Hey guys,
Just took a few pictures while I was polishing my pipes this arvo and thought I'd share the basic procedure with you so you can have a go yourself!
You will need:
It will take about 2 - 6 hours depending on how pedantic you are and how perfect you want them (and if you run out of polish half way through :shakehead
Also, be prepared to be stabbed in the hand with steel wool a LOT.
Be sure to start on the part you want looking the best, because your arm will get dead after a while.
Caution: PLEASE don't use steel wool on chrome, it will scratch it badly..
Also, I'm not sure what else it works on, but stainless steel cans should be alright, and probably most other metals.
So, lets get into it!
You'll start off with something stained brown like this:
What you need to do, is get the steel wool and rip a bit off like this:
Then you'll need to put a bit of polish on it (you can never have too much)
Now this is the hard part.. Get the steel wool and scrub those pipes!
You'll never scratch them, so go as hard as you can, and for as long as you're comfortable with.
Concentrate on a small area at a time, otherwise you won't get as good of a result.
I find the easiest way to do it is to wrap your hand and the wool around the pipe and pull up and down along the pipe, although I don't think that gets as good a result as using two fingers and scrubbing.
After a couple of seconds you'll see them turning silver underneath the polish, but keep going, you want to get the other marks off as well.
Once the polish starts turning black/dark, that's your queue to stop, wait about a minute and then wipe all of the excess polish off with your rag.
If it's not shiny enough, keep going, or if you're happy with it, move on to the next bit, and so on.
Keep going until they all look nice and shiny, and then hit them with some Mr. Sheen and a clean cloth to get the excess off and shiny them up really nice. (PS. I'm not sure about this anymore, it MIGHT burn on to the pipes next time you run it.. Until I post the results, I'd hold off on this.)
Then hopefully you'll end up with something like this, or even better if you aren't a lazy **** like me!
Once completed (and likely at intervals throughout the job) worship the drop bear, or have yourself a nice cold drink of your choice, and enjoy your new pipes! And don't forget to repeat again in a week when they look as bad as they did when you started
Good luck!
Just took a few pictures while I was polishing my pipes this arvo and thought I'd share the basic procedure with you so you can have a go yourself!
You will need:
- Metal polish (I'm using Autosol, but use whatever you like best)
- Steel wool
- Mr. Sheen
- Dirty/stained exhaust pipes
- A strong arm!
- A clean rag (or two)
- Beverage of your choice
It will take about 2 - 6 hours depending on how pedantic you are and how perfect you want them (and if you run out of polish half way through :shakehead
Also, be prepared to be stabbed in the hand with steel wool a LOT.
Be sure to start on the part you want looking the best, because your arm will get dead after a while.
Caution: PLEASE don't use steel wool on chrome, it will scratch it badly..
Also, I'm not sure what else it works on, but stainless steel cans should be alright, and probably most other metals.
So, lets get into it!
You'll start off with something stained brown like this:
What you need to do, is get the steel wool and rip a bit off like this:
Then you'll need to put a bit of polish on it (you can never have too much)
Now this is the hard part.. Get the steel wool and scrub those pipes!
You'll never scratch them, so go as hard as you can, and for as long as you're comfortable with.
Concentrate on a small area at a time, otherwise you won't get as good of a result.
I find the easiest way to do it is to wrap your hand and the wool around the pipe and pull up and down along the pipe, although I don't think that gets as good a result as using two fingers and scrubbing.
After a couple of seconds you'll see them turning silver underneath the polish, but keep going, you want to get the other marks off as well.
Once the polish starts turning black/dark, that's your queue to stop, wait about a minute and then wipe all of the excess polish off with your rag.
If it's not shiny enough, keep going, or if you're happy with it, move on to the next bit, and so on.
Keep going until they all look nice and shiny, and then hit them with some Mr. Sheen and a clean cloth to get the excess off and shiny them up really nice. (PS. I'm not sure about this anymore, it MIGHT burn on to the pipes next time you run it.. Until I post the results, I'd hold off on this.)
Then hopefully you'll end up with something like this, or even better if you aren't a lazy **** like me!
Once completed (and likely at intervals throughout the job) worship the drop bear, or have yourself a nice cold drink of your choice, and enjoy your new pipes! And don't forget to repeat again in a week when they look as bad as they did when you started
Good luck!
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