Hello All:
As I have learned from others on this and other sites, one of the most expensive things about owning these cars is learning from your own mistakes. Well, who am I to be out done!! A few weeks ago, with this mild NE climate we've been having, I decided to fire the baby up and take a quick spin. Upon my return, I noticed a brown liquified-like substance on my NEWLY silver "jet-hot" coated sidepipe. STOINK!!
Thinking it was only mud or some type of road grime, I was afraid due to touch it based on the temp of the pipe and thought it would merely smear the substance further (as it was only about 2 in in diameter). Well, and here comes that dumb ass award part, it turns out this substance, which eventually had turned hard as concrete, was actually a piece of my "gueedo-workout" pants that must have blown against the pipe as I was walking by. (I am Italian by the way so I can say that and if you've seen me lately, you'll know why I need workout pants).
Anyway, much to my distress, I contacted Central Coatings in East Hartford, CT (who had just re-coatinged them for me a few weeks prior) and conveyed my issue to Gene (super nice guy by the way). He basically told me get some fine grit sand paper and start working. Work the snarl off and slow back off using high and high grit paper and the pipe should, I say again, should return to its polished shine.
Does anyone out there have a similar situation they can share? I guess I'm worried that if I continue to sand with whatever grit paper, will the pipe merely remain a flat, scratched area.
