Melted Plastic on Chrome

RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By (Guest Post) (10/18/2008) Easy off really works. I tried it. I removed 100% of melted backpack material on my exhaust pipe. Thanks to this website. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Sean (Guest Post) (09/22/2008) I just got back from Bike Week in Key West and while there I had a plastic shopping bag melt to my pipes. I was told to use Paint lacqer thinner. I`ll try the Easy Off tonight and let you guys know if it worked for me. Otherwise, I`ll try the paint thinner. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Dan (Guest Post) (08/26/2008) I tried oven cleaner on my chrome exhaust to remove plastic deposits left from my bike cover that had melted onto the hot exaust. It was so abrasive that it left swirl marks when I went to wipe it off. How do I polish the chrome again? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By (Guest Post) (07/25/2008) Ok, I love sites like this. I had use a microfiber towel a little too soon and melted some of it on my pipes. I followed the advice of using oven off because my wife is not here and I don't know where her nail polish remover is but did find the oven off. I did not spray it directly onto the pipes. I sprayed it first onto a damp rag to prevent over spray from getting on the other parts of my bike. I used the rag to wipe the oven off onto the pipes and waited a couple of minutes. I had to use a little rubbing but the pipes came clean after a couple of minutes of rubbing. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Evolution2001 (Guest Post) (06/12/2008) I found out that a microfiber towel is not actually cloth, but a plastic of sorts. I went to wipe down my hot exhaust and melted the cloth to the exhaust. Acetone did absolutely nothing on it's own. I used very fine steel wool ('000') used for polishing surfaces. After some aggressive rubbing, it came off the chrome and didn't leave any scratches or swirlmarks. I did this while the pipes were cold. FYI, a hairdryer doesn't get hot enough to melt heavy plastics or rubbers that are on exhaust pipes. (Exhaust gasses are MUCH hotter than a hairdryer can get.) Either run the bike and let the pipes heat up normally or use a heat gun. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Fast Eddie (Guest Post) (02/25/2008) Well I got some great advice of this site. Ez Off oven cleaner did the trick... who would have thought. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Gus (Guest Post) (01/29/2008) The Acetone nail polish didn't do anything. I used Easy OFF. I turned on the motorcycle and after about 5-10 minutes it was really rubbing off. My motorcycle PVC cover melted on it. It was so thick i couldn't even scratch it off with a key just to even test. I had to keep re-heating up the bike and use Easy Off constantly scrubbing for about 45 minutes. I got about 98% of it off. Easy off is super useful. Thanks for your advice guys! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Stu (Guest Post) (08/25/2007) Use a product put out by Homax called OOPS it's available in hardware stores. Just used it and it took five minutes to get my rain gear cleaned off the pipes. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Michelle (Guest Post) (07/23/2007) My dad did the same thing to my bike. He melted his nylon jogging pants to my pipe. I had this big brown burnt spot on my pipe. While the bike was really hot we used a towel and tried to wipe the burnt stuff off. A lot came off but what was left turned into a dull smeared mark across my whole pipe. I bought something called Road Rub. You can get it online too. It looks like a travel size deoderant. You just rub it on the marks and it takes it right off. It took some elbow grease and 2 sticks to get it off my bike but it was worth it. Hope this helps! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Serhan Yengulalp (Guest Post) (01/07/2007) Easy-Off (blue canister) took it off after leaving on the spot for 2 hours. Thanks... Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Plissken (Guest Post) (09/25/2006) I had the same type of problem with an entire plastic bag melted onto one of my Mustang's exhaust pipes. The easy cure: Easy-off oven cleaner! Let the pipe heat up by idling the engine. Shut the engine off and spray the EZ-off on the stain. Wait a minute or so. It should wipe right off with a damp cloth. Warning!: This stuff is very caustic. Make sure you cover any painted surfaces or coated metal. Also, do not try this in windy weather and protect your eyes. It worked for me. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By lucy (Guest Post) (09/24/2006) this is still alot of work...not all of the plastic wants to come off...should the exhaust be cold like this or warm it up? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post by the Oracle (418) | (09/11/2006) Profile | Contact The nail polish remover has to be the kind with acetone. Nail polish remover without acetone probably won't work, as it didn't for Steve. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post by the Oracle (418) | (09/11/2006) Profile | Contact The nail polish remover has to be the kind with acetone. Nail polish without acetone probably won't work, as it didn't for Steve. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By claudia (Guest Post) (04/27/2006) I had a melted plastic bag on the bottom of an aluminum kitchen pot and I tried the nail polish remover idea and it worked like a dream! thanks so much Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Steve (Guest Post) (02/15/2006) I used Easy Off as told from the above post. It work great! The nail polish remover didnt work with my situation. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By DnK (Guest Post) (10/31/2005) Trying to melt it off is dangerous since many plastics emit cancerous emmissions. Smoke is not good! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By chiprdjob (Guest Post) (10/19/2005) http://www.docsharleypages.com/easyoff.htm Try what this guy says it worked for me. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post by the Oracle (418) | (10/01/2005) Profile | Contact Forget the hair dryer, that's for wax. For plastic on metal, use nail polish remover, and I suspect the kind with acetone in it. Don't know whether it was stainless steel or chrome or plated. Apparently, it glides right off. Plastic on a coffee pot, use petroleum jelly. don't know why, maybe it's glass. Found this by googling plastic melted metal. I originally heard this on PBS by Haley with the book about how to clean things. Here's a motorcycle link for you: http://www.finishing.com/140/06.shtml Report back how you did. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post by the Oracle (418) | (10/01/2005) Profile | Contact I read about that somewhere. First, I would try a hairdryer to melt it off. I will get back to you. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Melted Plastic on Chrome Post By Ed (Guest Post) (10/01/2005) Have you tried getting it hot and wiping it off with a rag??? Good luck. Report Spam or Abuse