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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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 !