Polishing stainless steel exhaust pipes

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Polishing stainless steel exhaust pipes

Postby AshleyO » Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:31 am

The pipes at the outlet through to the side pipe are getting golden in areas with a touch of blue-ing. ALl very pretty but what is the best way to get them back to "as was"

Car has only done some 1000 miles, so it's not excessively used yet

Thanks for any ideas and your usual plethora of opinions

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Re: Polishing stainless steel exhaust pipes

Postby Fury1630 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:12 am

The colouring is temperature related, you can polish it off, but as soon as you start the engine it'll be back. You could have the exhaust thermal coated........

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Re: Polishing stainless steel exhaust pipes

Postby Nash » Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:32 pm

Blues and golden pipes! It's like gray hair, it's distinguished and says experience. Keep it! Anything else is just temporary cover up :D
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Re: Polishing stainless steel exhaust pipes

Postby David T » Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:50 pm

I once got mine back to shiny stainless with some Solvol Autosol, but yes it just returns back to brown/blue.

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Re: Polishing stainless steel exhaust pipes

Postby AshleyO » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:12 pm

thanks
that all sounds conclusive
Leave as is!
Point taken
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