Wire Wool on exhaust

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Wire Wool on exhaust

Post by david7m » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:03 pm

Hi

Just read a thread where wire wool and Autosol was used on a S3 exhaust. Anyone else done this? Is it safe to do this?

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RE: Wire Wool on exhaust

Post by Blue_Thunder » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:27 pm

Yes, i've used Wire Wool and Autosol on my Milltek and it came up well when it was looking in a bad way.

Just make sure you use varying grades of wire wool, as the coarser stuff will leave scratches, but the finer stuff won't remove the worst of the gunk.

I only needed to do this once. I now use Silvo to maintain clean pipes.

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RE: Wire Wool on exhaust

Post by Stigter » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:13 pm

Silvo is what Miltek advise to use - can be found in supermarkets

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RE: Wire Wool on exhaust

Post by david7m » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:48 pm

Cheers.

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Post by AlexJ » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:06 pm

With the fine wirewool 0000 (the really fine stuff), one word of advice never cut it quickly with a razorblade....

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Post by david7m » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:44 am

AlexJ wrote:With the fine wirewool 0000 (the really fine stuff), one word of advice never cut it quickly with a razorblade....
Catch fire, sparks, blunt blade or electric shock?

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Post by AlexJ » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:24 pm

david7m wrote:
AlexJ wrote:With the fine wirewool 0000 (the really fine stuff), one word of advice never cut it quickly with a razorblade....
Catch fire, sparks, blunt blade or electric shock?

Dave
Sparks than rather rapidly catches fire....i'm speaking from experience, nearly set the garage alight after trying to slice some off a big roll!!!

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