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RE: Header Polish Challenge! - GoldOxide_imp - 12-14-2022
(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.
RE: Header Polish Challenge! - 1985CB450_imp - 12-15-2022
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
RE: Header Polish Challenge! - Gone in 60 - 12-15-2022
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.
RE: Header Polish Challenge! - Nachodaddy - 12-15-2022
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.
RE: Header Polish Challenge! - the Ferret - 12-15-2022
Hey Cormanus
...are you getting in on the Header Polish Challenge?
RE: Header Polish Challenge! - Cormanus - 12-15-2022
Nope. Mangling Nancy Sinatra a little, “my bike was made for riding”.
RE: Header Polish Challenge! - GoldOxide_imp - 12-15-2022
(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.
RE: Header Polish Challenge! - Charlie Bravo_imp - 12-17-2022
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.
RE: Header Polish Challenge! - Nachodaddy - 12-17-2022
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.
RE: Header Polish Challenge! - GoldOxide_imp - 01-02-2023
(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?