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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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my wife laid her nylon coat over the seat of our bike and it touched the hot exhaust, any good methods out there to clean it up off the chrome?
 
Old Aug 4, 2007 | 01:57 PM
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000 steal wool
 
Old Aug 4, 2007 | 02:03 PM
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do not use 000 steal wool, if you must use steal wool use0000...[8D]
 
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Never dull, lighter fluid/Naptha.....
 
Old Aug 4, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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Sounds likethe perfect excuse to get new pipes!
 
Old Aug 4, 2007 | 07:48 PM
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What is *steal wool*?

Is that like *jacking* a sheep?
 

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i read another post bout this and someone said mr clean magic eraser works , never tried it tho
 
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Wipe it off while your pipes are hot with a cotton cloth. Had the same thing happen but not a jacket came right off. then let it cool off and used neverdull works like magic.
 
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exhaust stains from the OL's are the worst!!!
 
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