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Gio
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| randomsquid wrote: | | Gio wrote: | | I'd like to know what's wrong with blued pipes, I think they look very nice! |
I agree, but my pipes are browned rather than blued and they look a bit gash. |
pig iron are they? |
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randomsquid
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Gio wrote: | | randomsquid wrote: | | Gio wrote: | | I'd like to know what's wrong with blued pipes, I think they look very nice! |
I agree, but my pipes are browned rather than blued and they look a bit gash. |
pig iron are they? |
304 supposedly. Definitely on the cheap side. I might borrow some Scotchbrite from work and rub them a bit, see what happens.
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BikerGran
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There I was, cleaning my sink - my stainless steel sink (oh yes, even we wine-swillin', free-ridin', outdoor livin' bikin' trikin' birds have to do mundane stuff like that) - with a wonderful product called 'Shinysinks'. And I thought, I wonder if anyone has tried ussing this for cleaning stainless exhausts?
I'm generally not very big on using branded products as there's mostly something cheaper that does the job - but this stuff is amazing! It removes all the usual discolouration from tea slops etc AND limescale, and leaves the sink looking like new!
Of course I don't know what's in it - the only ingredient that's listed is the one which could be harmful to people and that's Citric Acid Monohydrate.
They also make a product called Cook Brite for which the blurb says
| Quote: | Mirrored stainless steel pots and pans are hard to clean, but take on an unbeatable sheen with Shine Brite. This remarkable cream is specially formulated to clean and polish the highest grade of stainless steel.
It is particularly ideal for removing blueing or rainbow tinges caused by mineral or salt deposits in cooking, white spots from hard water deposits and yellow-brown tinges. It also cleans brushed steel items such as kettles or toasters. |
Makes you think - but who'll be the bravest and first to try it on theior precious exhaust?
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fatboy
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Gio
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| fatboy wrote: | | You? |
Nah, I can't ever remember Bobby with a CLEAN bike  |
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BikerGran
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Absolutely right Gio - it's for riding not washing!
But even if I did - there's no stainless on my bike! Or chrome, apart from a couple of rusty engine bars!
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D-Rider
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| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:34 am Post subject: |
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| BikerGran wrote: |
- there's no stainless on my bike! |
.... you should start taking decent cutlery to your rallies 
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longracinginc
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| on stainless, use exra fine steel wool and brasso household cleaner. It works great. use some rubber gloves though. it will turn the worst tarnished stainless pipes look like new! |
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mangocrazy
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| longracinginc wrote: | | on stainless, use exra fine steel wool and brasso household cleaner. It works great. use some rubber gloves though. it will turn the worst tarnished stainless pipes look like new! |
Brasso good, steel wool bad. If you use steel wool (of whatever grade) you're leaving minute amounts of mild steel embedded in the pipes. The first time any water gets on the pipes, rust will start again.
In industrial production of stainless components it's an absolute no-no to get mild steel in any format near stainless. That applies equally to steel drill or angle grinder brushes/mops.
Substitute Scotchbrite for the wire wool and you're good to go. |
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Kwackerz
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| mangocrazy wrote: | | longracinginc wrote: | | on stainless, use exra fine steel wool and brasso household cleaner. It works great. use some rubber gloves though. it will turn the worst tarnished stainless pipes look like new! |
Brasso good, steel wool bad. If you use steel wool (of whatever grade) you're leaving minute amounts of mild steel embedded in the pipes. The first time any water gets on the pipes, rust will start again.
In industrial production of stainless components it's an absolute no-no to get mild steel in any format near stainless. That applies equally to steel drill or angle grinder brushes/mops.
Substitute Scotchbrite for the wire wool and you're good to go. |
Well pointed out
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Samray
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Bronze wool and stainless steel wool are available and overcome those problems.
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MartDude
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Well, it's done.
Used Optiglanz - thanks, Andy, for putting me on to that - then T-Cut metal polish, by hand, and finished with polishing mops, in a drill, and rouge, guided by a fabricator friend who's particularly good with stainless. With its new stainless spring tabs (also down to the fabricator friend), it looks better than when new.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Your shoes could do with a shine ......
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| D-Rider wrote: | | Your shoes could do with a shine ...... |
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.... yes, you made a good job of it
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