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I just picked up a Ti Catback today for $200 bones off Craigslist. With a little elbow grease, some 0000 steel wool, and some Never Dull, I was able to get one of the tips clean and shiny. It looks like the catback has silver paint on it. I wonder if I could use paint stripper to get all of the paint off and then use the wool and Never Dull to get it shiny? And would it stay shiny without constant maintenance?
Mine have had about 4 years of actual road use and still look shinny.
Paint remover won't hurt titanium. I would polish them afterwords. The more porous the Ti is the more it will attract trash.
I wouldn't have used steel wool on the tips, they are actually chrome.
I don't know if you are finished on the tip on the left, and it might just be the pic, but it looks like it has a matte/brushed finish, not polished..
I first used metal polish by hand, and then hit it with my buffer/metal polish. Cleaning the pad with a microfiber and sometimes water between passes.
If you have some goo gone, you could try that to remove any spray paint. I use turtle wax sticker remover in an aerosol can, it is basically identical to goo gone.
Last edited by 02torchred; Jul 19, 2019 at 10:51 PM.
Mine looked like your before when i got it...i used a mothers cone shaped polisher on a drill and some chemical guys metal polish, took about 5 minutes a tip But they shined up like new...good quality chrome on them too.
I wanted to thank everyone for the tips they gave me on cleaning up the Titanium exhaust I picked up. I was able to get a ton of the paint off of it using paint stripper, but there was some that would just not let go no matter how many coats of stripper I applied. I ended up sanding it off with some 150 grit automotive sandpaper, then following that up with some 600 grit paper, then finally 0000 steel wool. I only used the sandpaper on the pipes to get the paint off, not on the mufflers or the tips. Once cleaned up, I used Mothers Wheel polish to finish everything up and they came out looking great. Here are a few photos of the finished product. I should have them on later this coming week.
Titanium Exhaust
