Steel exhaust tip cleaning

16-05-2018 03:09PM #1

I got a new to me mazda 6 sport with twin exhaust tips which Im sure looked good at some stage! Both are fully blackened now with just a few small spots of steel visible. Whats the best stuff to clean these? They are brushed steel as far as I know. I sprayed a bit of fallout remover on them when doing the alloys and there was a fair bit of purple reaction which seems to have thinned the black covering them but very much still covered!!

Gavman84 · 16-05-2018 04:01PM

Autosol metal polish and some steel wool should do what you want.

06-06-2018 02:25PM

Gavman84 wrote: »

Autosol metal polish and some steel wool should do what you want.

This worked a treat and with minimal effort.

step 1: extra fine steel wool and autosol
step 2: microfibre and autosol.
step 3: Dremel with metal polishing wheel and autosol.

Result is perfect shine which I coated with a tiny bit of left over gtechniq exov3 which is good up to 300 degress C apparently.

M S E · 20-06-2018 09:24PM

I also find autosol very good. There are only a few small bits that I can't get off the exhaust. I was just wondering which kind of steel wool and brand would ye recommend if there are only a few bits on the exhaust. Thank you.

Green_Martian · 21-06-2018 09:33AM

stupid question, but I assume this could be used on Chrome exhaust tip as well. Just asking as op was asking about steel exhaust, thanks

Gavman84 · 21-06-2018 09:56AM

Yes chrome autosol works on too iirc. As for wire wool I just bought it from Halfords and it did the job perfectly.

Steel exhaust tip cleaning

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