Gonna try this on some diffusers we made very poorly last year. I am worried there is too much peeling and delamination for it to look decent. Surely it will look better than it does now though. Thanks for the vid.
@@BisforBoost the issue is that the surface is so rough that when I spray it with water it delaminates more. Ain't gonna look pretty just wanna see if I can salvage it without repainting.
Not a bad video. Any time your doin' body work u should wear a respirator. It would be cool if u shown the finish product. I know someone that would buy that hood.
Great video, I've just picked up a second hand carbon bonnet with very slight clouding. Im going to use my da with a 5 inch foam backing pad and 600 or 800 grit sandpaper and then use a 2k clear coat or take it to get clear coated professionally. Thanks for the video.
Question?? My carbon fiber hood isnt thst bad, but I can begin to see that foggy effect on the hood, I use wet sand at 3000 sand, but how many times should i sand it?? And when ur done with the clear coat? I have to resand the clear coat as well?? Help please??
Hello! First of all, awesome video, super informative!, I know this video was uploaded like 4 years ago but hope you can help me, my hood has a very very small crack on the clear coat like a half of an inch size or smaller (also it's faded) so I going to try to restore it. My question is, any recommendations about the crack, I saw a couple of videos where they use epoxic resin on the cracks..but I'm not experienced using it. Do you think that the sand it process and reclear will fill the tiny crack? Thanks!! Regards from Zapopan México !
I would also love to know how to fix those! I have those small hairline cracks in a hood that I have for an 05 Impreza sti I wanna make it look sexy again. Is that a process of slight U grooving out the cracks so resin can get in there or should you sand them down till the disappear and try not to get down to the fiber? Or would you just make it smooth again and re-skin over top of it?
I know this is super old video but I have issues where believe my clear coat is peeling in sheets what grit sandpaper should I start at I tried 600 but it didn't seem to work
Hi, my clear has started to peel of in some spots. It is factory clear coat. I can push a knife blade between clear coat and push it between clear and carbon even were it looks good. How should I go on with that? To me It seams like factory clear coat has not bonded with carbon resin. I am afraid that when I put new clear on that it will just be a matter of time before old clear starts to peel in new spots.
Thanks for the video! Any tips on getting rid of bubbles/bulges in the gel coat? I bought a hood that has a quarter sized bulge of epoxy in the middle of the hood
I'm refinishing my 95 neon carbon hood. It had decent sized cracks in it which I fixed with resin. I sanded quite a bit and it feels smooth to the touch and looks smooth but when I put water on it I can see small cloudy spots here and there. Do I need to sand more in those areas? I'd hate to clear it and have to sand it all back off again.
I recently bought a 1997 Honda prelude with a carbon fiber hood and there are white spots all over it , some are a bit faded but some are really white , water doesn’t do anything , what should I do
Its more of a judgement call, but you will know if you do this alot. Just take you time and keep spraying it with water to check out how it will look. If you reach carbon you will see the cloth not resin
Do you have an email? I want to send you a vid of my Carbon fiber spoiler , if you see the damage you can maybe recommend how to fix it , thanks for sharing
Wow very good. Im having trouble getting my carbon fiber hood right. My current video of how bad it is I posted on my channel, can you check it out and let me know what you think I should do step wise to get it right. I have these white lines... Thanks.
I have a carbon fiber hood that someone badly spray painted. I've gotten a corner of the paint off just by wetsanding. Is there anything your would recommend to remove that paint that might work a bit better or quicker?
Wear a respirator! So many videos of people not wearing protective gear taking years of their lives! Spend the money on a good respirator and appropriate filters and save your lungs!
B00stednation I work with this and paints almost daily, it’s nasty stuff! You should get some disposable coveralls or at least wash your clothes/shower after working with this stuff. Read the SDS’s they send with the resins/paints- prolonged exposure to this stuff is worse than smoking