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Old Aug 27, 2013 | 09:03 PM
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What can use to take off burned hide off my exhaust.
I will never wear shorts again even if it's just down the road to pick up my son from school.

I scrubbed the hell out of it with a cloth, what can I use so as not to scratch the chrome?
 
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Old Aug 27, 2013 | 09:07 PM
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All I can suggest is chrome cleaner. I use MeGuiar's. If that doesn't get it off I'm not sure what to recommend.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2013 | 09:09 PM
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Leave it as a reminder on what not to do again.
Glad that's all that happened man. Sure it hurt like hell. Ride safe brother

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Been there done that too.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2013 | 09:14 PM
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Try a Mothers power ball with their chrome polish. That should take it off
 
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Old Aug 27, 2013 | 09:14 PM
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Get some Blue Job chrome cleaner / polish.

Don't ask how I know.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2013 | 09:17 PM
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Mr Clean Magic Eraser

It's what I use if some plastic/nylon etc burns onto pipes.

Won't scratch,safe and effective
 
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Old Aug 27, 2013 | 09:28 PM
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#0000 steel wool.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2013 | 09:30 PM
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soon as i saw the title, i thought "pipe burn" lol. Its like a battle wound lol, tons of us got um!
 
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Any chrome cleaner will work. I've had to do this twice now on my bike. People (my adult daughter and my best friend) keep climbing on it without thinking and before I've had a chance to warn them, they're burnt. Severely burnt.

Makes me wonder why they call them "heat shields". They don't shield anything from any heat.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2013 | 09:48 PM
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I use 0000 steel wool and an any liquid chrome polisher. I've never found anything that this won't get off.
 
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