metling plastic on exhaust - how to get rid?

[madman]

I have some plastic (plastic bag) melted all over my exhaust. anyone have any idea how to get rid of the mess?

 

Dun tell me change exhaust hor!

[Phang]

My experience:-

 

Don’t bother to do anything. Scrapping and rubbing will only make thing worse by leaving scratch marks on the surface finishing. Continue to ride the bike, the hot/cold cycles will burn off the plastic and it will drop eventually without your notice:thumb:

[Murinus]

start the bike and wait for the engine to heat up... then scrape off the chunks with the flat edge of a plastic ruler... the ruler shouldn't scratch the exhaust since its plastic

 

there will be black stains on the exhaust so u will need to use brasso or something similar to polish it

 

there are some other websites which recommend using oven cleaner to remove the plastic but i never try before so cannot comment on that

[Silent Hunter]

I had a similiar experience too, canvas melted.

 

When hot, the plastic will be soft, like blue-tack.

Scape off as much as you can.

There will still be the dark stains, which have to be polished off bit by bit.

Also best to do so when hot.

Just be careful not to burn yourself.

[Silent Hunter]

start the bike and wait for the engine to heat up... then scrape off the chunks with the flat edge of a plastic ruler... the ruler shouldn't scratch the exhaust since its plastic

 

there will be black stains on the exhaust so u will need to use brasso or something similar to polish it

 

Use wooden ice cream stick will be better.

Will not melt, cheap and disposable.

[PuteraBrothers]

warm up the exhaust....

then apply thick Soft 99 Metal Clean

10 mins later polish with the Metal Clean again like polish NS boots

At least 80% clean

[06apr06]

I face this problem time after time ,as my pillion always leaves plastic/rubber marking on my exhaust while mounting or while resting footwear onto it.

 

What i've done is use autosol to remove it.

 

Method:

 

- Apply a dunlop of autosol onto the affected area (make it greasy)

 

- With the cap of the autosol cover it with a cloth and apply slight force on the affected area.

 

- Apply sumore force if the stain remains.Best is to start from the edge of the plastic stain to the core of it.

 

- Lastly polish the result.Hope that helps

[Murinus]

Use wooden ice cream stick will be better.

Will not melt, cheap and disposable.

 

ruler can find in the house easily mah... ice cream stick still have to go buy ice cream first

[WildCard]

ruler can find in the house easily mah... ice cream stick still have to go buy ice cream first

 

or persuade your fren to belanja you ice-cream and keep the stick.

[jB]

heard before about using nail polish remover, I wonder anybody got comments on this?

[josh87]

heard before about using nail polish remover, I wonder anybody got comments on this?

 

nail polish remover does not dissolve that well... use zippo fluid better..

[madman]

many methods here ay... will try them when I'm back in SG.

[aeX]

last time while i was riding.... this plastic bag dunno from where flew to my exhaust... wha liao.. had a hard time cleaning. sibei sway..

[madman]

last time while i was riding.... this plastic bag dunno from where flew to my exhaust... wha liao.. had a hard time cleaning. sibei sway..

 

so how did you clean it? I just came back few hours back, and still thinking hard on this...

[jB]

nail polish remover does not dissolve that well... use zippo fluid better..

so it does work? haha nail polish remover is better in the sense its like 1/3 of zippo fluid's price

[aeX]

i ride around for a while until the exhaust get sibei hot... then use a cardboard to remove it... but it will leave a stain on ur exhaust. BTW it stinks.

[guwakzai]

buy and bunsen burner and burn it off...lol

[ractive89]

heard before tis method but dunnno can anot...warm up the engine den warp ur exhaust pipe wif paper or cloth den go for a ride till the pipe is hot den the plastic will melt and stick on the colth or paper...can give a try..

[ahcongie]

warm up the exhaust....

then apply thick Soft 99 Metal Clean

10 mins later polish with the Metal Clean again like polish NS boots

At least 80% clean

 

where to get the soft 99 metal clean?

[spenx75]

I beg to differ as this is my personal experience:

 

Canvas was melted onto the hot exhaust header(only 2wks old!). I tried to rub it off but only made it worse. As I was in a hurry, I left the bike to cool off.

 

Came back later to find the canvas/plastic cooled and hardened. To my surprise, I managed to scrap off most of it with my fingernail.

 

So do it cold so it wun get smeared all over..

[ah786786]

Hi bro,you can try to do this.

 

Get the bike to run cool down completely.

 

Use somthing wooden or a wooden ruler to scrape of the burnt hardened plastics.

 

than get the exhuast hot,spray some 4wd,let it sit for a while use a clothe to wipe it,do that 1-2 times.

 

after when most of the plastic is clearly gone.

 

just spray a coat of 4wd,and clean it.

 

when cooled down,use autosol to polish.

 

hope it helps.

[fireshamie]

my exhaust also got.. was der since d day i first saw it..mebe i try remove it using ways posted here..or mebe just leave it liddat la..