Canadianshee Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 After doing a frame up rebuild, wanted to share the experience and product used for cleaning a set of FMF Fatty pipes. Pipes were in rough shape when I purchased this Banshee last fall. Previous owner had decided to spray paint the exposed portions of the frame and exhaust black. Ohhh boy lazy as nothing was removed of covered. This is what the pipes started out as ( pic 1) After a good wash and a light wire brushing with a brass wire brush I started with the aluminium foil rubbing. Ended up going through a 50 foot role of aluminium foil. A rough 30 hours were put in to this step. A lot longer then I first though would take. I will admit near the end I put more attention to the most visible part of the pipe. Next I used a drill and the following products to do the polishing process (pic 2) master craft emery smoothing compound was used first. This is a cutting compound so close visual polishing is highly recommended as it cuts through the rust and pits fast. Next compound I used was the Rouge polishing compound , it s ultra fine none scratching polish. Next polish medium used was the extra fine Diamond polish compound. This step seemed to go fast. Very little weight was applied to each section with the polishing pad and drill. Now each of the above compound come dry in a stick. I used a dish soap and water mixture to spray the pipes down then rub the pipe with the polish compound before hitting it with the drill. The final step was using a wet polish to bring out the shine end results (Pic 3 and 4) With the condition the pipes were in, compared to now, I happy with the results. Now you won't be able to remove and polish out all the rough areas but you can make the rest of the pipe shine like new so you don't notice the bad areas. Saving money instead of buying new is nice, but the amount of time and effort is a lot. Sent from my LG-H831 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schweet97Z Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Nice job. They came out great. Some polishing products that I like to use is speedys first step and speedys metal polish. They work very well for me. I have heard good things about blue magic also Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayesully810 Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 NICE! work. Looks great dude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 You did a good job, I just buy new stuff when things arnt shinny anymore haha. When you factor in that you can re-selling old pipes for small return, then extra time spent, chemicals, cleaning up your work area after... possible health risks with some chemical... It might actully be cheaper bahaha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadianshee Posted April 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 You did a good job, I just buy new stuff when things arnt shinny anymore haha. When you factor in that you can re-selling old pipes for small return, then extra time spent, chemicals, cleaning up your work area after... possible health risks with some chemical... It might actully be cheaper bahaha Yes after putting all the time in on them and the huge mess, buying new is better, but went way over budget with the motor, after doing a tone of reading on here. Sent from my LG-H831 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrx46 Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Look great.. Salvage what you got 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickedcarbine Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 That is how it's done. Get your self a nice stand up buffer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kott0n Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Who makes those pipe clamps? The one the near the pipe/stinger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schweet97Z Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 Who makes those pipe clamps? The one the near the pipe/stinger.CascadeSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFACE Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 Looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlevasseur Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killroyTheKing Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Looks great!Verstuurd vanaf mijn BV7000 PRO met Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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