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Old 04-07-2006, 04:11 PM
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Default How is it that stainless steel can get stained? My Neuspeed exhaust tips are fuxored...
After a season of driving to the mountain and not washing my car for months on end my tips are all blotchy. Nothing is getting the "stains" out. Isn't the appeal of stainless is that it will not stain? They sure as hell don't look like this anymore...
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Default All stainless steel has some Iron, therefore iron oxide will form. It is just in smaller..
quantities so it won't cause full surface corrision or component failure.

You can pacivate the surface so that all the surface iron is consumed. But this is literially only a few atoms deep and any nick or scratch will expose fresh iron.

Titanium does have this issue. 8-)
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Default i believe wild turkey will ruin stnlss. steel...
or one of those liquors...
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And are you guzzling that now ?
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Default haha, mine looked like *** after 2 years
getting them back to original shape would involve power tools
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Default Get a powder called "Bar Keeper's Friend" from any home / kitchen store or supermarket. It will take
the blotches right out.
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Default P.S. You need to wash your car more often. Anything will get fuxored if you go for months without
washing.
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Default Thanks I'll look into it....and yeah, going months without cleaning is awful. I've never been
so lazy with my car as I was this year driving to the mountain every week.
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Default By pooping on them? That's why turkey season is open now.
Oohhhh, you meant the liquor. You, you're a tricky one! :P
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In some environements, SS is worse off than mild steel.
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