| Author | Message | ||
     Medic |
A plastic grocery bag flew across the road the other morning when I was riding and stuck to my blue X1W header and melted. Does anyone know how to get the melted plastic off the header? | ||
| Court |
Yikes...been there, done that as they say. Lots of sandpaper, steel wool and elbow grease. I left the big ugly spot for several years trying to convince myself that it would burn off. I've had the plastic bags on the front and have toasted a fair share of Aerostich inner right knees. Court | ||
| Medic |
Thanks for the quick reply, Court. | ||
| Bomber |
that Blue coating may also come off, if'n yer not careful though -- go slow | ||
| Blake |
A very little bit of effort and a scotch bright pad took care of a similar blemish on my Cyclone's rear header. Like Court, I had left it for some time before confronting the blemish. I was surprised at how easily it was removed. My spot was just a little half-dallar sized blemish though. You might first try some solvent like acetone or engine-cleaner or even oven-cleaner before abrading your nice blue pipes. Be careful to avoid getting any of that cleaner stuff on stuff you don't want stained. Might be a good idea to first test any cleaner/solvent on a non-descript area of your header to ensure that it won't stain/affect the blue coating. | ||
| Lake_bueller |
LOL...I had one get me last year. Getting it off my ceramic coating wasn't the hard part. It was also all over the cam cover. That was a b!tch to get polish back. | ||
| Medic |
It's good to know that I'm not the only one this has happened to. Thanks. | ||
| S3thunder |
Medic, I had real good luck getting melted plastic off my front header using 00 steel wool while the header was still hot from riding a few days after the initial melting. It worked like a charm but I don't have blued headers. Mine are stock 98 S3 headers and once cleaned look like always...sort of bronze color. Good luck | ||
| Philip |
and i thought i was the only one. had a heavy mil clear plastic bag do a tumbleweed into the header while i was trying to make a left turn in traffic. scraped it off with a knife and still need to remove and paint or coat. (Message edited by philip on November 21, 2004) |
