- Hey, everyone.
Welcome to Chemical Guys Detail Garage.
Today, I have a quick tip
on how to care for your exhaust tips.
This Challenger has chrome exhaust tips
that are dirty from regular daily driving,
as well as an accumulation of carbon buildup.
So today I want to show you guys just a really quick way
to simply remove all the kind of stuff
without scratching it, while also adding some kind of
shine enhancement to make your exhaust tips look their best.
Now, to begin, we're going to use one of my favorite
quick detail sprays, Speed Wipe,
just to remove the loose dirt and debris,
the buildup of carbon, and everything
that we can't polish away.
And this is just going to gently encapsulate any
of the abrasive particles so we're not grinding it
into the surface as we clean it,
but you can see, just the cleaner alone is not going to
remove all of the dirt or all the staining,
but we do get a lot of that carbon
coming off from the towel.
And this is also a great time to mention
why we use gray for our metal services.
As you see, we use this to pick up a lot of the dirt
and all the kind of contamination from the surface,
but this is also showing you all that kind of stuff,
and it's going to help you coordinate your towels,
so we're not bringing this onto a surface
such as your paintwork or your glass or your interior work,
could stain it or possibly scratch it.
But this is just a great way to all around
hone your detailing skills.
Color coordinating your towels not only makes you look
more professional, but this is also going to save you
a lot of time in the long run, because this could
potentially harm the vehicle if it was used on a surface
that it wasn't supposed to be used on.
So now, before we get started polishing, you also see that
I've taped off the trim around the exhaust tip,
because this is a textured plastic, and any kind of polish,
or even some kind of cleaners, can stain this very easily.
So by putting the tape right here,
this is just a precautionary step to make sure
that we're not damaging this, and it's also going to prevent
any kind of burning or any kind of polish
from getting on top of the plastic itself.
And we're going to move on to the polishing step,
and today we've chosen to use
the Ball Buster drill attachment.
This is a foam polishing cone that fits inside
of the exhaust tip and also works well
for polishing your wheels,
and this is going to help us to get all the way around
the inside diameter of the exhaust tip to remove
all the carbon buildup or any kind of staining,
but it's also going to help revive the natural gloss
or the factory finish of the exhaust tip.
We're also going to be using our light metal polish.
Simply shake it up.
And the reason why we're using light metal polish
is because this uses chemical cleaner,
rather than using an abrasive.
So a lot of people are worried about adding new scratches
or potentially scratching the surface
that is very sensitive.
So you don't have to worry about that when you're using
a light metal polish, because it's just the cleaner working.
And this can be as on all kinds of exhaust tips
that have this glossier finish,
whether it's chrome or polished, titanium.
This is just gently removing anything that's on the surface
that is not supposed to be there.
Start by spreading it out.
And this is just a variable speed drill.
What we're going to try to do is first spread it out
just like you're polishing, and then we're going slowly
work up the speed or build up the speed so that we can start
diminishing the polish and then we'll wipe off the excess
to check our work.
So you see here, this Ball Buster has this sleeve here.
This is what you're going to hold on to to control it,
and you can also use your other hand to control the speed.
But what you're trying to do is just basically remove
as much of the contamination and much of that staining
and reveal that high shine.
We'll start by spreading it out,
and then we're going to bump it up to do all the polishing.
Then we'll take a second gray microfiber towel
and just wipe off the excess so we can check our work.
You can also do this all by hand using either a towel
or an applicator pad, but obviously, using the drill
is going to save you a lot of time and effort,
and nine times out of 10, it's going to give you
a better result than if you had done it by hand,
because, obviously, it's a machine,
which can use consistent power at consistent speed.
Same thing when you're polishing the vehicle,
it's going to give you a better result,
because it doesn't get tired and can give you the exact
same result over the entire surface.
But already you can see, a lot of the gloss has been
restored, and just gently removes all that kind of grime
and anything that stains the exhaust tip.
So it's a huge contrast just from doing a simple
one step pass, as opposed to how the carbon buildup
is already staining the lip of the exhaust tip.
And again, you can use the same process on your wheels,
you can use it on bumpers, you can use it on all kinds of
chrome and polished and exposed metal surfaces
to restore the high shine.
So guys, I've got this tip and also the other two tips,
and we're going to jump on that in just a minute,
but in the meantime, you guys can head over to our website,
chemicalguys.com, and check out light metal polish
for yourself, or head over to your local detail garage.
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