Polishing exhaust?
13-03-2015 | 06:27 PM
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Polishing exhaust?
What do people use to polish an exhaust? (whole system)
Is there a kit that I can buy that uses a drill and a kind of compound?
13-03-2015 | 06:29 PM
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From: East london
Im sure its just metal cleaner
13-03-2015 | 06:37 PM
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From: Bangor, Northern Ireland
Pay somebody to do it
13-03-2015 | 06:47 PM
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doga-ot
Im sure its just metal cleaner
Metal cleaner?!
I use autosol or silvo on the backbox and tail pipe but want to buzz the whole system to bring it back to new looking.
Doesn't have to be perfect, I'm not ocd or a bufty but do want to keep on top of the underside
13-03-2015 | 09:21 PM
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From: south east london
Bit of cillit bang so im told
13-03-2015 | 10:11 PM
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STU20004X4
Bit of cillit bang so im told
Not a bad shout actually
13-03-2015 | 10:29 PM
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From: merseyside
13-03-2015 | 10:50 PM
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What finish you after?
Nice and shiney
13-03-2015 | 11:21 PM
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From: Surrey/Norfolk/Cambs
I got a polishing wheel set from machine mart, fits onto a bench grinder...
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14-03-2015 | 12:51 AM
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Billy_RS
Not a bad shout actually
That Barry Scott doesnt fuck about
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14-03-2015 | 01:29 PM
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From: Darlington county durham
I used a bit of 1200 paper then autosol.
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14-03-2015 | 01:32 PM
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From: Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.
I was going to polish mine but I can't be arsed so I'm just going to wrap it instead!
14-03-2015 | 04:25 PM
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Billy_RS
Nice and shiney
If it is really stained use brillo pads with warm water first ,they will get all the main crap off and will not scratch it providing you use fresh ones once the soapy part has gone. Dry it and then Solvol Autosol and it will come up nice and shiny.
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14-03-2015 | 07:03 PM
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I was going to polish mine but I can't be arsed so I'm just going to wrap it instead!
That's just plain laziness!
14-03-2015 | 07:31 PM
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Kitchen Devil
I was going to polish mine but I can't be arsed so I'm just going to wrap it instead!
It will take just as much time and cost you more.It aint that hard to clean it.
14-03-2015 | 08:07 PM
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Use sone different grades wire wool with some autosol then buff up it will come up a treat that's how I did mine
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14-03-2015 | 10:38 PM
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Kitchen Devil
I was going to polish mine but I can't be arsed so I'm just going to wrap it instead!
That's what I did, ha ha
14-03-2015 | 11:24 PM
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Billy_RS
That's just plain laziness!
Me lazy?! Never!!!
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cossynut2
It will take just as much time and cost you more.It aint that hard to clean it.
It might cost a little bit more but it won't take me half the time!
Great minds think alike!
15-03-2015 | 10:29 AM
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From: berkhamsted
Get someone to do it for you
I got my manky mongoose exhaust for my s1 done, it was really bad,£70 quid later I picked it up and had to call the guy back as I thought he had given me a new one back
It was that good !
15-03-2015 | 10:38 AM
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From: North east
I use wire wool and autosol works spot on when I clean mine I reach as far as I can and it brings it up great
15-03-2015 | 11:35 AM
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Kitchen Devil
Me lazy?! Never!!!
It might cost a little bit more but it won't take me half the time!
Great minds think alike!
At the end of the day some people love cleaning and some people hate it. Cleaning my car to me is not a chore, I enjoy it but if you hate it fair enough.
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