How To Polish My Pipe??

[honda01400ex]

i have a fmf titanuim 4 pipe and i wanted to clean it up and polish it and suggestions?????

[bigbad400]

never dull. it comes in a can its like a wad you rub on it and buff. takes some elbow grease but nothing compares for metal. if you want to use a power tool to do it i suggest a mothers powerball mini and the mothers polish for the metal you have. is the can titanium? that would be expensive. i figured aluminum. in wich case mothers mag and aluminum polish to use with the powerball. i use that on my rims and i love it, takes min. per wheel and shines them to a mirror. spray out with the hose and dry with a cloth and it will look real nice. good luck on the pipe mines black chrome pc. i never liked polishing much. lol

[honda01400ex]

ya it was an expencive pipe i paid 340 for it lol but the sound of it is amazing! thx for the info :D

[bkelley]

I just used some Mother's Mag and Aluminum for my E-Series. It was like $5 for a 5oz can at my local auto parts store.

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That was after just one polish. If I did it another three or four times it would be close to a mirror finish. Just make sure you have two clean towels (terry cloth is recommended) to start with. Use one for applying the polish and buffing then use the other for wiping it down. I also took some windex to it after to clean off any excess grime.

[honda01400ex]

cool looks good my problem is that mine is titanium..:( so idk how well it will work

[bkelley]

Well the Mag and Aluminum says "perfect for all metals". If it's a polishable metal, when you go to polish it a black residue will appear. If the residue does not appear, it's not a polishable metal.

[witech]

Titanium is one heck of a good metal for abrasion resistance. So polishing will be very difficult if not impossable to make it look like polished aluminum . Ive been repairing titanium pipes and mufflers for years and going with a brushed look is way easier.
Dont waste any money on the polishing pastes ,they wont even touch it.

[honda01400ex]

ok so 2 hours later and a ton of black wrages later the pipe is shinned up great not a mirrior finish but im alot happier :D

[bkelley]

Good to hear. Let's see a picture of it!

[honda01400ex]

pic i made it more shiney than this but yall can see it went to this from the dull look

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last one

[bkelley]

Looks good, man. Also, nice use of plumbers tape haha.

[quad9]

Originally posted by bkelley
Looks good, man. Also, nice use of plumbers tape haha.

and zip ties to hold the pipe on.. you better make a better bracket

[honda01400ex]

ya my friend gave me a new holder for that pipe today but now it doesnt matter cuz i wrecked hard today....swinger skid cought a huge rock and stuck in ground and sent me off bars and i was going around 45mph just finished a 100ft table and now have all the skin taken off my back:(

so now i need

new skids
new rim
new tires
new chain


so i wont be ridden for a long time cuz i dont have a job and i dont have a dad to help just my mom and she doesnt have the money to help..:(
:( :(


i think im gonna have to take all my aftermartet parts off and sell them all to get money....or not ride till next august

[honda01400ex]

damage

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4 this is the bottom of swinger were the skid mounts to and it tore it off

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[bkelley]

Originally posted by honda01400ex
damage I just finished reading "all the skin taken off my back" then scrolled down and saw this. Almost threw up at first.

[Napalm Nate]

sand the pipe with 800 grit then 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 then wetsand 2000 after that get a mothers power ball mini and buff with mothers mag and aluminum polish it takes forever but you will be happy with the results in the end just dont get lazy with the sanding also check out "polishing on a wheel" thread in the how to section I found it informative when I did my polishing

[honda01400ex]

ya man the bike is messed up :( and its gonna be like that for a while

[trx400exracer]

uses turtle wax polishing compound use it on my hmf came out like brand new