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Offline DaveBarbier

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Cleaning chrome mufflers - what is this?
« on: August 10, 2014, 08:35:18 AM »
Hey guys, anyone see this kind of stain on their chrome pipes? This is a factory pipe and there's this gray stain on it. It looks as though there was a liquid on it because there are drip marks. Just trying to clean these up and see if there's good chrome under it. 00 steel wool won't do anything to it.

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Offline dhall57

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Re: Cleaning chrome mufflers - what is this?
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2014, 08:41:02 AM »
Just a guess but maybe a severe caseof battery acid from drip tube.
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Offline katman

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Re: Cleaning chrome mufflers - what is this?
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2014, 08:41:31 AM »
Looks like battery acid from overflow
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Offline DaveBarbier

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Re: Cleaning chrome mufflers - what is this?
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2014, 09:06:00 AM »
Ah yes, totally. I knew it was something like that. Good thing it's more towards the bottom. Seems like there's no way to remedy this.

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Offline bjbuchanan

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Re: Cleaning chrome mufflers - what is this?
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2014, 09:24:33 AM »
Use 0000 steel wool, no scratches. Can't fix the acid tho
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Re: Cleaning chrome mufflers - what is this?
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2014, 12:42:34 PM »
Did the acid eat the chrome off?

If so, there is no cleaning it because the chrome is gone.
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Re: Cleaning chrome mufflers - what is this?
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2014, 01:16:17 PM »
Yeah, it looks like the acid has totally removed the chrome. I used 000 steel wool and it doesn't scratch the chrome at all. Not really much more I can do.

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Offline Vinhead1957

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Re: Cleaning chrome mufflers - what is this?
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2014, 03:19:10 PM »
Because it is underneath I would coat it with high heat silver to stop corrosion. Then use the steel wool to get the over spray off the chrome
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Re: Cleaning chrome mufflers - what is this?
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2014, 04:57:57 AM »
Yeah, that's a good idea. And it's the lower of the pipes on the 4-4 setup so there's one covering it anyway. A little silver would do well.
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