Ello all I have a question how are you keeping the stainless exhaust looking good. I ride pretty much on road all the time so I want it to continue to look good. Any ideas on keeping the shine going. Thanks for the input.
Autosol works well.
Your basic Dollar General brand toilet bowl cleaner (16% Hydrogen Chloride) will do the trick. This picture was taken when the bike had 6000 miles on. The pipes were copper color and I only cleaned them 1 time.
Nice! Does the overspray harm the engine paint? How long do you let it sit? Brush it around or just hose it off?
I applied it directly with a sponge in a well ventilated area, then hosed it off. No need for it to sit at all and no overspray to worry about.
Sweet! I'll get right on it. Thanks.
i'm curious how my old standby would work.. barkeepers friend.
stuff works wonders on our stainless pots n pans, i imagine it would do the same on the exhaust
I was just biatching the other day about how bad my exhaust looked! I was asking a friend if he knew of anyway to get it clean ... he didn't. THEN, as I was lurking here I found this thread. Armed with an old sock and my toilet bowl cleaner I attacked the exhaust. I really shouldn't say attacked, it was effortless and only took about 15 minutes!!!!! I have never seen it look so good. Thanks for the great tip!
Damn!
Should have read the tip before spending £7.99 on 250ml of Hein Gerickes Edelstahireiniger. Thats "intensive cleaning agent for all exhaust systems made of stainless steel" to you and me.
Don't the Germans have a way with words.
QuoteI was just biatching the other day about how bad my exhaust looked! I was asking a friend if he knew of anyway to get it clean ... he didn't. THEN, as I was lurking here I found this thread. Armed with an old sock and my toilet bowl cleaner I attacked the exhaust. I really shouldn't say attacked, it was effortless and only took about 15 minutes!!!!! I have never seen it look so good. Thanks for the great tip!
I can't take the credit for this one. My local dealer (Triumph of Windber) gave me the tip. They're good guys out there. Small operation, family owned and operated. I stopped in on Saturday to make an appointment for a state inspection, they did it while waited. I had a bad rear brake light switch and they had none in stock. So they took one off of one of their new bikes and put it on mine. :eusa_clap
Good ol' toilet cleaner.
Now my bike looks great and my shitter is disgusting.
I fail to see a problem. 8)
Anyone know a brand of toilet bowl cleaner here in the UK that contains Hydrogen Chloride?, had a look at a few in the supermarket last weekend and couldn't see any.
Same as Hockleyboy, but in the U.S... Read this and run to the store, but did not find a toilet cleaner with Hydrogen Chloride.
What brand did you guys in the U.S. purchase?
TXS!
I used the "Dollar General" store brand.
I used Lysol brand toilet cleaner. Worked like a charm.
Thanks!
Excellent tip!!!
The pipes went from yellow and rust to shiny :D
Did not do the entire job today, but here are a couple of pics...
BEFORE...
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AND AFTER
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What brand of cleaner did you use? Just curious.
Lysol.
I went looking for the one from the Dollar General Store with 16% Hydrogen Chloride, but they were out of them.
Walgreens next door had Lysol, with only 9.50% Hydrogen Chloride, but it worked. I had to scrub, though. I used the green-scrub side of them Scotch-Brite sponges to get the rust out.
It is very easy to do.
Quote from: "MIUC"Lysol.
I went looking for the one from the Dollar General Store with 16% Hydrogen Chloride, but they were out of them.
Walgreens next door had Lysol, with only 9.50% Hydrogen Chloride, but it worked. I had to scrub, though. I used the green-scrub side of them Scotch-Brite sponges to get the rust out.
It is very easy to do.
Interesting you had to scrub. I used Lysol and all I had to do was run the rag over it. No scrubbing at all. Kind of like watching those commercials for lime removal. :roll:
If you don't want to clean the stainless, then consider a ceramic coating like Jet Hot or similar. Pretty cheap considering.
I like the blackout look anyhow so take my advice with a grain.
I just cleaned mine with autosol
Came up with a mirror finish. The secret with the autosol is to apply it with newspaper then buff with a clean dry cloth. Not sure why this works so well but the results are amazing!!
I tried the toilet bowl cleaner on my exhaust with mixed results. Many of the surfaces were rejuvinated, but with 29k miles on my bike and the abuse of the previous owner certain stains and blemishes did not come out. I worked at it for a about half an hour before giving up. Even tried a buff wheel on my RotoZip without much success. This is a good cleaner for a new exhaust, but it's not going to take out all the stains on older exhausts.
Wow, what a great tip. I just cleaned mine and they look fantastic. The areas near the motor are not as clean as I would like to see, but the bike has 24K on it and I doubt anything will clean them up like new.
Quote from: "HappyMan"Quote from: "MIUC"Lysol.
I went looking for the one from the Dollar General Store with 16% Hydrogen Chloride, but they were out of them.
Walgreens next door had Lysol, with only 9.50% Hydrogen Chloride, but it worked. I had to scrub, though. I used the green-scrub side of them Scotch-Brite sponges to get the rust out.
It is very easy to do.
Interesting you had to scrub. I used Lysol and all I had to do was run the rag over it. No scrubbing at all. Kind of like watching those commercials for lime removal. :roll:
I just found "The Works" brand at the local Wal-Mart. It is a 20% Hydrogen Chloride solution.
I don't see the problem with the brown pipes. It's what stainless does when it gets hot.
I agree about the brown pipes but it's sooooo easy to clean it doesn't make sense not to. It's literally wipe on and it's done. And it does look better.
QuoteI don't see the problem with the brown pipes. It's what stainless does when it gets hot.
I was once told that cleaning my bike helped me inspect the bike for problems. Well, it was a good thing to clean the pipes this time, because I found that the last person to remove and install my front wheel did not align the speedo cover with the nub on the forks, allowing my cover to float. It could have ended with the speedo cable catching the front wheel and damaging the cable. So, I guess it's alright to clean the bike once in a while.