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Last edited by Silvert; 12-26-2007 at 10:57 AM.
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On my Borla quad stingers that are stainless I use Mother's metal polish and a mini-powerball. I attach it to my 18V cordless drill and it works wonders. I use some blue painters tape and newspaper and tape off the read fascia to protect it from any sling.
For clean up, I fill a small bucket with hot water and Dawn dish soap. I run the mini powerball in it and squeeze it out a few times and it removes all the carbon.
I used a rag soaked in minieral spirits to get the initial carbon off, so that I didn't gunk up my mini-powerball. Then when it was fairly clean from the mineral spirits (paint thinner), I used mothers metal polish. Good setup. Too bad the Z06 titanium tips don't shine quite as much as some others, but they sure improved.
Mothers Powerball Mini and a good polish like Simichrome. Works wonders and no need to chase down felt pads and mushroom polishing heads for your drill.
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Thanks guys....I used the mineral spirit idea for the initial clean and it worked great. Purchased the mothers metal polish, but I need to find a mini-powerball. Napa was out when I visited yesterday. So far, applying by hand has improved it, but I am guessing the mini-powerball will work much better.
Thanks guys....I used the mineral spirit idea for the initial clean and it worked great. Purchased the mothers metal polish, but I need to find a mini-powerball. Napa was out when I visited yesterday. So far, applying by hand has improved it, but I am guessing the mini-powerball will work much better.
I purchased my mini-powerball at Wal-mart for around 18 dollars if memory serves me correctly.
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Thanks guys....I used the mineral spirit idea for the initial clean and it worked great. Purchased the mothers metal polish, but I need to find a mini-powerball. Napa was out when I visited yesterday. So far, applying by hand has improved it, but I am guessing the mini-powerball will work much better.
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You have to really keep on top of the carbon residue.
I wipe them down after every trip and coat them with some Zaino Z-5 maybe once a month.
Works like a charm!
You have to really keep on top of the carbon residue.
I wipe them down after every trip and coat them with some Zaino Z-5 maybe once a month.
Works like a charm!
I never thought of putting any sort of coating on the inside but it makes sense. Do you think a layer of turtle wax would work (its what I have at the moment) as long as it was cleaned out once a week?
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