The other day I started my bike to let it warm up, I have it stored in a heated garage so I do this from time to time. The bike was waxed recently aswell so I was just using a detail cloth and lightly wiping the bike over,WHEN not relizing touched the exhaust with the cloth, damn thing stuck on, so after the bike cooled I tryed everything I got it off, but with all the F#@#$%^ [:@]around the chrome is a little hazey and there are small light scratches around the area.

My question is : Is there anyway, to buff the scratches out and bring the shine back, anything! products, ideas, I have to get the scratches out, it is driving me mad[:-]a set of 2 year old big radius and this happens![:@]


Thanks in advance!

 

If you used an abrassive, and scratched the chrome, there's not much you can do, short of re-chroming. You may minimize the effect of the scratches by polishing it, but the deeper scratches won't come out. I did the same thing when my wind pants melted on my pipes. I tried a very fine steel wool and promply scarred my pipes forever.

If you have burnt and melted material on your pipes, I have had success with turtlewax chrome polish (believe it or not) and a soft towel. Patienceis the key to success. It takes a lot of rubbing.

Some guys have used Easy-Off oven cleaner to do this, but they caution even a little on the paint will cause big problems.

Good luck.

 

Maybe you can just replace the one heat shield that is scratched? I'm not sure if they sell them separatly, but when I installed mine, all the chrome was heat shield, 4 of them, 2 front, 2 rear.

 

I have had good luck removing burnt on $hit with simichrome. It has a very fine abrassive in it, almost like toothpaste.

 

That sucks.
Best bet isa new shield forabout 120.00 shipped. I had to replace onelast month. They tell you 6 weeks but itarrivedin a week.
I have No idea how to get the scratches out.

In the past I have used the finest steel wool and vasoline to clean chrome pipes onmy Banshee 4 wheeler. It worked for removing burnt on clothing , rain gear, etc..... No guarantees it wont scratch though.

Hope it buffs out for you

 

You got a Night Train, make the best of an oops moment, take em off, get em blasted, then powdercoated black! (just my take )

 

very good idea go black.I did the same thing on a set of old pipes and i used 00 steel wool and didnt scratch a thing it took it right off but black would be better in my book i mean evrybody and ther brother has big rads so a black set would be off the chizzy

 

THANK YOU.

 

whatthe****didyoujustsayinthatlongassrunonsentence ?

 

I think he was talking about when HE killed his battery and so on so on<has alot to do with jonny ? huh [sm=pcwhack.gif]