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Offline andrewparker

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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2012, 09:23:04 pm »
Baby oil is also very good at restoring shine on stainless steel surfaces. I use it after AG Metal Polish.
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2012, 10:12:20 pm »
Attacked mine with scotch bright and the Autosol and it looks miles better now.  Only spent around 20 minutes on it so needs some more  elbow grease to get it gleaming. Standard exhaust by the way :)
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2012, 07:22:43 pm »
Super stuff will be heading out for Autosol on Saturday then :)

Cheers all  :driver:
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2012, 01:24:25 pm »
Where do u buy the wire wool from??
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2012, 01:27:09 pm »
Quote from: dan930 on March 15, 2012, 01:24:25 pm
Where do u buy the wire wool from??

You can probably get some from the supermarket. I got a pack from Clean Your Car. It costs next to nothing.
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2012, 01:29:23 pm »
Quote from: andrewparker on March 15, 2012, 01:27:09 pm
Quote from: dan930 on March 15, 2012, 01:24:25 pm
Where do u buy the wire wool from??

You can probably get some from the supermarket. I got a pack from Clean Your Car. It costs next to nothing.
.......brilo pads. :laugh:
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2012, 03:06:32 pm »
Don't for the love of god get cheapo wirewool. It will cause marks to the exhaust - it's like taking 200 grit sandpaper to your car when you really only needed 3000 grit.

Get 0000-grade wirewool. Halfrauds do them but in a mixed bag with other grades. Alternatively, buy online.
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2012, 05:34:10 pm »
Quote from: dan930 on March 15, 2012, 01:24:25 pm
Where do u buy the wire wool from??

Fleebay, 0000 grade, about £4 Inc p+p for a shed load of the stuff, you will be pulling things out of the shed to buff up just because you can!  :happy2:
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #23 on: March 17, 2012, 10:10:36 pm »
Quote from: Gene Hunt on March 15, 2012, 01:29:23 pm
Quote from: andrewparker on March 15, 2012, 01:27:09 pm
Quote from: dan930 on March 15, 2012, 01:24:25 pm
Where do u buy the wire wool from??

You can probably get some from the supermarket. I got a pack from Clean Your Car. It costs next to nothing.
.......brilo pads. :laugh:

I have to admit I use brillo pads when its bad followed by autoglym metal polish.  Looks a million time better but its not a show car.
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #24 on: March 18, 2012, 10:32:21 am »
Quote from: dan930 on March 15, 2012, 01:24:25 pm
Where do u buy the wire wool from??

Brewers decorating merchants. One in most big towns.
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #25 on: March 18, 2012, 11:30:06 am »
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #26 on: March 25, 2012, 06:49:09 pm »
Cleaned my Tips with Autosol today


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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #27 on: March 25, 2012, 10:30:17 pm »
top work eccie  :happy2: i need to do mine again, they're filthy  :sad1:
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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #28 on: June 14, 2012, 12:57:48 pm »
Before and after shots of my standard exhaust tips,I used Autosol metal cleaner and very fine grade(0000) metal wool and lots of elbow grease !





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Re: Best products for cleaning dirty exhaust?
« Reply #29 on: June 15, 2012, 09:23:19 am »
Get them clean...........................

Then spend 30 seconds cleaning it with a MF cloth every time you put the car away and you need no bother with any elbow grease nonsense!  :jumpmove:
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