanc1000]

pic update:

here is the bit the whole world has been waiting for... i got some of that autosol and a scotchbrite and also used a bit of WD-40 as well so i used all the ideas, took less than 5 mins to do the whole lot! I was expecting the worst but this stuff is OK!

before:

after:

but then i also noticed a rogue stone had totally wedged itself between the pipes, should have just left it as i spent 10 mins smacking it out with a hammer and screw driver, properly wedged in! WD-40 came in handy.

So all in all, it now looks better!

 

[JD]

Looks good Alan. I would have been wary of them being a Matt finish and using anything too abrasive, but they look great.

I would suggest buying a metal sealant to aid in the cleaning process in future. Something like the metal sealant from Blackfire.

 

[Gally]

Yeah get some sealant, be much easier to clean in the future.

My tailpipe is erm abllin' with C1...

 

[alanc1000]

ok thanks i didnt even know they did a metal sealant so i'll give it a go! Just ordered a few cleaning bits such as ironx etc as the car needs a proper clean at the moment.

 

[Bluebeard]

Yes alan!!

 

[Fletcher]

Good work Alan.