DIY: How to Re-clear Carbon Fiber by: JDM-Chick

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By Gorveatt
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:00 am #28635
Greasedmonkey wrote:Ill be doing this to mine soon. You rock girl!


That She does :thumb:
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By LaMbErT*
- Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:58 am #48180
JDMazFuK wrote:I see orange peels..well to get a reallie better shine out of it..after u clear coated it and let it fully dry after days and days..u can water sand it again with the 2000 grit sand paper and make shure u sand it in the same motion as in wax on wax off thing..and also u do not have to sand much..just sand until smooth that the orange peels are gone then time for waxing then buffing and u will get a MUCH better shine But Urs still looks good with out the wax/buff


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By rikaro
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:27 am #59718 hahah i did this on a geniune cf duckill before i notice this diy thread here.

My first layer seemed best. My 2nd and 3rd start to look like crap and the 4th layer made it way worse.

I fixed it by sanding with 2000 grid sandpaper and then buff it shinny. Looks pretty minty now haha
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By weaponr82
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:07 pm #65439 Nice. I picked up a CF bumper from the junkyard for pennies with this thread in mind. I'm going for it tonight and then doing my hood if it goes well. Thanks!
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By Greasedmonkey
- Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:04 am #65471 a bumper? are you nutz??


Can we get like a sticky on this?
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By weaponr82
- Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:08 pm #65616 whoops I was reading your thread like WTF? Bumper? Oh, I'm dumb.
Its a CF trunk lid. I'm just messing with it to see if I do it right before I do the hood. :oops:
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By weaponr82
- Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:27 am #65658 Heres the before after shots. In my defense it was the first time i tried anything like this. I did it outside in NC humidity and it was from a junkyard, but I think its ok. Thanks for the tips!
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By Method
- Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:54 pm #137964 how does the carbon fibre look sine you've done it? my hood is fucked.
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By Civic_HatchSI
- Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:43 pm #137996 I don't have it anymore but it looked the same. Once it was cleared it stayed very well.
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By Project_EG6
- Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:14 am #138912 I had Holly's old wing for a year and sold it. It needs to be recleared, as it's fogging up as before.
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By h22bubbleboy
- Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:24 pm #166076 nice learning alot i gotta redo duckbill n hood lol nice write up

By VhondaW
- Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:44 pm #166080 i personally wouldn't have gone any higher than 600 grit... thats just me
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By hatchie
- Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:00 am #166091
VhondaW wrote:i personally wouldn't have gone any higher than 600 grit... thats just me


if you did 600 grit as your highest. 1.scratches would show up alot more and 2. you wouldnt be sanding long before you got down the carbon fiber and ripped it all up. 2000 grit makes it to where its basically to smooth to even tell it was sanded....of course it'll be dull once you sand it but then when you use rubbing compound it "moves the clear" around to bring out that brilliant shine 8)

By VhondaW
- Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:34 am #166123
hatchie wrote:
VhondaW wrote:i personally wouldn't have gone any higher than 600 grit... thats just me


if you did 600 grit as your highest. 1.scratches would show up alot more and 2. you wouldnt be sanding long before you got down the carbon fiber and ripped it all up. 2000 grit makes it to where its basically to smooth to even tell it was sanded....of course it'll be dull once you sand it but then when you use rubbing compound it "moves the clear" around to bring out that brilliant shine 8)


i just recleared a hood at work, threw 400 on the DA buzzed it down quick, then a grey scuff pad with scuffstuff, washed, dryed and away you go

you see Zero scratches and if you know your way around a da and/or a piece of sandpaper you wont hit the carbon fiber

just trying to help out

By Method
- Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:11 pm #166326
VhondaW wrote:
hatchie wrote:
VhondaW wrote:i personally wouldn't have gone any higher than 600 grit... thats just me


if you did 600 grit as your highest. 1.scratches would show up alot more and 2. you wouldnt be sanding long before you got down the carbon fiber and ripped it all up. 2000 grit makes it to where its basically to smooth to even tell it was sanded....of course it'll be dull once you sand it but then when you use rubbing compound it "moves the clear" around to bring out that brilliant shine 8)


i just recleared a hood at work, threw 400 on the DA buzzed it down quick, then a grey scuff pad with scuffstuff, washed, dryed and away you go

you see Zero scratches and if you know your way around a da and/or a piece of sandpaper you wont hit the carbon fiber

just trying to help out


most people dont know there way around a "DA" or sandpaper.
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