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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 11:22 PM
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I was fiddle farting around the garage today then I started wondering what to do about my dull almost bronze pipes on my banshee. I took the pipes off my quad and was seriously thinking about getting them jet hotted. The pipes used to be chrome but over time they just built up rust and looked almost bronze from discoloration.
I tried cleaning them up with mothers polish and all sorts of other things but nothing worked. then I saw it...LIME AWAY!!! works on lime, calcium and rust. I said what the hell.
It was unbelievable what ever it touched it cleaned, I couldbnt believe it, it even took off some of the blueing at the end of the pipes.
My pipes look good as new. I was wishing that I had a digital camera so I could show you the before and after pics. after I used the LIME AWAY I used never dull polish and they really shine.
I dont know if anyone has used this before but I just thought discovered a new thing and wanted to share it with everyone.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2004 | 06:52 PM
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my buddy did the same to clean the pipes on his street bike,he laid it down 1 day and scratched everything up and it sat for awhile and stuff started to rust so when he went to restore it he used to lime away andhad it shining and running again
 
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Old Feb 4, 2004 | 06:55 PM
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kool ill tell my buddy about that his pipes are all kinds of colors....
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 11:02 PM
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After I wrote this I called all my friends and told them about it. So far 3 of them have got back to me after trying it and were amazed. they told me to keep fiddle farting around in the garage, because there mey be a cure for the common cold in there too...
 
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 11:38 PM
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haha thats cool does it make the pipes crome at all?
 
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Old Feb 6, 2004 | 12:16 AM
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only if your pipes were chrome in the first place. It mainly just cleans them.
you know that yellow bronze tint your pipes get after awhile? the lime away takes that off along with rust if you have any.it wont take away the blueing that accures at the head of the motor (about 4 inches) but after the 4 inches or so iff there is still light blueing it will take that off. I also used it on the stinger pipes of my banshee and it took all the rust off of them. I on those I used my wifes kitchen sponge, you know the yellow sponge with the green scotch brite on one side. that worked great.
Im telling ya, someone with a digital camera needs to do this so they can take before and after pics.
to show how well it works.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2004 | 12:36 AM
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Use koolaid lemonade it's cheap and safe around kids works great on rust in the dishwasher and sink to . (Citric Acid )
P.S. Dont use lime away on your polished aluminum . It will dull it big time
 
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Old Feb 6, 2004 | 12:54 AM
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Thanks, I didnt know it did that to aluminum.
In glad I only put it on my pipes and stingers.
Ill have to try the koolade.
 
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