How to clean chrome exhaust pipe. Obviously let the pipe cool first and give it a wash to remove any other easily removable grime. You will be left with a smooth finish. When in the air and heated up the molecules in the chrome fall apart and allow oxidation and bluing he says. Take some wet rags and soak the dirt and clumps on the chrome. And have them strip it.
Make sure that you use a bucket and microfiber cloth that you dont plan on using for a normal car wash. Wash the exhaust pipes with soap and water to remove the grime. The moisture will soften the goop and caked mud. You will be left with a smooth finish. Try lacquer thinner which is quite effective along with 0000 steel wool. Scourer or steel wool is ok on the inside of the exhaust pipe.
Ive used it to remove melted microfibre towels and rubber from hot pipes. You will be left with a smooth finish. She touched her hot exhaust pipes with her nylon motorcycle rain pants and it melted right to the exhaust pipes. Scourer or steel wool is ok on the inside of the exhaust pipe.
If you have a dremel you could wrap the tip in some cloth and use that I guess.
Take it to a chrome shop.
Neil says some chrome pipes are plated under solution with no oxygen which is unstable.
Focus on one square inch and complete it before you move onto the next one. Fill a bucket with soapy water car wash soap. I did some digging online to see what people recommend for cleaning chrome exhaust tips. On the other hand the amount of blueing might be pretty intense if your exhaust system gets hot on a regular basis. Use a clean section of the microfiber for each new section. I used a scourer washing up sponge with some petrol and then Autosol on the insides of the pipes.
Take it to a chrome shop.
Chrome is thin and easily malleable which is why one must be careful when cleaning it.
Take some wet rags and soak the dirt and clumps on the chrome.
The solution to removing blueing on chrome as well as blueing on stainless steel is to polish the metal with a slightly abrasive chemical that will scrape off the oxidized layer.
Scourer or steel wool is ok on the inside of the exhaust pipe.
It is recommended to not polish or scratch chrome as that will make the protective layer peel away.
