what can you do to repair faded cf hoods?
04-29-2007, 08:39 PM
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what can you do to repair faded cf hoods?
my oem seibon is starting to fade to like a carbon kevlar color lol. anyway i can repair this myself?
04-29-2007, 10:51 PM
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Body shop here in vegas redid an Evo wing. They might be able to redo your hood. I would call and ask some body shops. If mine can do it, you might be able to give the hood to my brother to bring down here.
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there's shops that can clean it up for you depending how bad it is. i've had friends either have a shop re buff the thing out if they can or have them re clear coat it
04-30-2007, 06:44 AM
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yea ive been reading on on it and said cf hoods are gel coated to wax is not good. ive been reading up on some marine 3m stuff but i was hoping someone who had the same experience could chime in here
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i had the same problem where my overcoat was all dulled out due to the sun on my fiberimages hood. Where i had like a turtle shell imprint on it, so i took it to my paint guy and he wet sanded it and applied a layer of clear coat on it. Looks brand new!!!
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Originally Posted by THE TECH
Strip and re-clear is the only way I know of.
04-30-2007, 11:01 AM
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The problem usually occurs from either low grade resin being used when manufacturing the parts and/or a lack of UV protection.
"Yellowing" of lower grade hoods is common, and not "fixable". You can cover it up, by reclearing the hood with a darker clear. That is about all you can do as far as I know.
One way to prevent this from happening is to clear coat the hood when you get it. Make sure the clear coat has UV protection. Or, buy a hood from a company that has UV protection in their gelcoat...
"Yellowing" of lower grade hoods is common, and not "fixable". You can cover it up, by reclearing the hood with a darker clear. That is about all you can do as far as I know.
One way to prevent this from happening is to clear coat the hood when you get it. Make sure the clear coat has UV protection. Or, buy a hood from a company that has UV protection in their gelcoat...
04-30-2007, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by CarbonLTD
Seibon uses UV gelcoat.
How long have you had the hood Gimpster? Is it a hazy fade (as in the clear) or the carbon fiber itself it turning "yellow"?
How long have you had the hood Gimpster? Is it a hazy fade (as in the clear) or the carbon fiber itself it turning "yellow"?
Most of manufacturers I have worked with/at use a UV gelcoat(specifically formulated to be used with carbon fiber) + UV clearcoat. Obviously, quality of the materials play a big part in the final product.
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