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    Cleaning melted stuff from exhaust?

    Hey everyone,

    One of my "lovely" family members decided to have a screw around on my driveway and then parked my bike to close to something, now i have some weird stuff melted on my exhaust pipe.
    Any ideas on how to get it off? Have tried chrome polish and a non scratch pot scourrer.
    Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.


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    Or maybe 'Labelloff' or something like that. It looks like orange juice and it smells like orange juice. Very good at dissolving glue etc.
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    Another product worth trying is De Solv It. Its pretty good at getting alsorts of crap off without causing damage... depends on what it was that 'melted' on to your exhaust tho.

    What is the 'something' that they parked your bike next to???
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    Its a pity you dont know what it is thats on your pipe because sometimes when you start putting products on there hoping to get it off to no avail you can end up doing more bad than good and then find that what you have used on there has made what it is on there more permanent and harder to uplift.

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    I was lucky enough to melt a part of my shoe off on my pipe. It left a big brown mark on it. Using "Goo Off" took it off quickly. It's that orange smelling/looking stuff. Worked wonders.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ice_Monsta View Post
    Hey everyone,

    One of my "lovely" family members decided to have a screw around on my driveway and then parked my bike to close to something, now i have some weird stuff melted on my exhaust pipe.
    Any ideas on how to get it off? Have tried chrome polish and a non scratch pot scourrer.
    Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.


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    Use AutoSol. It will remove it easily without harming your pipe.
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    I have used tar remover(repco) in the past and that did the job.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessBandit View Post
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    If it's melted rubber/plastic, the vast majority of it will wipe off with a strong cloth, when the exhaust is hot. In other words re-melt it and most of it comes away, then one of those cleaners mentioned above.

    Warning! Hot exhausts not good on skin.
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    Autosol metal polish... works a treat...

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    I worked in the plastics industry for over 12 years.

    We always used bees wax to remove plastic from metal.

    Heat the metal and the plastic with a hair dryer or hot air gun hot enough that the plastic becomes sticky, rub the bees wax over the area and polish off with a soft rag and some elbow grease.

    Works well on chromed surfaces, just dont overheat it or the chrome will begin to turn a straw colour.
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    Autosol is good shit

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    Yep, Autosol works for me.

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