Cleaning TI's
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I used a brass-bristled brush, some Simple Green and lots of elbow grease to scrubbed the heck out of mine befoe installing them. The titanium is extremely tough and won't scratch when using the brass brush.
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Patches, those mufflers look good. Nice job cleaning them up.
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I'm sure that's fine once they are clean but my Ti's arrived from the seller with a nice coating of built-up asphalt that had cooked on over the course of several thousand miles and were virtually impossible to clean without a major assault. They still look like they do in the second pic I posted after a couple of years and all I do now is wipe them with a rag every once in a while. Once they are that clean, it's a snap keeping them spotless.
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I use metal polish like Mother's Aluminum and Mag polish or Blue Coral metal polish. You can use any typical metal polish on them. It might take a couple of tries before they are as shiney as you want them.
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I ended up using 0000 steel wool and Mother's. The tips were very difficult. (as you already know) I used a mini Power Ball on them but never did get a true mirror polish. Mine don't look nearly as good as Patches!
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