screwed up chrome help
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From: tn
screwed up chrome help
I washed my 2015 street glide tonight and started it up when i was drying it. the microfiber towel i was drying the bike with touched the front exhaust heat shield and left the color of the rag on the heat shield because it was so hot. I tried to get it off with paint thinner but it wouldnt touch it. So i scrubbed it with steel wool and got most of it off but it made the chrome hazy. About makes me sick to think about it. Is there any way to bring the chrome back now?
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Ive had similar experience - microfiber towel left a residue on a hot heat shield; let it cool down then detailing clay, water and elbow grease took it right off. If it bothers you that much you can always replace that heat shield, consider it a payment for lesson learned.
Last edited by rideonva; Apr 12, 2023 at 09:54 PM.
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I washed my 2015 street glide tonight and started it up when i was drying it. the microfiber towel i was drying the bike with touched the front exhaust heat shield and left the color of the rag on the heat shield because it was so hot. I tried to get it off with paint thinner but it wouldnt touch it. So i scrubbed it with steel wool and got most of it off but it made the chrome hazy. About makes me sick to think about it. Is there any way to bring the chrome back now?
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Your dealer probably has 50 of the heat shields from exhaust takeoffs in storage, they would probably give you one for nothing.
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Take a look to see if a 2015 heat shield from a Road King would fit. If it does, I think I have one. If I do, its all yours..
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i picked up some 0000 steel wool and wd 40 as a next step, but i've never had to use it