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| drdarren | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 52 | | Location | : | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 13 Mar 2010 - 11:46 Post title : yellowing of bc pipes | | | I have had my bc pipes for about 2 months now and after about 2 weeks they started to yellow at the bend in them. i contacted
british customs and they told my to spray a chrome polish on them. i just bought the polish and tried it once so far but havent seen much of a change. has anyone else used this or have any other ideas?
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| ataDude | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 527 | | Location | : | Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 13 Mar 2010 - 16:15 Post title : Re: yellowing of bc pipes (Re: drdarren) | | | That means they're stainless! Good.
Stainless turns golden, other stuff blues.
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| FTL40 | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,122 | | Location | : | massachusetts, United States |
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| | Posted : 13 Mar 2010 - 18:14 Post title : Re: yellowing of bc pipes (Re: drdarren) | | | cant really avoid that happening with stainless. only way is a double wall which would prob cost a lot more
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 13 Mar 2010 - 21:17 Post title : Re: yellowing of bc pipes (Re: drdarren) | | | Use more elbow grease. It comes off.
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 14 Mar 2010 - 15:14 Post title : Re: yellowing of bc pipes (Re: Thatch) | | |
Thatch wrote:
Use more elbow grease. It comes off. |
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| Thatch | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 14 Mar 2010 - 21:41 Post title : Re: yellowing of bc pipes (Re: Birdy68) | | |
Birdy68 wrote:
... and stop thrashing her! |
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Little to no chance of that Birdy. (you'll see once it actually warms up out there in the mountains)
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| Thatch | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Mar 2010 - 13:18 Post title : Re: yellowing of bc pipes (Re: Thatch) | | | Quick update. I was getting some pretty serious yellowing on my pipes. I picked up a bottle of colonel brassy the other day and did a real quick (3 mins or so) clean of the pipes before heading out today and they look great.
If you can find it, give it a try. I've not tried it on anything else. Might work on those spotty wheels some bird keepers have as well. No idea but it was definitely worth the money.
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| drdarren | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 19/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 52 | | Location | : | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Mar 2010 - 14:15 Post title : Re: yellowing of bc pipes (Re: Thatch) | | | British Customs recommnded Eagle one Chrome cleaner. I used it a couple times and it appears to have decreased the yellowing but it is not gone. Maybe i will try what you are using.
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| snakecharmer | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/11/2009 | | Posts | : | 125 | | Location | : | biloela, qld, Australia |
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| | Posted : 21 Mar 2010 - 00:23 Post title : Re: yellowing of bc pipes (Re: drdarren) | | | Hi ya'all
was chatin with denise at foran exhaust the other day,
while i wait totally un patiently for my razor backs to arrive .
and he said there is no way to stoping stainless from yellowing eventually
he did recomend once a year to take the pipes of and give them a good soft buff if you have one
i hope this helps
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| Thatch | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Mar 2010 - 01:15 Post title : Re: yellowing of bc pipes (Re: snakecharmer) | | | Well the Col. Brassy did a nice job of getting them back to the proper color. I will say you should be careful using it though. Undiluted it is some pretty aggressive stuff, that's fine for the s-bend part of the pip but you probably don't want to use it on the main body of the pipe without diluting it (it can be cut 5 to 1 with water).
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