Polishing Exhaust Tips
 

What does everyone use to polish their stainless exhaust tips? I was gonna use a dremel tool with a little polisher on it. All ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Cloth with Simichrome, Wenol, or Top Brite. Buff well and remove with a microfiber cloth. Mine came out incredible.

I will look locally for 1 of the 3 products you listed this weekend. if you have any idea where to purchase, that would be awesome

Simichrome a Die Grinder and a terry cloth buffing ball.
Simichrome is sold at any Harley shop.

Cool thanks Everyone. Harley shop is very close to me

Use toilet bowl cleaner after using the boat. Cleans the soot right off easliy. End result is almost as good as polishing.

GoJo hand cleaner cleans them right up. Mine look like crap at the end of the day and so when I wash the boat down just put the Gojo in my hand and rub it around the tips and they look great again.

You want something easy? Honest to god, use the BioKleen Hull Kleener. There is literally no effort. Spray on, and soft brush off and done.

If they are just crappy looking from the soot/hard water baked on to them, like they said, some "Works" brand toilet bowl cleaner, or what I like to use, "Works" brand tub/shower cleaner. Its like 2-3 bucks a spray bottle at Menards. It sprays on like windex, and works great. Also works from removing scumline and what not.

If you wanna polish them, you can go to sears and get a Rouge buffing kit for your drill. Comes with the Rouge sticks, couple different buffing wheels, for like 10 bucks. After the rouge, a good metal polish. Will look new.

Lime-A-Way & Magic Eraser is the best thing I have found so far. I've tried it all, including all the stuff mentioned above. Nothing works better, faster or easier than Lime-A-Way & a Magic Eraser.

Just use white vinegar and microfiber that 's all I use on my tips. Works great!!

+1 on Lime-A-Way

Unless something scuffed up your tips, they look dull due to hard water deposits.

+1 - Super easy and the pipes comes out shiney. Also removes transom soot with just a quck spray and soft brush. Best $20 I've spent on a cleaning product. 1 bottle should last a few years.

Yea, I use the vinegar for daily use. But if they get real bad I use polishing compound.

I have the air actuated tips to muffle the exhaust note. I beleive they are gill ? They are kinda dull looking. Tried chrome polish on them. Didnt do squat.

Any idea's. I have 3 sets I want to look like new.

I use white vinegar and steel wool on chrome tips and also the prop.

i also use the works toilet boul cleaner.pour it on,brush it,then ronse it off

+4 on vinegar...has mild acid in it and takes the minerals rite off. I wouldnt spend money on anything before you try it and I personally dont like to use anything stronger than needed. I even keep a spray bottle of it in my boat and give them a quick squirt at the sand bar.

I use a metal polish called Wicked. Takes off all exhaust soot and any oxidation.

Just tried out the SIMICHROME stuff with my dremel tool. I used the Simichrome and steel wool on the second tip. Asked the lady which one was the better looking tip. Without hesitation she said the one with the SIMICHROME and Dremel. A lot of work but turned out ok. I would rate them an 8.5 out of 10 as far as how well they turned out. I guess being 20 year old tips, they wont be a 10. lol Thanks for all of the feedback and other tricks of the trade I will try tomorrow on the other 2

I use Mequiars metal polish and a little elbow grease and turns out great!!

I used a guy named Paco. I picked him up at Home Depot for $25 and he washed, waxed and detailed my entire boat & truck.

well it depends if they got scraches or not...... i have restored alot of ss for the cars i build, and just I restored the ss on my boat... if no heavy scraches i went to harbor freight got the elec die grinder, the Demial is great but not big enuff for me, harbor freigt also has pads for drill/diegrinder. use the white polish/rues with the kit...it will come out like a mirror....

lol nice!!!

Exactly!!
A dremel will not do what you need. If you need to polish you need the right equipment. I just did this today so you can see. First you want to POLISH, not clean with a bathroom cleaner. Bathroom cleaners are GREAT after you polish to maintain them and remove the hard water stains. Before you polish you can use muriatic acid to clean the stainless.

These looked identical earlier.

Rookie==Very nice on that shine. Hope to finish mine today. Had the boat winterized today, and changed the oil. SAD DAY..

Agreed! I use the same, BioKleen Hull Kleener, just spray and rinse and they always look like new.

Yeppo!! Go to Dollar General and its a buck :drink: Stuff works great.

I use Bon Ami cleanser, Mitch at MitcherT got me hooked on this stuff. I started using on my vinyl rub rail. I tried it on my tips because they looked bad, cleaned them right up, look like new.

Wonder if Paco will travel???

have Taco Paco will travel

I found something else that works great. Seriously, Armorall makes a cleaning wipe similar to leather wipes & such. It works fantastic! I boated all week of July 4 and it took 2 towelettes to clean all 4 of my IMCO muffler tips.

Bio hull cleaner works the nuts on exhaust tips and your prop if it gets any white crusty on the back side Won't fix scratches but spray it, massage it in with your hand and it gets kinda foamy white wait 5 mins and hose it off