Header and Pipe cleaner

[Ron Van Putte]

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> Those of you that don't want to handle some of the corrosive chemicals 
> one could use to clean 2 stroke headers and ally pipes, my friend Gary 
> showed me a nontoxic method that anyone can use. Why didn't I think of 
> that?
>  
> Dip the header or pipe in warm water with some dishwashing liquid and 
> then take a Brillo or SOS (steel wool with soap) pad and scrub it. It 
> surprised me how quickly and easily it worked. In ten minutes I had 
> both the header and pipe cleaned, and the header especially was caked 
> pretty good with baked on oil.
>   
> I used the new Brillo with Oxy Action, but I think either will work 
> fine. $1 for 5 pads at the local WynnDixie.
>
> Then worked the typical polishing with Brasso metal cleaner, and after 
> about 20 minutes polish job, pipe and header look better than when 
> new.


For those of us who don't like to do a lot of scrubbing and polishing 
to remove that burned on gunk, there's a product that's for removing 
paint from airplanes.  Since airplane externals are largely aluminum, 
this will work on the aluminum parts we want to clean up.  I bought 
mine from the local Auto Zone under the name Airplane Remover.  You 
brush some on the gunk, wait a while and wipe off.  Stubborn spots may 
require a second coat and the use of an old toothbrush.

Ron Van Putte
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