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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 06:30 PM
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Default Stainless exhaust cleaning. Best way?

Hi guys, recently bought myself a series 2 and the rear section of the exhaust looks like it's never been cleaned.

Are there any good methods or products that I can use to bring the shine right back?

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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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Fine steel wool and Autosol or Megs NXT all metal polish
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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I wanna do my tail pipe on my car too cause thats a bit poo.
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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tin foil and some hot water works for a tail pipe gets all the black off the inside of pipe
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jock05
Fine steel wool and Autosol or Megs NXT all metal polish
What jock said
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 07:07 AM
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Alloy wheel cleaner works well but be carefull with acid based versions and don't leave on for too long. For the really caked on stuff as said before, fine steel wool but forget autosol and similar others use Brasso as it's a much finer abrasive and imprortantly cheap as chips.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 11:10 AM
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Depends on how bad it is....

If it's really bad, having loads of shit on it and going Blue and Yellow get at it with a wire cup brush on an angle grinder first.

Soak the thing in WD40 for about an hour then simply skim over it with the grinder to bring the true colour back then use wet'n dry sand paper 1800 grade with Autosol,

THEN use soft cloth to buff it.

Don't waste your money on autosol if it's bad to begin with, you'll use tubes of the stuff....

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For items like kettles that don't get filthy,
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