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Old 03-21-2007, 12:57 PM
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Anybody have any experience with polishing up a stainless steel exhaust. Mainly the pipes and the tips. Tips have swirls in them. What method works best?
Old 03-21-2007, 01:13 PM
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I use Eagle One's Nevr-dull for my tips, it cleans and polishes all metals.

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Mother's metal polish seems to work well also. Try a couple different ones out. They're all pretty cheap.
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Back in 2002 I polished up my SS muffler

I used Mothers metal polish and a hi-speed buffer after about 2 hours she looked like this



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that looks awesome, i never thought about doing that before, but now im going to when i polish wheels.
and +1 for mothers polish
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Originally Posted by 01pewter2001z28
Back in 2002 I polished up my SS muffler

I used Mothers metal polish and a hi-speed buffer after about 2 hours she looked like this
What size pipes/tips are those?? Looks great, they seem kind of small in those pictures though.
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Originally Posted by ONEBADASSWS6
What size pipes/tips are those?? Looks great, they seem kind of small in those pictures though.
Stock 99-02 SS exhaust this exhaust is now on my wifes 00 Camaro I think they are 2" openings.

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Old 03-21-2007, 08:43 PM
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[QUOTE=01pewter2001z28]Back in 2002 I polished up my SS muffler

I used Mothers metal polish and a hi-speed buffer after about 2 hours she looked like this

QUOTE]


DAMN that looks amazing
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wow that looks sweet
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Did you use the mothers in the jar like a paste? Wow!
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Originally Posted by 01pewter2001z28
Back in 2002 I polished up my SS muffler

I used Mothers metal polish and a hi-speed buffer after about 2 hours she looked like this



Nice job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fixing to do the same on my latest mod SS 2.5" rear exh. pipes with SS Magnaflow 3.5" x 5.5" oval tips.

So Mothers is da **** ha??!!!!!
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I think that looks awesome
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Or you can use a buffing wheel on a bench top buffer with some white rouge compound, either way, just takes some time and alittle work.
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Dayum! clean cars guys .. underneath I mean
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Originally Posted by NIGHTMAREWS.6
Or you can use a buffing wheel on a bench top buffer with some white rouge compound, either way, just takes some time and alittle work.
That's what i'm talking about, looks awesome.....

Where can i find white rouge compound??
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Awesome job! I polished my GMMG exhaust, it was a PITA, but looked better
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How do you polish black off the welds on the gmmg tips? I haven't had any luck by hand with wenol or heavy metal polish. Black keeps coming off on the wrag but I never get it all off where it will shine. I thought these were stainless steel polished and they could be polished up. I also have some scratches I thought I could polish out. How do you do this on the stainless steel? I have only worked with aluminum. Thanks for any help.
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Cool

Just had these Magnaflow Oval SS Tips welded on 2.5" SS Pipes and Polished.








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Originally Posted by chevygirl
How do you polish black off the welds on the gmmg tips? I haven't had any luck by hand with wenol or heavy metal polish. Black keeps coming off on the wrag but I never get it all off where it will shine. I thought these were stainless steel polished and they could be polished up. I also have some scratches I thought I could polish out. How do you do this on the stainless steel? I have only worked with aluminum. Thanks for any help.
You need to have them re-weld with stainless weld and polished.
Have you tried using Never-Dull??

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Originally Posted by 01pewter2001z28
Back in 2002 I polished up my SS muffler

I used Mothers metal polish and a hi-speed buffer after about 2 hours she looked like this



That looks REALLY good, what pad did you use on the buffer??


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