Cleaning and Polishing Camry exhaust tips?

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What is the best product and way to clean and polish exhaust tips on a Camry?
 
I like to use P21S Polishing Soap.

I cleans well but doesn’t seem too aggressive.

P21S Polishing Soap - State-of-the-art German metal-polishing technology is now available from P21S.

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Try metal polish first. If not satisfied with the results, then try extra fine (000) steel wool, and use metal polish to enhance the result. Always try at an inconspicuous area first (ie. bottom "inside" end of the tip).
 
nakranij said:
What is the best product and way to clean and polish exhaust tips on a Camry?
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Are they chrome or brushed aluminum?

I usually spray the tips with oven cleaner and let it sit for an hour. Works great if they are warm/hot. Magic eraser and some metal polish on the inside and metal polish and a long strip of cheap microfiber for the outside.

I just cleaned mine part way under today even with oven cleaner.
 
TTQ B4U said:
Are they chrome or brushed aluminum?

I usually spray the tips with oven cleaner and let it sit for an hour. Works great if they are warm/hot. Magic eraser and some metal polish on the inside and metal polish and a long strip of cheap microfiber for the outside.

I just cleaned mine part way under today even with oven cleaner.
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Brushed Aluminum. I will try the steel wool.... I have 0000.
 
Are they chrome? I’ve seen Camry’s with a white dual exhaust. And hoping it wasn’t some dude gluing PVC to the rear panel for a ricer look. (I live in SoCal. We see this stuff here).
Presuming they are chrome, one more vote here for P21 polishing soap. Coating them with a rim/metal/wheel coating helps too.
 
Farmallluvr said:
I was assuming they were stainless when using steel wool,,,do test spot first with brushed alminum to be sure it don't scratch
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Maybe they are stainless, I know they are not chrome. I just have some of that brown stain at the bottom of them I want to get rid of.
 
P21s polishing soap here as well. Really like the ease of use plus great results.

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So my P21S showed up today and at first I was confused. It is like a solid puck of cleaner, not a paste like a wax, then I watched a video on it where you soak the foam applicator full of water and then squeeze most of it out and then tap it in the tub of P21S. LOL.

Ok, Well, anyway it was easy, fast and got great results. I am a believer now.
 
So, this brings up another question, can I use P21S to clean the inside barrel of a wheel. I am talking about the factory rims that came with the camry, Not the face of the rim , just the inside barrel? I have already degreased, scrubbed and got all the loose brake dust and crap off of the barrels.

I am talking about the etched in black spots that standard brushing and cleaning won't get. I have been told to use an acid cleaner and then a second product to neutralize the acid and that will do it. But will the P21S do the same thing or will it scratch up the barrels?
 
nakranij said:
So my P21S showed up today and at first
I was confused. It is like a solid puck of
cleaner, not a paste like a wax, then I
watched a video on it where you soak the
foam applicator full of water and then
squeeze most of it out and then tap it
in the tub of P21S. LOL.

Ok, Well, anyway it was easy, fast and
got great results. I am a believer now.
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•I’m glad the P21S product
performed as promised. :xyxthumbs:


•Allow me to suggest that you now
apply some Simichrome to the tips.
-I like how it always added that
little extra Uummph to mine:

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Bob
 
FUNX650 said:
•I’m glad the P21S product
performed as promised. :xyxthumbs:


•Allow me to suggest that you now
apply some Simichrome to the tips.
-I like how it always added that
little extra Uummph to mine:

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Bob
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I will check out SimiChrome a little later, but I do want to ask you about something in the photo and I noticed the same thing when used P21S.

If any of it drops on the concrete while using it on the tip it actually stains the driveway like white chaulk. I see the white spots on your drive way also. What exactly is in P21S?
 
nakranij said:
I will check out SimiChrome a little later,
but I do want to ask you about something
in the photo and I noticed the same thing
when used P21S.

If any of it drops on the concrete while using
it on the tip it actually stains the driveway like
white chaulk. I see the white spots on your
drive way also.
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That’s not any type of white spots
on the driveway. What you are
actually looking at is the “finish”
that’s on the garage floor. :)


nakranij said:
What exactly is in P21S?
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:dunno:

Getting the SDS data sheets for
any of P21S’s product’s is like
pulling hen’s teeth.


Bob
 
Can I use P21s and 0000 Steel wool the mufflers also? The rear bumper on the camry does not come all the way down. I can part of the mufflers standing behind them.
 
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