Shiny Parts

guy851

There was talk of a magic potion that cuts the brown off stainless headers?

I need some, it took hours.....yes hours to get that + grime off these

Guy851

Speedmade

muriatic acid. Available at any local hardware store.

We use this at work to clean the weld discoloration on our stainless water tanks. I have used it many time on a Ducati exhaust. Cleans it in moments.

Jasper

Barkeepers Friend from any Asda or Tesco.Brilliant stuff.Rips the brown off ready for Autosol.

Jasper

Speedmade wrotemuriatic acid. Available at any local hardware store. We use this at work to clean the weld discoloration on our stainless water tanks. I have used it many time on a Ducati exhaust. Cleans it in moments.

Is that not Hydrochloric acid???!!!😯

marvin

Jasper wroteIs that not Hydrochloric acid???!!!😯

Cheap version of.

Ducman851

This one was bead blasted with fine media, then scotchbrited 2x with progressively finer pads, then polished with 3 different grits of rouge on a BAPW (Big Ass Polishing Wheel) All told took about 12 hours. The results speak for themselves.

On the bench

On the bike

marvin

I'll send ya' mine if you need more practice!!😁

Nice bike!

Ducman851

Ill be doing another very shortly. I find it relaxing, plus I can do it during downtime at my regular gig. I have a BAPW there and I am redoing the stainless trim on the Boss's 72 Chevelle.

So I could probably be coerced/cajoled into doing another 😉

That bike was one I built as a wedding gift for a friend in Bakersfield. We collected parts and funds on the DML (before its demise) and that was the result. It really is a bitchin bike.

Heres another bike built that I did my polishing magic to. Too bad it ended badly between the owner and myself.

marvin

Ducman851 wroteIll be doing another very shortly. I find it relaxing, plus I can do it during downtime at my regular gig. I have a BAPW there and I am redoing the stainless trim on the Boss's 72 Chevelle. So I could probably be coerced/cajoled into doing another 😉 That bike was one I built as a wedding gift for a friend in Bakersfield. We collected parts and funds on the DML (before its demise) and that was the result. It really is a bitchin bike. Heres another bike built that I did my polishing magic to. Too bad it ended badly between the owner and myself.

i was just kidding john! I know what a PITA polishing is!! 😁

Speedmade

Just a detail. All the Ducati headers are made of 409 series Stainless. Even if polished, they will turn brown and rough again within a few years.

Ducman851

Yeah, but they look good for that couple years

Oh yeah, Hi Reed!