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Speckled rust on header pipes.

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Johnny4428:
Great job on that pipes Deano. What a difference, it always amazes me what a difference a little elbow grease and some light abrasives can make to tired looking chrome. I cleaned up rusty rims on my 550 with fine steel wool and solvol just gave it a polish once a year and stayed pretty much the same for 30 years. But was never out in all weathers.

Matt_Harrington:
Deano, that is an amazing transformation. It's a lesson to all of us not to bin rusty chrome parts because they appear u/s.......

AshimotoK0:
I tried everything on a NOS rust speckled  SS125 header/silencer assembly I got for £5 from DS (they couldn't identify it as they are so rare ...but I certainly could  ;D).In the end I used stainless looking scourers you get in packs of 4 from £1 shops, lubricated with pink Jizer. Transformed it and it sold for £255 when I had finished with it.
I thought it would be too harsh and scratch the chrome but amazingly with lubrication and a light touch it didn't.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I still have my original 400 front pipe in my loft - I'll see if I can shine it up a bit using WD 40 & a pan scourer.

Spitfire:
I always use Brillo pads for that sort of work as they are not too harsh.

Cheers

Dennis

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