3hree5ive0ero

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I have a couple of questions.

How do you clean titanium? What do you clean it with and what product do you use? On my exhaust I get fingerprints and other marks real easily but they don't come out that well.

Also, due to some mishaps, my titanium tips now have a melted paint and some rear bumper material on it. How do I go about cleaning that **** off without damaging the titanium?

Thanks in advance.

turismo

iTrader: (33)

I cant think of the name off hand, but its the product that you tear into pieces. It comes in a silver can and is like one big cloth inside. It works wonders though. Let me sleep of my hangover and Ill get back to ya

Anomaly

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Titanium is relatively similar to 17-4ph (stainless steel) and should be able to be cleaned/polished in the same fashion as other polished ss metals.

just don't use a carbon steel brush to scrape the titanium as that might cause some further damage.

Just try a metal polish and you should see positive results.

What is that on the tip, anyways? Corrosion?

Mike Wazowski

iTrader: (113)

never dull

3hree5ive0ero

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What you see on the bumper is melted paint and bumper material - my tip touched the bottom of the bumper and **** got melted on it.

So what should I use to clean my titanium tips? What should be used to "scrape" off the melted bumper/paint from the tips?

nofeardude87

iTrader: (11)

this is just a theory i have. maybe u could try heat up the exhaust (assuming it's still on your car) then this would cause the stuff on the tips to get gooey, then you could spray on some goo gone and buff like crazy. just a thought...

Anomaly

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Try wd40 and a tooth brush or a plastic spatula. Follow up with a metal polish.

I can't see that plastic permanently melted on. So if you're going the gentle route, it might take a little time and careful scrubing.

3hree5ive0ero

iTrader: (95)

Heating up titanium would cause it to change colors or leave burn marks. I don't want one tip looking different from the other. Also, I may try that if I had a non-fire heater, but I don't have anything like that.

I guess I'll go try that right now, since I have both available.

This is really pissing me off as I just got this exhaust about 3 weeks ago. It's a special edition Fuji you can't get anymore and it was brand new when I got it!



EDIT:
I've thought about heating up my exhaust tip (when it first happened) and trying to clean it off that way, but I was too afraid that I might discolor it.
However, I thought, "if I discolor one tip, then I'll just discolor the other to match it."
So, I grabbed a small handheld torch and heated it up from the inside of the tip. After it was heated up mildly enough to soften up the compound, I grabbed a cotton towel, sprayed some wd-40 on it and rubbed the **** off. And guess what!?!? IT WORKED!!!

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm still gonna use that metal polish to make it pretty. Now, to fix the bumper.......

VO...

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+1. Never Dull hands down. Although I'm sponsored by Meguiar's and would love to tell you their metal polish is the best, for this application Never Dull does the job. The problem with regular paste metal polish is it leaves a film on titanium parts. I know because I have a few raw titanium parts on the car. Never Dull is the only thing that gets all the exhaust grime, spots, and finger prints out.

DJ SMITTY

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McGuires Swirl Remover! Gets rid of any soot on the bumper and cleans the exhaust to like new.

Anomaly

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Cool. Glad everything worked out!

turismo

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Duh, thanx. Cant believe I couldnt remember the name. Let us know how it turns out!