Best way to polish an exhaust back to "old glory"

[evan9eleven]

Originally Posted by Chuck W.

Mikez is right, it is stainless steel. I have about 3,000 miles on the muffler when that photo was taken. Very easy to maintain once you get it to shine.

Here is why I didn't think it was stainless... 9 years of German winters were not kind to this muffler. Though it would be a great before-and-after comparo if I polished this one up...

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by evan9eleven

... 9 years of German winters were not kind to this muffler.

Ahhhhhhhh..... I met my match.

My muffler (& Boxster) have never been driven in the rain much less a harsh winter.

[evan9eleven]

Yeah, I think polishing this one would be quite an acheivement!

I actually don't know what kind of life my box had in Germany before I "saved" it and took it sunny Spain. But that muffler tells the story.

[Kyle2112]

Hello Group, thanks for the motivation. This took about 7 hours. I started with heavy buffing compound and toothbrushes. I got out the orbital buffer and also used a wheel polishing head attached to a drill. To finish it all off I used stainless steel rouge (Green). I use the green gouge to polish stainless steel watch cases and bands and it works great! Again thanks for project idea.

[evan9eleven]

Originally Posted by Kyle2112

Hello Group, thanks for the motivation. This took about 7 hours. I started with heavy buffing compound and toothbrushes. I got out the orbital buffer and also used a wheel polishing head attached to a drill. To finish it all off I used stainless steel rouge (Green). I use the green gouge to polish stainless steel watch cases and bands and it works great! Again thanks for project idea.

Now thats the spirit! Nice work! :dance: