Polishing Stainless Steel Exhaust Tips
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Polishing Stainless Steel Exhaust Tips
Spent some time on this very hot and humid afternoon in the garage polishing the exhaust tips on my Grand Sport. Love small projects like this....especially when the results look like this.
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08-22-2017, 04:56 PM
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Nice job excellent results.
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I used the Semichrome first with white buffing wheel on my drill, then polished at high speed with the Wenol and a Mothers Polishing Ball. Seems to work best in that order, especially with light pressure and high speed with the Wenol. That really seems to amp up the shine.
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Damn....what a shine!
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Well done - that's quite a shine on the exhaust tips.
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Another source is AutoGeek
http://www.autogeek.net/wenol1.html
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Looks great! I've been using Mothers and might have to try this.
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I polished my tips by hand once.... Me down on the ground, legs spread rubbing like crazy. I only did it once. Thanks for showing that drill bit tool. Now I can work smarter and not harder.
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