1200 Exhaust Cleaning

At this point I'd be sending that section off to be powder coated black I'm afraid. Maybe someone else has another suggestion but now that it's scratched... [emoji107]


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I thought powder coating struggle on exhaust due to the heat?

 

ceramic coated???

 

You can get powder coating that can withstand 4 figure temps (apparently).

 

That's probably what I meant

 

Scotchbrite will only remove material, so you might get the scratches out but at the expense of being left with a silver patch.
Camcoat, I think, charge about 40 quid for an exhaust section, so if this part is detachable and quite small, I would guess at half that to coat it gold.
Carriage should be cheap too.

 

Cheating traitor. How could you do this to us, does what we have mean nothing to you? :cry:

 

looks like you have taken the coating off already, rubbing it more wont put it back on.

 

Hmmm
For the sake of 20 or 30 squids, well worth getting it done properly

 

I think the suggestion is to rub it back to bare metal, then let the heat turn it gold again. Problem is it won't stay gold, it will discolour till it goes nasty brown and that's if it's actually stainless...

 

Just tell the wife/girlfriend/holder of the purse strings that it will have to be a termi then :wink:

 

I blame VW/Audi.

 

I recently polished up the headers on my 1200S - they had become discoloured due to be parked outside overnight during the summer and then starting the bike first thing in the morning with condensation on them. I started off using scotchbrite and some GT85 for lubrication, as well as Autosol and a rag. They came up absolutely beautifully. I'd recommend trying the same thing - maybe try it in a less visible area first.

 

No pics - they were initially silver and quite bright in appearance, but have since dulled back down the usual bronzey-brown.