Carbon Fiber Hood

[cavalierguy]

I have a carbon fiber hood with a rock chip in the hood, is there any way to fill the chip hole ? Also have bad swirl marks in hood, what's the best way to restore the hood to a great shine ?

[Zuke]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/tags.php?tag=Carbon+Fiber

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31153&highlight=carbon+fiber

knock yourself out!

[Don]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood

Treat the carbon fiber like you would any other painted surface. On this hood they used M-80 with a PC then topped it with NXT

[MDetail]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood

I have restored a couple of CF hoods using regular items such as M105/205 or M83/80 however meguiars does produce fiberglass specific items, I don't feel they are needed to complete this task.

Sorry about the watermarking

[Caress Detailing]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood

Treat the carbon fiber like you would any other painted surface. On this hood they used M-80 with a PC then topped it with NXT

That is NOT Correct.

A friend of mine used wax on his CF hood and it hazed up.

CF Hood's will vary by the material they used. If it's only Resin, then you CANNOT wax it. The only CF hoods that can be treated like paint is if it's clear coated.

"Repairing" a CF hood is probably what you meant by treating it like any other painted surface. Even then, that's also a bit incorrect. It's should be treated like single stage paint more than anything. So it's best to use a polish like #7 or DC2 after something like M205. The only LSP that should be used is a pure sealant.

[Don]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood

"Repairing" a CF hood is probably what you meant by treating it like any other painted surface. Even then, that's also a bit incorrect. It's should be treated like single stage paint more than anything. So it's best to use a polish like #7 or DC2 after something like M205. The only LSP that should be used is a pure sealant.

How is this different than what I said?

[Caress Detailing]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood

How is this different than what I said?

It's different because yours is a blanket statement. "Treat the carbon fiber like you would any other painted surface."

If people treated it exactly the same as they would a painted surface, then they might try to put regular wax on it which depending on which type of CF hood it is, can actually haze the resin.

So a more specific answer is required.

You wouldn't say "Fix a truck like you would any other car" would you? Indeed a truck would have the same type of components, but you wouldn't necessarily use the same torque specs, tools, or techniques.

[Don]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood

It's different because yours is a blanket statement. "Treat the carbon fiber like you would any other painted surface."

If people treated it exactly the same as they would a painted surface, then they might try to put regular wax on it which depending on which type of CF hood it is, can actually haze the resin.

So a more specific answer is required.

You wouldn't say "Fix a truck like you would any other car" would you? Indeed a truck would have the same type of components, but you wouldn't necessarily use the same torque specs, tools, or techniques.

It still sounds like we're saying just about the same thing...go HERE and see what this other guy says about caring for CF (Post #16)

I treat it the same as I would treat paint, I actually find that usually its pretty hard requiring wool. I like to use the PFW pad on it. Then of course finishing on foam.

[Don]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood

and from Mike Phillips himself... taken from this thread carbon fiber hood

You were close in your link, instead, locate the "Popular Tags" box in the right hand column of the forum homepage and then find the word or tag carbon fiber and if you click on it you'll get these threads that all talk about fixing carbon fiber components.

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/tags.php?tag=Carbon+Fiber


Carbon fiber is either clear coated, (More expensive components), or it's straight resin and if it's straight resin then it will oxidize and what you want to do is to remove the oxidation and use something with our polishing oils to penetrated into the resin and maintain it's clarity. After that you would wax it or apply a paint sealant.

A great combo for a lightly oxidized carbon fiber surface is to use M80 Speed Glaze and follow this with a couple of coats of wax.

If it's white and chalky looking then use Ultimate Compound, followed by some kind of Meguiar's polish and then a wax.

Note that after you fix the problem you have to actively maintain the finish because nothing lasts forever and straight resin tends to oxidize easily.


Be sure to click the link above and read through the threads and look at the pictures...