Polishing up the pipes

[Whoops]

Very classy Whoops, almost looks like a commercial ( which i first thought ) .
Much better job than i did, out of curiosity how much stainmagic did you use and what method did you use?

I think I did about 3 applications of the Stain-Magic with my fingers wearing a pair of 8 mil nitrile gloves. I probably used about 1/5th of the tube. It was easier with my fingers getting the paste into the nooks and crannies. Most of the tarnish actually came off with just my fingers when massaging it onto the headers. I let it dry a bit and then took a cotton shop towel and did the once around loop and did the push-pull bit to get all the way around the pipe. That turned the headers to a bright but rather matte finish. I did those steps on the catalytic converter as well, right up to the Yoshi slip-on.

After that I repeated the same process with the Autosol twice. That took the matte finish off, mostly. They aren't quite mirror polished, but close. I think if I wanted to bring them to that level of polish it would involve removing them from the bike and using some power tools. It just takes too much effort to get past where they are now without a lot of friction.