Removing burnt shoe rubber from Exhaust

socaljeff3798 · Post by **socaljeff3798** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:22 am

Hey guys,
Does anyone know of a way to remove melted shoe rubber from the stock mufflers without damaging the factory finish?
Speaking of the finish? is it paint, black chrome or something else?

Thanks
Jeff

JWilliam · Post by **JWilliam** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:48 pm

Use plenty of elbow grease, a tin of steam and some blue smoke. Follow this up with a long weight.

socaljeff3798 · Post by **socaljeff3798** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:23 pm

Thank you but unfortunately I have no idea what you are talking about except fo the elbow grease part.
Can you please give a bit more information

Thanks,
Jeff

907pasonut · Post by **907pasonut** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:58 pm

JWilliam wrote:Use plenty of elbow grease, a tin of steam and some blue smoke. Follow this up with a long weight.

Jeff, I think JWilliams is taking the mickey out of you

I googled..."how to remove rubber scuff marks off exhaust pipes"
sure enough, there are a few different versions to go about this task,
...tin of steam...blue smoke, weren't mentioned

streetsurfer · Post by **streetsurfer** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:02 am

I've always had good results with Nev-R-Dull. It's a treated fiber wadding in a can. Never noticed any harm to the pipes coating from it.

persempre907 · Post by **persempre907** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 1:58 pm

JWilliam wrote:Use plenty of elbow grease, a tin of steam and some blue smoke. Follow this up with a long weight.

I don't know other ways, too.
Above all, elbow grease

Ciao

jayh · Post by **jayh** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:06 pm

A tin of steam and a long weight can be found at most plumbing stores,just send the apprentice down for them.Not sure about the blue smoke though ?

jay

PS looks like the poms do have a sense of humour after all.

Turin · Post by **Turin** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:44 am

I've had good results using "easy off" oven cleaner. It works best if the pipes are hot.

Desmo_Demon · Post by **Desmo_Demon** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:23 pm

jayh wrote:A tin of steam and a long weight can be found at most plumbing stores,just send the apprentice down for them.

Reminds me of a job I had where we had copper and aluminum punch-out pieces from a metal working process. The guy training me told me to go get a "copper magnet" so we could easily separate the copper and aluminum. I just gave him one of those "Fuck you" looks and told him that "magnets only work on ferrous metals". He looked rather stunned at my reply.

Mc tool · Post by **Mc tool** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:43 pm

Can you not run the engine untill the pipes are hot and then scrape off the plastic
Ha ! When I was an apprentice one of the mechanics told me to go the hardware shop ( E Hayes & Son ) and get a long weight, about 1/2 way there the penny dropped .... so I went to the cinema for the afternoon. When I got back to work there was all sorts of shit flying but I just pointed out that he wanted a long weight ..... you got one !

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