Getting melted nylon off pipes?

[CASABROKER]

Girlfriend got to close to pipes and it melted her nylon pants.  I've tried just about everything, oven cleaner, wd, heat with propane torch, acetone, scraped won't come off.  Any ideas??

[justintyper]

good ole double ought steel wool should do the trick. dont worry you wont scratch the chrome with steel its softer than chrome.

[signart]

+1 on the 0000 steel wool, but I use it with W-D40 or such.

[Jess from VA]

Scrubbing hard with 4-O steel wool will too scratch/haze nice chrome.

I think you need to run the bike to hot, heat up the pipes, then try to get it off without burning yourself in the process.  Some kind of soft scraper that won't further melt while working with heavy gloves.  Get most off, then go for the residual when cold with your other remedies.

Sucked up a dry cleaner bag into Hooker Headers on my old Corvette..... what a nightmare.

She needs a pair of jeans.     

[John U.]

I had a Walmart bag melt on my pipes. No solvent (and I tried some serious stuff) would touch it. I worked it out at last with a Magic Eraser and industrial strength Goo Gone. Though I'm not sure how much help the Goo Gone really was.
That was before I found out that bronze wool will provide some scouring without scratching chrome.
Clean the chrome first to remove grit that will scratch it.
Lowes or hardware stores should have bronze wool, marine stores will for sure. It isn't cheap but it works great for the usual chrome corrosion and tar spots.

I can't say how well it will work for nylon but unless you can find something that actually dissolves nylon, you have to rely on abrasion with something that is softer than chrome but harder than nylon.
Good luck, please let us know what your results are.

[garyheskett All 49 x 3 st.louis]

I have used a NEW single edge razor blade on COLD pipes for years and haven't found it not to work yet.

[sandy]

Smart n Final sells a product called Carbon Off that I've used. It dissolves melted boot soles on exhaust pipes.

[hal47]

plus one on the single edge razor blade,allways worked for me.

[FryeVRCCDS0067]

Only one thing I've found that always works. Time and repeated washings.

[Loopie]

Oven cleaner. Heat up the pipes and put it on. Let it sit. Wipe it off. Just like cleaning an oven. Trust me, it works.

Loopie

[houstone]

A copper penny is softer than chrome, and will eventually get it.  I like some of the other ideas, too!
;-)

[Jabba]

HOT pipes... and car wax.  Use a COTTON rag that's folded over and over and over.  And gloves cause it'll steam.  Leave the bike running.

It takes some elbow grease too.  But that's the best way I have found to get goo off the pipes without scratching.

Jabba

[Grandpot]

How's your girlfriend?  Did she get burned?

[MarkT]

M-E-K (Methyl Ethyl Ketone) is a plastic solvent that will work on some plastics chemically.  Don't know about that with nylon.  You can get it at a hardware store.  I buy and use acetone by the gallon, but it's not real effective with persistant burnt-on plastics - I use it more for removing sticky stuff and sharpie marks added during manufacture. DO NOT scrub with any abrasive, especially any steel wool.  Yes I know what I'm talking about here - I've built well over a thousand Valkyrie exhaust systems in 13 years.  You can use 0000 steel wool as the application pad to apply some products, especially WD40 to remove most things - but probably not nylon.  Soften it with heat then use a soft blade like brass or copper to scrape it off.  You can remove it cold with a new single edge razor but use it carefully, that can scratch.  I have used Goof-Off (or Goo Gone, pretty much the same stuff) with some success depending on what it is - good products to add to your kit.  Also Easy Off, but that's better for organic stuff.

[Promagnaman]

I have used a NEW single edge razor blade on COLD pipes for years and haven't found it not to work yet.

I have used this method also with great results...

[thelt]

Girlfriend got to close to pipes and it melted her nylon pants.  I've tried just about everything, oven cleaner, wd, heat with propane torch, acetone, scraped won't come off.  Any ideas??

I've used tin foil to get boot marks and plastic shopping cart bags off the pipes. It doesn't scratch or dull the chrome.

[Thulsa Doom]

My neighbor did the same thing with a Microfiber cloth. It melted right to his header pipes. He tried all kinds of things and what he found worked best was just his fingernail. He chipped away at it for an hour or more but it came off a little bit at a time. All natural and organic. 

[GreenLantern57]

I used Eagle One- Never Dull.  The wool pad is stiff enough to scrub the spots, but I have only used it on boot heals and tennis shoe soles that melted into the pipes. Never used it on burnt nylon. Bet some carb cleaner would melt that nylon.

[Gangman036]

White Diamond Chrome Polish...........
Not sure what was on mine.........but it took it off with little effort.

[t-man403]

Gasket remover from your automotive store, along with a bit of elbow grease.

[Banky]

  Magic eraser rub hard will not scatch!

[Kylenav]

Weimans cleaner for ceramic glass top stoves.  Don't heat the pipes just put a generous amount on the pipe, let it sit for 5 min and scrub it off with a regular dish towel. Come right off.

[O-B-1]

Get the pipes good & hot again to soften the nylon then scrape off with a wood stick w sharp edges? Easy with the steel wool, only enough pressure to gradually remove the nylon.

[t-man403]

Well ...................... any success?