Burnt on fabric softener!

[zenbiker]

Once before and now again with my 2021 R# GT, if come home after a ride and found black spots on the header pipes (rear and middle).
This happened with a Harley I had years ago and the baked on stuff is from the fabric softener used washing my jeans.
It is the hardest MF...thing ever to remove. If you use abrasives, you polish out the satin finish. I also have never found a solvent that works...acetone, lacquer thinner, "Boot Mark Remover" from HD...nothing!
Eventually I resorted to a nylon Scotch Brite pad which took ages of scrubbing to finally get the black spots off.
Anyone else have tis happen?
My jeans occasionally touch the header shields but not the headers themselves so I'm not sure why this is happening!
Ideas?

 

[idk]

Lemon Pledge?

 

[Tripps]

Cold oven cleaner. Oh, and quit using fabric softener

 

[Rockatansky]

Oh, and quit using fabric softener

Ok - so you know where it's coming from but you still keep on using it... what shall I say without offending you...

By the way: my wife stopped using fabric softeners some 30 years ago... no negative impact since that days... ok, it saved money, but that's positive...

 

[08nzrocket]

Hi, I get black spots on my pipes and I Don't use fabric softener ....I find if you put some Mineral Turpentine on a rag it cleans off the spots . Not sure if your spots are the same as mine but it may work.

 

[SPWL]

Use an old copper penny to remove the spots.....works a dream. (Must be copper 97% not plated steel)

 

[CrzystghndKC]

Are you sure your jeans are 100% cotton? Sounds like a blend and the fibers are melting.

 

[MIG]

Are you sure your jeans are 100% cotton? Sounds like a blend and the fibers are melting.

Like stretch denim??
-MIG

 

[pica]

You just need to switch to UBERWEISS extra tough softener....

 

[zenbiker]

Ok - so you know where it's coming from but you still keep on using it... what shall I say without offending you...

By the way: my wife stopped using fabric softeners some 30 years ago... no negative impact since that days... ok, it saved money, but that's positive...

DUH!