(12-14-2022, 08:14 PM)Wagonpeddler_imp Wrote: [ -> ]I've used Flitz for years on brass and copper....works miracles. However, no difference on the headers. I've only used Mother's with SOME improvement, but still not to my satisfaction.
Mentioned a few times in the Forum:
[url=https://shop.yoshimura-jp.com/en/product/syousai.php?id=1553]Yoshimura Stain-Magic
Works great. Wear gloves, eye protection. Not cheap.
Optionally finish up with a dab of Flitz.
Flitz works great on nickel plated firearms as well
I posted a thread a few weeks back about Yoshimura’s stain magic - best stuff I’ve ever used on headers
I wonder how much my life has been shorted by using the "Old Formula" Brasso years ago, polishing buttons and belt buckles. Talk about non-environmentally safe.
But I'll bet it would work well on headers.
A friend of mine runs a custom exhaust company. For a few years they produced a polish called "Manifold Destiny" especially for stainless headers. It was fantastic for motorcycle pipes, and I wish they still made it.
Thanks for the reminder. I bought some Stain Magic back when it was 140F in my garage and now it is cool enough that I can spend some time cleaning and polishing those golden pipes.
Hey Cormanus
...are you getting in on the Header Polish Challenge?
Nope. Mangling Nancy Sinatra a little, “my bike was made for riding”.
(12-15-2022, 05:47 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Nope. Mangling Nancy Sinatra a little, “my bike was made for riding”.
If they are [still?] black from stainless steel staining, I'd say you have a scratch resistant colour coat.
Way back in the day when I was working as a fabricator, I was considering buying some plumbing pieces for under the sink use and fabbing up an adapter to make them into shrouds for the header pipes. Never did it tho.
I wonder what effect I could get by coating the original stainless headers with gun blue and oil and then getting them really hot. Would look better on a black bike, I think.
(12-17-2022, 03:47 AM)Nachodaddy_imp Wrote: [ -> ]I wonder what effect I could get by coating the original stainless headers with gun blue and oil and then getting them really hot. Would look better on a black bike, I think.
Hey Nach, were you thinking of going through with this experiment? Maybe even an inconspicuous test spot?