Garbage bag melted all over headers - HELP!

What a fun ride to work today! Passed a white garbarge bag blowing around the freeway. It decided to hitch a ride. When I got to work I found it melted all over the chrome Kerker headers. It's mostly on the bottom where the headers collect, but it still looks terrible. It looks like white sticky marshmellow paste. How would you go about getting this off? Looks like a miserable job to me.

There are only two possible answers:

Ride it till you outlast it!

Oven cleaner.

Bill

Will oven cleaner harm the chrome?

I had the same problem years ago I let it get cold and picked of what I could then sprayed some fly dope(Blackfly repellent)that had a high content of DEET in it and let it soak in came of like a charm and shined right back up.That Deet will take care of any kind of plastic.It worked for me

Dry ice might work.

Where tree sap drops on automobile paint finish, apply dry ice to sap blob and just flick it off without harming the paint.

If dry ice doesn't work, it hasn't hurt anything.

And now know what to do about tree sap droppings. :laugh: :laugh:

Good Fortune!

Just now reading and learning about the Deet method.

Perhaps soaking with PB Blaster or WD40 might also serve as a release agent.
WD40 works well to release decals or gummy adhesive residue without harming painted surfaces.

Good Fortune!

Yes the Deet worked but I wouldnt want to get it anywhere near paint I have a feeling brake fuild may work as well but also Id keep it away from any paint,or glass work for that matter

I had the same problem. White plastic bag melted onto the exhaust...Easy-off oven cleaner, blue can, for cold ovens removed the plastic completely, after a short soak. Did NOT hurt the chrome. Hope this is helpful.
Rick

savedrider wrote:

What a fun ride to work today! Passed a white garbarge bag blowing around the freeway. It decided to hitch a ride. When I got to work I found it melted all over the chrome Kerker headers. It's mostly on the bottom where the headers collect, but it still looks terrible. It looks like white sticky marshmellow paste. How would you go about getting this off? Looks like a miserable job to me.

Thanks for all the tips. I will try the oven cleaner. I never knew it could cut plastic, but I have heard it works good for degreasing engines.

savedrider wrote:

Thanks for all the tips. I will try the oven cleaner. I never knew it could cut plastic, but I have heard it works good for degreasing engines.

But might discolor the aluminum.

Perhaps being over cautious, but would not use oven cleaner on any part of a motorcycle, except maybe to remove melted plastic from a chrome exhaust (as learned in this topic) and very carefully avoid contacting any other surface.

Good Fortune!

Did not have oven cleaner but went from this

to this