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Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance?
« on: 08 October 2011, 07:20:05 pm »
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I can't find it. I have stainless downpipes on my FZS600 mark 1, and I let them get in a bit of a state. I've had them off and been getting the rust off with a whirly wire brush drill attachment. It's leaving them very tarnished still though and I'm wondering what to do. Stainless means stainless all the way through, not just a coating like chroming, right?

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My options are:

Nowt, leave it skanky
sandpaper, but this takes material off
Paint - but I seem to remember that stainless doesn't take paint well?

Cheers if anyone can help.

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Re: Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance?
« Reply #1 on: 08 October 2011, 07:55:15 pm »
Don't seem very stainless to me! I'd be tempted to use high temperature matt black paint and be done with it

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Re: Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance?
« Reply #2 on: 08 October 2011, 08:12:55 pm »
I agree, I have a stainless scorpion pipe and other than a bit of heat discolouration there should be no rust. That's why we are ripped off paying extra £'s for stainless. :D

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Re: Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance?
« Reply #3 on: 08 October 2011, 10:56:10 pm »
Yes I'm not sure the manufacturer quite understands the phrase 'stainless' tbf.

Thanks for the responses, that's 2 for paint and nowt for anything else, so painted it shall be:)

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Re: Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance?
« Reply #4 on: 25 October 2011, 06:39:21 pm »
So I painted them, and it isn't sticking very well. They look a lot better than they did though, so still worth it I reckon.

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Re: Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance?
« Reply #5 on: 25 October 2011, 07:06:15 pm »
there is more than one type of stainless steel,some is magnetic and will to some extent rust and some others will rust,just not to the extent of normal steel