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Old July 3rd, 2008, 04:33 PM
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Need cleaning suggestions!

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driving the T Type around today and ran over a plastic grocery bag...i look underneath at the gas station to find the bag melted on my brand new Pypes polished stainless steel exhaust(Yikes!) . it melted on the pipes and I'm unable to scrape it off with my nail.

How the heck do i removed this cooked on crap!

any suggestions?

JM

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Old July 3rd, 2008, 04:58 PM
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Gonna have to be air or electric then! I'd try getting one of those cheap 4 dollar paint/rust strippers to put on the end of your drill or grinder. If that doesn't work, a wire cup will for sure
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Lacquer thinner ....But make sure is completly cooled. No need to be doing something with a power tool to hurt the polished finish.
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I can only think of two ways: you can use a heat gun and melt it to a point where you'll be able to peel it off...or wait 'til it's cooled and use some lacquer thinner to soften it and eventually peel it off.

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Use a damp rag with semichrome or other chrome polish while the exhaust is HOT. I have had to do that on the exhaust on my Harley a few times. Try it it works. Be careful not to burn yourself.
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Lacquer Thinner

Well-Lacquer thinner did not work-didnt even phase this stuff...looks like it melted on the SS and is like hard carbon. The Lacquer thinner burned into the SS and now it looks worse-color wise...I'm going to try and air buffer and repolish the SS pipes.

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To polish it out use never dull. It takes a while but it will give you a beautiful mirror finish. As far as remiving the bag get a soft wire wheel you can put on a drill and start stripping. It's a little harsh but it will come off without to mutch scratching.
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