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Gave a gal a ride home, 20 plus miles and she left half a sandal melted on my pipe. Usually use some WD-40 and 4 ought steel wool, but this has areas too thick for that. Any suggestions? 
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Heat it up and use some hard plastic to scrap off most of the stuff off...then I use oven clearner
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What we won't do for a gal, and pass the beer nuts.
This idea should work... shave as much of the sandal material as possible using mechanical means (scraper, knife, fingernails... then hit it with paint remover. Worked wonders for me in the distant past but that was before all this space age material we have now. I'd still say it's worth a try.
Live to love, love to live.
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Use Goof Off. It's xylene and tolulene.
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
The Hayabusa Killa
16" Shorties/140 mains/Airbox drilled
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Oil Expert
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oven cleaner (not with the goof off).
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Acetone will melt plastic without harming the chrome - you just have to keep applying until it disappears. I wouldn't use anything abrasive as it might permanently mar the chrome.
Bob
2005 America, 904cc - sold. 2014 Trophy SE.
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Gave a gal a ride home, 20 plus miles and she left half a sandal melted on my pipe. Usually use some WD-40 and 4 ought steel wool, but this has areas too thick for that. Any suggestions?
Don't give it a second thought, she'll figure out something.(Though she may need to consult with her mother)
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J. Prine
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Gave a gal a ride home, 20 plus miles and she left half a sandal melted on my pipe. Usually use some WD-40 and 4 ought steel wool, but this has areas too thick for that. Any suggestions?
Don't give it a second thought, she'll figure out something.(Though she may need to consult with her mother)
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Scrub it of with a lump of sugar and some water. Actually you need many lumps of sugar but it works and you won´t leave a mark.
I did this after I melted a plastic bag to my pipes and I got it all off just fine. Just do not heat it up before you begin.
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"Despite all the amputation, you could dance to a rock 'n roll station..."
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use a true copper penny. rub very softly. i used this technique to remove a melted microfiber towel off my header.
2007 Speedmaster w/ SS Long Slash Cuts, K&N, Polaris Bellmouth, and AI Removed
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oven cleaner or goo gone.....ask me how I know? 
Bill.
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
-George Best
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A few years ago I took off a nylon windbreaker jacket on a windy day and carelessly let it hit my exhaust header. It wrapped itself the pipe and melted as it touched the chrome. I continued on the trip (a little over 500 miles) and found that most of it simply burned off during the day.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Everyone seems to care more about the pipes than the sandal , wonder how it's doin ' ?
wonderponderboy
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