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Old 11-12-2010, 01:43 PM
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Im doing my winter deatail on my car and I have a stainless cat back but its discolored kinda burnt looking. I tried steel wool . So their has to be something to clean it up before a good polish
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im using Amazing Roll-off on my B&B catback and its awesome stuff. i only thought my tips were polished until i started using it. its water activated so you gotta hose it down first then go nuts with steel wool. im using 0000 but gonna get some a little more coarse for the over the axle pipe. it is also the best tire cleaner ive ever used.
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scotchbrite pads or steel wool with stainless appliance cleaner like kitchens use should work well
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Here's a comparison... 15k mile stainless Borla exhaust, and red scotchbrite w/ elbow grease




Then polished the tips back to a mirror finish with a buffing machine



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^Those came out nice buddy.
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^ What he said.
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Amazing!!!
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Thanks fellas!

I plan on "scotch-briting" the entire exhaust this winter... also an excellent opportunity to scrub down the underbody.

My plan: Offer beer and pizza to anyone willing to grab a scotch-brite pad and go to town on the exhaust. lol
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try bling master
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good job they look nice
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From my experience and several other's, Blingmaster sucks.
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Originally Posted by 19xtreme99
Thanks fellas!

I plan on "scotch-briting" the entire exhaust this winter... also an excellent opportunity to scrub down the underbody.

My plan: Offer beer and pizza to anyone willing to grab a scotch-brite pad and go to town on the exhaust. lol
where you located? My scotchbrite pad is ready
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Steel wool is the easiest.
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Originally Posted by rob69zombie
^Those came out nice buddy.
X10!
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Originally Posted by djfury05
where you located? My scotchbrite pad is ready
Michigan, but NC sounds pretty nice right about now. Haha
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I used a link from SVTperformance I cant find maybe some one else will post it up..
basically wet sand starting w/ 400grit>600>800>1000>1400>2000(can't remember if I skipped the 2k or not) then polished it w/ some mothers mag polish
idk heres the only before pic I can find> (you can see I was in the middle of it here, tailpipes looked much worse before)

and after>
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400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2000 wet, Bling Master Green, Bling Master...it will look like chrome. If you want to half *** and save about 40hrs it use a Scotchbrite and something from Walmart and it will still look pretty good.
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I also use sand paper, 1500 on up to 2000, then polish. Works great on the inner part of my corsa clones.
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Nice job fellas!! Looks like i'm gonna forgo the 50hrs of sandpapering and go with the red scotchbrite/polish shortcut I thought about it but didn't think it would work that well. Mine is a DD so it does not need to be perfect.
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Well I used some wheel acid and it did great to clean it up now for a little polishing.
Im assuming that the $25 a gallon amazing g roll off stuff is the same as the $ 6 gallon jug of acid is im glad I didn't order any



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