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Shining up the pipes....

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Old Sep 14th, 2009, 03:31 AM     #11
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Try the turtle wax in the green bottle (liquid wax). It gives the chrome a nice finish without all the scratchiness of the chrome polish.
Plus 2 for Turtle wax.Comes off great and is gentle on all your chrome
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Old Sep 14th, 2009, 04:03 AM     #12
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Autoglym super resin polish on the entire bike once a month (glide) and when every i stop riding the bob and remember LOL
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Old Sep 15th, 2009, 10:56 AM     #13
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+1 on the Easy-Off for getting burnt stuff off, then Pledge for the shine. Works great.
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Old Oct 11th, 2009, 05:26 PM     #14
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Re: Shining up the pipes....

It will sound funny, but a friend of mine uses zippo lighter gasoline, and his pipes are always the better looking ones out of the whole group....

This is the napulitan way
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Old Oct 11th, 2009, 05:34 PM     #15
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You are gonna laugh at this but I once read that peanut butter is a good chrome polish. I have never tryed it but I think one of our members should and report back
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Old Oct 12th, 2009, 12:50 AM     #16
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You are gonna laugh at this but I once read that peanut butter is a good chrome polish. I have never tryed it but I think one of our members should and report back
Theres no peanut butter here.... Sorry cant try it
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Old Oct 12th, 2009, 01:33 AM     #17
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Ahh, but no denying Kemo's good taste regarding his selection...just don't know about how good it polishes chrome!
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Old Oct 12th, 2009, 07:13 AM     #18
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You are gonna laugh at this but I once read that peanut butter is a good chrome polish. I have never tryed it but I think one of our members should and report back
Is that chunky or smooth?
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Old Oct 12th, 2009, 07:14 AM     #19
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I prefer smooth, less scratching
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Old Oct 12th, 2009, 07:22 AM     #20
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That would be the smooth stuff.
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