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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 10:22 PM
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The other day I started my bike to let it warm up, I have it stored in a heated garage so I do this from time to time. The bike was waxed recently aswell so I was just using a detail cloth and lightly wiping the bike over,WHEN not relizing touched the exhaust with the cloth, damn thing stuck on, so after the bike cooled I tryed everything I got it off, but with all the F#@#$%^ [:@]around the chrome is a little hazey and there are small light scratches around the area.

My question is : Is there anyway, to buff the scratches out and bring the shine back, anything! products, ideas, I have to get the scratches out, it is driving me mad[:-]a set of 2 year old big radius and this happens![:@]


Thanks in advance!
 
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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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Might try this: http://www.s100.com/s100_fr.htm

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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 12:45 PM
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Polishing Soap (mentioned above) will help to clean up the area. Jewelers Rouge is about the only thing that has a chance of gettingthe marring out of chrome. In the future, the way to get plastic like that off is to soap a rag in an all purpose cleaner and let rest on the area for an hour or so. Then take a plastic razor blade or plastic putty knife and removethe problem. The cleaner should lossen the area so the blade can lift it off. Other methods like polish, nevr-dull and steel wool are just rubbing the problem into you chrome....therefore scratches.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2007 | 09:49 PM
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plastic is gone, just trying to buff/polish the chrome now, thanks for the tips!
 
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Old Mar 23, 2007 | 10:11 PM
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Easy Off oven cleaner, with the pipes warm...not HOT.

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Old Mar 23, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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try never dull, cleans my pipes well
 
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 08:27 PM
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try never dull, cleans my pipes well
Thanks my OL stopped cleaning my pipes a while ago
 
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