Removing discoloration from Stainless Steel Header?

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Mar 27, 2004 | 11:52 AM

Tomcat

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Removing discoloration from Stainless Steel Header?

Is it possible to remove/lighten the discoloration that develops on a stainless steel header?

Mar 27, 2004 | 12:14 PM

Savv

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Re: Removing discoloration from Stainless Steel Header? (Tomcat)

you mine like this $hit? Wish i knew

Mar 27, 2004 | 01:27 PM

.ShawnD.

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you could try mothers aluminum polish followed by "blueaway" wich i believe they sell at golf shops seems to be the norm of what people use

Mar 27, 2004 | 03:10 PM

Tomcat

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Re: (.:s h a w n D:.)

thanks for the tip, I'll try it.

Jan 26, 2007 | 04:39 PM

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Re: (.:s h a w n D:.)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .:s h a w n D:. »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you could try mothers aluminum polish followed by "blueaway" wich i believe they sell at golf shops seems to be the norm of what people use</TD></TR></TABLE>

can anyone vouch that this works? i'd love to clean mine. it looks like s**t.

Jan 26, 2007 | 04:43 PM

krazyhmongboi

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i wet sanded mine and the goldness came right off and was 'steel' color again

Jan 26, 2007 | 05:14 PM

kaj

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by krazyhmongboi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i wet sanded mine and the goldness came right off and was 'steel' color again</TD></TR></TABLE>

what grit sandpaper? steel wool? 0000?

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Jan 26, 2007 | 05:27 PM

B2FiNiTY

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It will come off but once you start it again, it will come back. Make sure to scuff if up and polish it real good

Jan 26, 2007 | 05:32 PM

.:cesar:. ELUSIVESIR

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Try Rain X and you will be surprised.

Jan 26, 2007 | 05:37 PM

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Re: (kaj)

i just used 400 grit..i haven't put the header back on yet cause im runn'n turbo now so im not shure if the color come back

Jan 26, 2007 | 05:48 PM

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heres some images of what Brewer did with his SS header
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1508568

Jan 26, 2007 | 08:24 PM

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Re: Removing discoloration from Stainless Steel Header? (JJSpecTuning)

i just sanded my down working my way up to finer and finer grits

Jan 26, 2007 | 10:16 PM

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Re: (Deluzional)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Deluzional »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">heres some images of what Brewer did with his SS header
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1508568</TD></TR></TABLE>

Beat me to it

You can pretty much do any finish you want with an SS header, it's fun.
All of these pics are of the same header:

And it started out like this:

Jan 26, 2007 | 10:25 PM

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Re: (Brewer)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Brewer »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Beat me to it

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haha your thread was the first thing that popped into my head when i read this posting

Jan 26, 2007 | 11:30 PM

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https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1563439

/thread

Jan 27, 2007 | 12:39 AM

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Re: (Sean @ ESG)

^ Very good write-up

Just noticed this thread is circa 2004

Jan 27, 2007 | 04:20 AM

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Re: (Sean @ ESG)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sean @ ESG »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1563439

/thread</TD></TR></TABLE>

I use FLITZ on all of our marine headers, never tried the Mothers polish.