Oven Cleaner for Pipes - Big no no - Page 2 - Suzuki Volusia Forums : Intruder Volusia and Boulevard Forum

**Rob 61** · 11-07-2012, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by DCinCT

may want to remind her better to share you with the vol family than with another woman...all how you look at it.

Altho there are the VR women

cactusjack · 11-07-2012, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Againstallodds

peprice - its smarter to live with dull pipes than re chroming them. its too expensive and not economically sound.

the_snake1201 - Steel wool should make the finish more dull right? i want shiny.

dfinitlydisturbd - I think the shiny oven racks must be getting dull with oven cleaner but people just attritube it to cooking and stains etc etc. The pipes are stock. Will check out the polishing thread. I used it on cold pipes. and its not so bad. No copper showing though i have no idea whether they are hard chromed. I know the chrome is very light in a lot of places on the bike. Used tin foil and coke to get rid of corrosion that came everywhere after 3 years. (I live near a beach) Lot of rust spots have penetrated deeper and i wont be able to do the tin foil thing again without revealing the metal below the chrome.

Cactus Jack - the pipes were cold. Hate to think what would have happened if i would have let tht stuff stay over nite

. I used something unbranded so there is a higher chance that it would contain some strong stuff to screw up the chrome.

Gobbledot - I love WD40 but dont really think that it works so great. Its all in the mind.
If i know i wanna clean my bike, i use soap. If i know i want to lubricate it, i use grease but if i dont know what i want to do with it.............. I WD40 it :p

nfallon55 - next time acetone it is. But hopefully no one is going to rest their feet on the pipes. I have a list of rules and regulations that anyone who wants to sit on my bike has to follow and staying away from the stuff that becomes really hot is on number one position.

Thankyou everyone for your responses. I spend more time here on VR than with my wife who I just married. She hates me for it and wont let me spend time on my pc/laptop reading VR. I use her ipad and hide in the washroom to read VR or when shes sleeping in the afternoons :p. At the end of the day I know Im boss but I like to give her the satisfaction that I listen to her every now and then

Just so you don't think I'm nuts, here are the instructions from Cobra USA:

"Let the pipes get cold to the touch. Then, spray the scorched area with a good coating of Easy Off Cold Oven Cleaner and forget about it. Trust us. In the morning, that nasty mess should rinse off with cold water quicker than greased lightning."

It does specify Easy Off, so if you used something else, all bets are off.

dfinitlydisturbd · 11-07-2012, 01:44 PM

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Againstallodds- dfinitlydisturbd, I think the shiny oven racks must be getting dull with oven cleaner but people just attritube it to cooking and stains etc etc. The pipes are stock. Will check out the polishing thread. I used it on cold pipes. and its not so bad. No copper showing though i have no idea whether they are hard chromed. I know the chrome is very light in a lot of places on the bike. Used tin foil and coke to get rid of corrosion that came everywhere after 3 years. (I live near a beach) Lot of rust spots have penetrated deeper and i wont be able to do the tin foil thing again without revealing the metal below the chrome.

I wasn't going to say anything, honest I wasn't, but I'll tell you what. The material flaking of my oven racks is most definitely chrome (and very cheap plating at that)...and this is not the first stove I've had where the racks proved to be chrome covered steel. I've owned ranges ranging from a 1948 cast iron unit to 70's and 80's units to the unit I currently own which was new in '04...(wish I still had the '48 enameled cast iron, really nice curves and 6 massive cast iron burners that make the new stuff look like a Coleman camp stove).

**Mr. Efficiency** · 11-07-2012, 02:39 PM

My COleman has a pretty nice grid

Anyway guys, please test any cleaner on the underside of a pipe before you use it.

Plain old rubbing alcohol soaked onto anything stuck to a pipe will normally remove it in one piece. I have melted frogg togg onto pipe before, and a little rubbing alcohol took it right off after I let it soak in.

My bike has a catalytic converter and I have had a shopping bag melt to it. ALcohol took it right off!

Atrus · 11-08-2012, 12:25 AM

One day whilst out getting lunch from subway, when I was putting the subway bag in my Saddle Bags the plastic bag brushed up against the hot pipes and wrapped around it solid.

Being that I work at a plastic molding company, I used a mold cleaner called Stoner. Took it right off and didn't bother the chrome one bit.
Asking the fella's in the Tooling department, they also recommended Acetone.

so thats another +1 for Acetone,
and a +1 for Stoner Citrus CLEANER for Molds..

I have also used Isopropanol without any degrading of the chrome.

ROCOCO · 11-09-2012, 07:49 PM

Vitroceramic cleaner works wonder on my chrome. Sounds like a BH&G advice but really works.

RemingtonNY · 11-10-2012, 10:11 PM

'' I spend more time here on VR than with my wife who I just married. '' WOW

11-07-2012, 02:39 PM	#14 (permalink)
Mr. Efficiency Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Rock and Roll Capital Posts: 22,143 Thanks: 69 Thanked 651 Times in 498 Posts	My COleman has a pretty nice grid Anyway guys, please test any cleaner on the underside of a pipe before you use it. Plain old rubbing alcohol soaked onto anything stuck to a pipe will normally remove it in one piece. I have melted frogg togg onto pipe before, and a little rubbing alcohol took it right off after I let it soak in. My bike has a catalytic converter and I have had a shopping bag melt to it. ALcohol took it right off! __________________ "faster, faster.... Until the thrill of speed overwhelms the fear of death. Man of Mystery... Get it, real funny... Mr. E., Genius No No No... Mr. E, Super Genius

11-08-2012, 12:25 AM	#15 (permalink)
Atrus VR Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA Posts: 90 Thanks: 75 Thanked 14 Times in 12 Posts	One day whilst out getting lunch from subway, when I was putting the subway bag in my Saddle Bags the plastic bag brushed up against the hot pipes and wrapped around it solid. Being that I work at a plastic molding company, I used a mold cleaner called Stoner. Took it right off and didn't bother the chrome one bit. Asking the fella's in the Tooling department, they also recommended Acetone. so thats another +1 for Acetone, and a +1 for Stoner Citrus CLEANER for Molds.. I have also used Isopropanol without any degrading of the chrome. __________________ 1981 Kawasaki KZ440 - Black/Rust 1992 Yamaha Seca II - Green/Lots of plastic 2007 Suzuki C50 Boulevard - Black/Chromey 1996 Kawasaki ZX9R - Green/White

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RemingtonNY Senior VR Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jamestown NY Posts: 1,996 Thanks: 58 Thanked 101 Times in 74 Posts	'' I spend more time here on VR than with my wife who I just married. '' WOW __________________ 2007- 800 C50 Suzee sleeps

11-09-2012, 07:49 PM	#16 (permalink)
ROCOCO New Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Guatemala, Central America Posts: 3 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Vitroceramic cleaner works wonder on my chrome. Sounds like a BH&G advice but really works.

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