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Opinino on exhaust rust

Dogma

Dogma

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I pulled my left side exhaust yesterday (maybe more on that later) and found all this rust on the backside of my exhaust. The other side is in a similar state. Am I too late in finding this? If not, what should be done to preserve my exhaust for the ages? Thanks in advance.

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scrap it.









































but seriously, some steel wool should take care of it.
 
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Darn thing looks brand new to me! Just has freckles.They call that character in the poor side of town!!
 
Thanks. But I uh, had pictures in my post. Do you mean pics of the whole bike? I have been negligent on that point, but I'm still cleaning...
 
Dogma, it looks like light surface rust to me. But Im not sure if it would leave pitting. I would say hit it with some fine FINE steel wool, then see what you can do about polishing it out. May turn out pretty good. Ive had worse turn out better.
 
Thanks. Good to know it's not too late. I'll be at the grocery store tonight. I'll see if they have 0000 wool. Right...
 
hmmmm. my bad. i guess the pictures didnt load on the other computer. sorry about that. since i see the pictures NOW, my bike looked almost exactly the same.

then:
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now is in my sig.
 
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I just steel wooled mine this weekend. It was much worse than that and come out looking darn near new.
 
catbed said:
hmmmm. my bad. i guess the pictures didnt load on the other computer. sorry about that. since i see the pictures NOW, my bike looked almost exactly the same.

then:
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now is in my sig.
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is it just me or did the bike get bigger or the sidewalk smaller???
 
mighty13d said:
is it just me or did the bike get bigger or the sidewalk smaller???
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Wow, steel wool must be friggin' AMAZING. I gotta try that on my driveway!

And tomorrow I'll get to the HW store before they close so can clean my exhaust. Thanks again everyone.
 
first shot is on the driveway, second is on the front walk.

nice comment though!:-D:-D
 
I believe Coca Cola and steel wool will do you well.
Then hit it with never dull once a wk or so-
 
Dogma, I may be too late but try this if you want.

#0000 wool, if it isn't cutting the rust enough spray it with wd-40 or sparingly use machine oil (which I use for my customers), and hit it with wool, it cuts better.

Then as a preventative buy some rust converter.

There is a product out there called 'mold release', it is AWESOME stuff that you can apply to high temp areas and keeps the spot where the rust was from corroding again. I can't remember where to buy it, I've had my can for years.

If the area isn't high temp then just use car wax on the spots where the rust was to seal the metal from oxygen.

Hope this helps.
 
Mold release spray is used in the casting of lead alloy bullets. It contains graphite and is designed to prevent rust in bullet molds so bullets will drop free as they are cast. That just happens to be one of my other hobbies.

Here is a link to a place that sells it:
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=763758&t=11082005

I've been a customer of midwayusa for years and they are a great company. They also have lots of other metal polish/preserving stuff that would be relevant to bikes.
 
Busafied said:
I believe Coca Cola and steel wool will do you well.
Then hit it with never dull once a wk or so-
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Oh yeah, I forgot about using Coke. But, once a week with NevRdull? It can go ahead and rust. But seriously, I hope there's something better. I can just about handle once a year maintenance.
 
Thank you, got it saved. I use mold release primarily for 'masking'. It won't let ANYTHING stick to it, but dries, becomes invisible, and isn't sloppy at all so I wipe it on project areas instead of using masking tape. Great for pitted chrome too.
 
Mr. Escobar, I'm looking forward to your polishing tips section. And no, you're not too late, as this is turning into a project. I was having pretty good results with 00 steel wool and WD-40 on the header pipes, but the back side of my heat shield, and the top part of the collector are pitted pretty badly, though still solid. Here's what I was planning to do: I bought some Permatex rust dissolving gel (didn't know they made it) to get me back to clean metal where the chrome is gone. Since these areas are out of sight, I bought some silver high-temp pain to protect them. Does that sound like a plan?

For the little tiny rust spots on the muffler, the old gearhead at the auto parts store suggested Bartender's Friend. I haven't picked any of that up yet.

How often does the mold release spray need to be applied? I mentioned in another post that I'm looking for something low maintenance, and it sounds like Bartender's Friend needs to be refreshed if I get it wet.
 
Fishman said:
Mold release spray is used in the casting of lead alloy bullets. It contains graphite and is designed to prevent rust in bullet molds so bullets will drop free as they are cast. That just happens to be one of my other hobbies.

Here is a link to a place that sells it:
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=763758&t=11082005

I've been a customer of midwayusa for years and they are a great company. They also have lots of other metal polish/preserving stuff that would be relevant to bikes.
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Thanks for the link. Even if I have to apply it every time it rains, it's still better than rubbing on a paste or something.
 
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