ninjaneer
Well-Known Member
My Mark's stainless steel pipes were looking a little ratty, so today I decided to clean them.
I've been using BKF ever since I installed the exhaust back in December to keep the discoloration off because I'm like that. I know some of you like to wear the golden hue as some sort of badge of honor, but I just like shiny things and will likely either chrome them if I decide against black powder coating them. Anyways, I digress, I figured that there are some of you that share my taste for shiny objects as well as my frugal nature, and thought of sharing this with you--because at two-and-half bucks a can you can't go wrong.
Sprinkle the powder onto a wet sponge and knead it into the sponge. Then just like you would normally do, with light pressure rub the pipes until the discoloration has been removed. Rinse with clean water and dry. For stubborn patches, make a paste, apply and let sit for thirty seconds. Repeat if necessary. BUT BE CAREFUL! Whether a solution or a paste (especially in a paste) do not let the product sit for over a minute--the active ingredient that sets the product apart from the rest (oxalic acid) will eat into the surface. Ask me how I know. :bang head:
Sold as a multipurpose cleanser for chrome, stainless steel, copper, brass, porcelain, tile, ceramic and fiberglass surfaces that gently removes rust, lime and hard water stains, and tarnish; I use it for everything from my kitchen sinks, to toilets, to my stock exhausts (wish I had "before" shots to share) that I cleaned up so that I can try to sell them (hint hint).
Here is an after-shot of the front of #3's header
Here is a before and after series of the #3 pipe section that runs along the bottom of the frame. It is kind of hard to tell, but in the first pic I was trying to capture the discoloration that starts after the pipe bend where I stopped using BKF.
BKF also comes in a liquid form at something like a half to a whole buck more, something that I will look into some time in the future, but at the moment the powder is all that I need.
I usually follow up with some homemade "truckstop" polish to give my metals a little more blingy luster, but that's a different topic.
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