frankdatank01

All,

There have various posts on keeping the CME tips clean. I have found the easiest solution....

A palm sander!!!! 60 grit paper and then a 100 grit....How did I not think of this sooner.

I was at my wits end trying to get the black off the tips, tried polish, SOS pads, you name it and I tried it. While sanding some drywall, it came to me... Sand the POS...

Now, you need to have a firm hand on the sander (dont want to hit the valance). However, the results were great and it took all of 45 seconds.

I will post some before and after when I get the digital camera back from the wife.

My next step might be to try and polish it.

LS1 Sounds

iTrader: (11)

Hit it with some 400 grit, then some Tripoli compound on a buffing wheel. Follow up with some good metal polish. This should make it easier to keep clean in the future too!

culo187

I use a dry sponge about every three days and works just fine. the dish sponges with a green scrubby end on one side and the yellow sponge on the other..

MeentSS02

iTrader: (11)

The more often you clean them, the easier they are to keep clean. I'm lucky thoughl...my car hardly deposits anything on my tips, and I don't have cats.

1LE LS1

iTrader: (1)

i hit mine up with a dremel tool...

put on a mild sanding bit and let it work

then polished them to a decent shine

BrandonSS

iTrader: (1)

Takes me 1 minute to clean both tips. No joke. Use a cloth, wrag, or terry towel and Mequired Aluminum polish. It will take the black right off in seconds. Wipe it away and you are done.

MeentSS02

iTrader: (11)

Same here, only with Mother's Aluminum polish. Works great.

GuitsBoy

iTrader: (4)

Good. youll be able to clean it 4 or 5 times before the tips are noticably countersunk behind the valence

LawmanSS

iTrader: (19)

I'm going to have to carry the aluminum polish with me as my large cam and ORY are doing quite a number on my CME tips...

Jeremiah

iTrader: (5)

I use mothers on mine, also rubbing alcohol will wipe it off in one pass.