Matchless Info About How To Restore A Carbon Fiber Hood

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How to restore a carbon fiber hood. When the whole part is sanded, wipe it clean with acetone and then rubbing alcohol. Carbon is laid up with epoxy resin. It took me 6 hours to restore the.

I will update this will i. If the resin is poor quality it can oxidize and turn white like that. Use a nice compound and finish it off with a carnauba wax to seal it and restore the shine.

You wash them the same as you would paint, you. The part should look like satin carbon fiber. There are no special tools, equipment, product, or training required for repairing or replacing of a carbon fiber component.

Wet sand very lightly with ~2000grit sandpaper, making sure to just attack orange peel and slight imperfections and not cut through the clear. Remove any contamination on the surface make sure that the part’s surface is free from contamination or oxidation. Here's a before of the one side i'll be working on:

Use a rubbing compound (i have a turtle wax. How do you bring carbon fiber back to life? I was going to get rid of it.

Put the oxidation remover on the hood and use the buffer to buff on it. Try wet sanding it back with 2000 grit sand paper and polish. I got a carbon fiber hood for my integra, around the edges are faded and a 1/4 inch crack in the middle.