Xhaust tips
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Xhaust tips
I've tried almost everything to clean them dirty pipes. It's my first time cleaning them since i bought it and i tried mothers polish, brasso, and even some kind of special stainless steel cleaner. I've seen some pics before of real nice ones and i was just wondering what they were using and stuff.
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Here's my answers ... Just use
Ceramic Range top cleaner from
Walmart ...
https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...threadid=68009
Ceramic Range top cleaner from
Walmart ...
https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...threadid=68009
Last edited by SVT_KY; Mar 3, 2002 at 09:43 PM.
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Hey everybody- if you want tips that look like this. . .
THEN DO NOT USE FREAKIN' CERAMABRYTE!!!!
(or those other range top cleaners)
They WILL scuff the crap out of your tips. I know. . .I almost ruined mine that way. That stuff works great on my glass top stove, but on the metalized ceramic (Jet-Hot) coated pipes it's certain death. Use a metal polish, not a ceramic abrasive.
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To clean the outside: get either Mother's metal polish or Wenol and a buffing wheel. Then do a final buff by hand with a very clean terry cloth towel, turning it to a clean side often. A *small* amount of water (or even WD40) on the buffing wheel helps a little. Dremel felt wheels work good, too.
To clean the inside: use a wire wheel attachment on either a dremel or a drill and keep going until you have a nice bright and even surface inside the pipes. Then use the same polishing technique you used on the outside.
Hope this helps,
THEN DO NOT USE FREAKIN' CERAMABRYTE!!!!
(or those other range top cleaners)
They WILL scuff the crap out of your tips. I know. . .I almost ruined mine that way. That stuff works great on my glass top stove, but on the metalized ceramic (Jet-Hot) coated pipes it's certain death. Use a metal polish, not a ceramic abrasive.
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To clean the outside: get either Mother's metal polish or Wenol and a buffing wheel. Then do a final buff by hand with a very clean terry cloth towel, turning it to a clean side often. A *small* amount of water (or even WD40) on the buffing wheel helps a little. Dremel felt wheels work good, too.
To clean the inside: use a wire wheel attachment on either a dremel or a drill and keep going until you have a nice bright and even surface inside the pipes. Then use the same polishing technique you used on the outside.
Hope this helps,
Last edited by WrongdayJ; Mar 4, 2002 at 03:30 PM.
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kylightnining -
Stainless is a breeze to care for. I have a bottle brush to shine the insides also.
Stainless is a breeze to care for. I have a bottle brush to shine the insides also.
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I know EXACTLY how you feel.
I saw the picture that is posted on SVTLightnings.com of that guys tips and said 'WOW!'. Ran right out and bought a quart bottle of CeramaBryte. Got home and to my suprise. . .it scuffed and dulled my tips to the point that they almost looked like they had been sanded with 1500 sandpaper! Talk about pissed!
It also left this really nice chalky residue all over everything.
It might be the world's best kept secret for cleaning stainless pipes, but for the factory coated pipes it just flat-a$$ sucks.
I can't blame anyone but myself though. Anyone who mindlessly follows something they read on the internet deserves what they get. I can personally assure you though that if you follow the advice I gave above, that your tips will look great. You don't have to use the polishes I used, but I KNOW they work, and I'm not about to go 'experimenting' anymore.
Good luck!
I saw the picture that is posted on SVTLightnings.com of that guys tips and said 'WOW!'. Ran right out and bought a quart bottle of CeramaBryte. Got home and to my suprise. . .it scuffed and dulled my tips to the point that they almost looked like they had been sanded with 1500 sandpaper! Talk about pissed!
It also left this really nice chalky residue all over everything.
It might be the world's best kept secret for cleaning stainless pipes, but for the factory coated pipes it just flat-a$$ sucks.
I can't blame anyone but myself though. Anyone who mindlessly follows something they read on the internet deserves what they get. I can personally assure you though that if you follow the advice I gave above, that your tips will look great. You don't have to use the polishes I used, but I KNOW they work, and I'm not about to go 'experimenting' anymore.
Good luck!