Removing burnt-on plastic from exhaust header

[JerryT]

Anyone got any bright ideas for removing burnt on plastic residue from the stainless header pipe on a 696? I was wiping some muck off the front heatshield with a microfibre (hence plastic) cloth and accidentally brushed the still hot header pipe. :eek:

I now have an interesting textile print effect in burnt black plastic over a few square inches of the pipe. :cry: so I would like to remove it without discolouring or scratching the pipe.

Ideas anybody? :gromit:

[stef]

autosol ?
but you might end up working the whole pipe !

[don_matese]

Go for a blast at high revs till it burns off?

[Funkatronic]

1000 grade wet/dry used wet then autosol

but as stef says, you will prob end up doing the whole pipe to match

[Scott1]

I did the same on mine, melted a glove to it! I used a bit of wet scotchbrite then autosol, came up lovely and I did indeed end up doing the whole pipe.

[JerryT]

Thanks for the quick replies guys! I'm not sure I can burn it off - it looks thoroughly burnt ON!

As for doing the whole pipe... I expect you're right! I had a sneaky feeling this wasn't going to be a quick job!!

[stef]

thinking about it, you could melt platic over the whole pipe. that would be quicker.

[Char]

how about a nice after market full system and a re map? :hail:

[stef]

how about a nice after market full system and a re map? :hail:

yep, probably the only way.
this will also imply some carbon fibre racing mirrors to match.

[JerryT]

Thanks a lot Char! Helpful as always!! :chuckle:

Now, how much is there in that piggy bank? :piglet:

[Nickj]

Hot pipes and oven cleaner will do it

OR

Blow job.. sorry that was the accent in the video I think he meant blue job

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVmGo701D0U

[Nickj]

Essentially a mildly abrasive chrome cleaner .. there's some stuff called polian on ebay that looks pretty similar

I also saw something called rim wax but was a liitle afraid to look ;)

I have an iron that often gets plastic melted onto it (solar film for traditional built up model planes). I just get it very hot and rub it off with a cotton rag

[JMo]

I'd have thought paint thinners would probably work too - seems to melt most plastic stuff!

Jx

[Dukedesmo]

I did the same on mine, melted a glove to it! I used a bit of wet scotchbrite then autosol, came up lovely and I did indeed end up doing the whole pipe.

+1 on the Scotchbrite (but make sure the exhaust is cool first).

[utopia]

You could try pigeon sh1t.
It seems to remove just about every bloody thing else.