Polishing up the pipes

[Gone in 60]

Now that you've done the hard part, keeping them nice will be a snap. Just a retouch with polish when they start to get a bit gold. I hit mine about every two weeks or so, takes fifteen minutes of light polishing to keep them silver and shiny.

[GoldOxide_imp]

Great job Whoops. Looks fantastic.

In theory, they should remain "very light gold" for a long time after the first ride. Of course, your mileage may vary depending on your riding environment.

[max]

Thanks guys, don't mind the goldie tint but i don't like the freckles caused by water drops.
Good stuff on the progress, i'm happy we all reap the benefit of Kiowa eagle's experience.

[Gone in 60]

I was at an automotive trade show through the weekend, and stopped at a display for Flitz Polish. As you can imagine, the rep in the booth was showing how well Flitz worked on different metal surfaces.

I talked to him about stainless headers, and he demonstrated on a piece of header pipe using a piece of paper towel to rub it in. I asked about that as opposed to a microfiber or a cloth towel. He said something about the wood fibers in the paper making it an ideal polishing material.

He gave me a ketchup packet-sized sample of Flitz, and suggested that I try it on my headers with a paper towel. I gave it a shot last night, and it looks pretty good. Granted, I keep my pipes polished, so there was just a slight tinge of gold on them, but it came off very quickly. Might have to buy some Flitz!

[Nachodaddy]

I was at an automotive trade show through the weekend, and stopped at a display for Flitz Polish. As you can imagine, the rep in the booth was showing how well Flitz worked on different metal surfaces.

I talked to him about stainless headers, and he demonstrated on a piece of header pipe using a piece of paper towel to rub it in. I asked about that as opposed to a microfiber or a cloth towel. He said something about the wood fibers in the paper making it an ideal polishing material.

He gave me a ketchup packet-sized sample of Flitz, and suggested that I try it on my headers with a paper towel. I gave it a shot last night, and it looks pretty good. Granted, I keep my pipes polished, so there was just a slight tinge of gold on them, but it came off very quickly. Might have to buy some Flitz!

Dang, Gone, that is nice. Might try that myself.

[GoldOxide_imp]

I was at an automotive trade show through the weekend, and stopped at a display for Flitz Polish. As you can imagine, the rep in the booth was showing how well Flitz worked on different metal surfaces.

I talked to him about stainless headers, and he demonstrated on a piece of header pipe using a piece of paper towel to rub it in. I asked about that as opposed to a microfiber or a cloth towel. He said something about the wood fibers in the paper making it an ideal polishing material.

He gave me a ketchup packet-sized sample of Flitz, and suggested that I try it on my headers with a paper towel. I gave it a shot last night, and it looks pretty good. Granted, I keep my pipes polished, so there was just a slight tinge of gold on them, but it came off very quickly. Might have to buy some Flitz!

That looks very good Gin60.

I used Flitz back in the late 80's. I believe up here it is the same product now called "Peek", which I use as a final polish. What's great about Flitz/Peek is it is not a harsh chemical.