What is the best product for polishing exhaust tips?

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Part of my problem is I'm not entirely sure what my exhaust tips are even made of. I attached a picture below in case someone can definitively tell. If I had to hazard a guess maybe brushed stainless steel? These are on a 2013 Lincoln MKS Ecoboost. I don't think they are chrome and they feel very substantial if that helps at all. The pic itself makes it look a little worse than it actually is, but I'm really hoping to get the charcoal marks out and make it shine.

 
I was looking for a metal polish a few months ago for my exhaust tips. I have an aftermarket Borla cat back and I went with Meguiar's DUB metal polish. It was new on the market and I decided to try it out. Worked out great for me. You may want to give it a shot. Mothers also makes a very good metal polish.
 
I use Collinite 850 and 0000 steel wool. I have no need to move away from these.
 
My vote is for P21s Multi-Surface Finish Restorer. I wrote up a review using it on my own exhaust tips earlier this year:


You may also want to consider picking up some P21S polishing soap to knock down the majority of the exhaust residue prior to using MSFR.

The P21S twins follow-up with BLACKFIRE’s Wet Diamond Metal Acrylic Sealant. Applying BF WDMAS will make future clean ups far easier.
 
ZeroSP said:
I use Optimum Metal Polish
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yep. i clean with full strength Power Clean and agitate with the least aggressive tool that works (brush or 0000, depending on how bad it is), rinse, dry, then buff with an old MF and Optimum metal polish. or, 0000 and metal polish as an intermediate step then follow up with the MF and polish.

the later Optimum metal polish (blue, not pink) is really runny and thin, so a little goes a long way on a medium that will absorb it, like MF.

one warning: if you are going to coat the tips, don't use Optimum metal polish! the sealant in it won't let the coating bond and apparently it's pretty robust so i am not sure about IPA or eraser to get it off prior to coating. then again, if the sealant is tough, most people wouldn't coat anyway.
 
Collinite 850 and white diamond metal polish and sealant are my favorite metal polishes. They work great and leave behind protection that lasts.
 
i like p21s polishing soap as well, works great. I also have 0000 wool in case its really on there good
 
After doing a lot of reading here and taking suggestions, I decide on 3m chrome and metal polish. I'm very happy, it works great! My Ford racing exhausts look amazing. Check out 3m!
 
Many excellent metal polishes have been suggested...
But IMHO:
It's best to keep steel-wool as far away
from your vehicle as possible.

Note:
Plenty of steel-wool information available here
on the AGO forum...via the Search function.

Bob
 
FUNX725 said:
Many excellent metal polishes have been suggested...

But IMHO:

It's best to keep steel-wool as far away

from your vehicle as possible.



Note:

Plenty of steel-wool information available here

on the AGO forum...via the Search function.



Bob
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I agree. Leave it in the kitchen lol.
 
Thanks so much for all the responses! There are clearly a lot of great products out there, but I liked what people were saying about the P21S products. I think I might start with the P21S Polishing Soap since that seems to be an awfully safe product to try and see if that gets down enough to provide the shine I'm looking for. Thanks again.
 
I just got the P21s in and gave the same exhaust tip a medium scrub. Wow, what a difference! Before and after pics are below. Thanks again for suggesting it.




 
There is only one that I have found that works without damaging the chrome.
It's called "Blue-Job". It requires quite a bit of rubbing and buffing ,but I have gotten good results.
It's also important that you get your fuel/air ratio right too.When your bike is too lean it causes a lot more bluing than a good mixture.
Atif Naser
 
I just tried using bilt hamber auto balm on chrome tips...WOW. did it do a great job. the tips weren't that bad, but they came out great!
 
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