Cleaning my exhaust

[DanWright]

I've noticed a few brown spots on my hatori pipe, I thought it was small patches of rust to begin with, but someone told me it's burnt fuel. How do I get it off without damaging the polished surface?

Thanks, Dan

[waveydavey]

You probably won't. I use solvol Autosol and polish the whole thing.

[rachel]

Silvo (from the makers of Braso) works very well on the Muscle pipe range, however , as Dave said baked on fuel is hard to get off.
In the past I have gentley scratched it off then a light sand with 1600 grit car sandpaper the polish back up.
Basically
Results = Effort + Time

So ends todays Maths lesson lol
X Rach

[DanWright]

Ok thanks guys. I'll try scratching and sanding, see what happens

[waveydavey]

The autosol will get it off without scratching or sanding. What fuel are you using? I used to get a bit of it with all of the main suppliers especially magnum.

[Nick B]

once you have used polish the metal will oxidise pretty quickly and you will be forever polishing it!

[waveydavey]

No other way to get the brown spots off though Nick that's why I bought a tt highflow

[Nick B]

Is that cos its black?

i just live with my brown spots,keep the cano polished and no one looks at the pipe!

[DanWright]

I'm using model technics 12%. I'll give the autosol a try before I start scratching away

[Planehazza]

Ch-ch-ch-charmin works a treat.

[Steve]

Less time polishing, more time flying. Less money spent on polish, more money spent on fuel.