Polishing Exhust
 

Brought a new bike and the exhust looks crap and dirty so I thouhgt as I cant ride it these winter months I would try to polish it, can anyone give me the basic steps of how they did thiers ?
I have tried with some GOOD metal polish and a T shirt ans alot of elbow grease, IT comes up alot shinier but not that CHROME look some poeple have gotten.
Thanks

take it apart and give it to the pros.
otherwise get a buffing wheel and polish but watch out that you don't burr it

S@#T where are my sun glasses :cool:
Looks nice though , did you do that yourself, or get someone to do it ?

SEnd them to me £30 + P/P

IF I didnt live in Sweden then I would :(

Is that what you do Chass?

[Edited on 8-1-2006 by Jasper]

I did mine using a mop and polish, you need to start off fairly coarse and gradually use finer paste. The bright "chrome" effect will dull to a nice lustre once you've ridden the bike a bit. It isn't too bad a job with the system taken off so you can deal with the individual sections.

If you want to do a really spot on job you'll need to use a bit of light emery to get rid of the forming marks from the downpipes and headers.

No but a m8 of mine works for a boat builder & they make all their own stainless fittings & have a polishing shop.

I get mine shiny but not that CHROME look , is there a trick to this ????

Just pro equipment

i also work for a boat builders firm, princess yatchs in plymouth, we have a nice polishing shop as well, he he for all the stainless. you need to rub down the pipes with 1200 wet and dry and buff up after with autosolve... will take a wyl but worth it....