Exhaust tailpipe rust

[Ballamness]

Hi there

Done a few searches on this forum and not found anything... I've just cleaned and polished the car today, and noticed a slight bit of rust on the stainless exhaust tip (only cosmetic but now i've noticed it will annoy me for eternity!). I'm thinking about using some AutoSol to try and clean it up, just wanting to make sure it's safe to use on it and wont ruin the finish?

Thanks
Ballam

[BeautifulBusso]

Originally Posted by Ballamness

Hi there

Done a few searches on this forum and not found anything... I've just cleaned and polished the car today, and noticed a slight bit of rust on the stainless exhaust tip (only cosmetic but now i've noticed it will annoy me for eternity!). I'm thinking about using some AutoSol to try and clean it up, just wanting to make sure it's safe to use on it and wont ruin the finish?

Thanks
Ballam

AutoSol is good but I discovered this during last summer

Britemax Metal Twins Kit

I think that AutoSol is good but this stuff from Britemax is just on another level

[EauRouge]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBusso

AutoSol is good but I discovered this during last summer

Britemax Metal Twins Kit

I think that AutoSol is good but this stuff from Britemax is just on another level

But you are OCD, BB.

[BeautifulBusso]

Originally Posted by EauRouge

But you are OCD, BB.

That is very true

But the Britemax Twins are good in that you have a 'cutting' agent then a 'polishing' agent so you don't need to always polish up the exhaust tips after every wash

[Ballamness]

Would you use the cutting agent every time? Or just when there was rubbish to get off of it? Then the polish to keep it nice and shiny?

[BeautifulBusso]

Originally Posted by Ballamness

Would you use the cutting agent every time? Or just when there was rubbish to get off of it? Then the polish to keep it nice and shiny?

Do one or two passes with the cutting agent, the 2nd time would be to get off whatever you missed the 1st time then yes use the polish to keep it nice and shiny but tbh I have had to use the polish two times since doing the pipes on the GTA as it protects the metal as well

Here's a quick video showing the difference it makes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4HLJ...layer_embedded

[Ballamness]

I was going to wait until my AutoSol ran out or I had something bigger to polish before buying some of the Britemax, but after spending a bit of time with the AutoSol on it... I still think it could be better!

Before Autosol
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1738/imag0208gi.jpg

After Autosol
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1954/imag0210z.jpg

(How frustrating... it wont let me display my images in the post. It worked last night in a different thread! )

Its cleared off the rust which is the main thing, I will get some of the Britemax stuff and hopefully bring it up better still .

Thanks
B

[BeautifulBusso]

Looks better fella, maybe try using wire wool but not be aggresive with it?

[Ballamness]

Everywhere?? Or just on the bottom lip? I think it needs some serious "scrubbing" to remove the black stuff from the bottom lip, maybe I will use a brillo pad or something for that... wire wool sounds a little scary! Would it not scratch it to death even being used gently?

[BeautifulBusso]

Originally Posted by Ballamness

Everywhere?? Or just on the bottom lip? I think it needs some serious "scrubbing" to remove the black stuff from the bottom lip, maybe I will use a brillo pad or something for that... wire wool sounds a little scary! Would it not scratch it to death even being used gently?

Practise on the bottom of the tip for practise so you know how much presure to use and if it scratches or not

[polly]

I thought stainless steel was stainless!

[BeautifulBusso]

Originally Posted by polly

I thought stainless steel was stainless!

I thought that but you will get pitting on the shiny bits, you might service rust but that's about it

[David P]

Originally Posted by Ballamness

After Autosol
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1954/imag0210z.jpg

(How frustrating... it wont let me display my images in the post. It worked last night in a different thread! )

Looks good


( You can post pics as attachments in all lounge, [IMG] Tags are only available in the Image Lounges )

[Ballamness]

Ahhh that explains it, thanks!

[BeautifulBusso]

Ballamness, you might like these photo's I took of mine

[Ballamness]

Very nice! Is that using the Britemax stuff?

[BeautifulBusso]

Originally Posted by Ballamness

Very nice! Is that using the Britemax stuff?

Yep, I was rather chuffed to bits with how it came up myself