heavenly7 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 The nose cone and rear wings are looking a little dull. I had the bonnet and front wings lacquered (also carbon) but I dont know what the spray shop used. What experience have folks of laacquering carbon and what is the best lacquer to use. The rear wings are MOG and the cone Caterham. The rest is RIF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted March 6, 2010 Leadership Team Share Posted March 6, 2010 You can lacquer items that are not going to be susceptable to stone damage - think about it like paint, although it is a little tougher. If you lacquer the rear wings you'll regret it in the long run - try polishing them first. Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavenly7 Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 I was of course referring to a proper high solid two pack lacquer which seem pretty tough but not use whether one product is better than another and whether there are any particular issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geko Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Hi, carbon parts are made of carbon fibres and epoxyresin. Epoxy ist NOT UV resitant. Therfore it become dull by sun exposure. To avoid this it is necessary to overpaint it with 2 pack "acrylic" paint. (water, solvent or high solid based does not matter) The best way to use "standard" refinsh car paint. Regards Gerhard Caterham CSR 200 MAZDA MX-5, Mk2, 1840ccm Edited by - geko on 7 Mar 2010 08:26:24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted March 7, 2010 Leadership Team Share Posted March 7, 2010 Your choice. Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonycaterham Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Hi, I painted a pair of 2nd hand CF rear wings which were very dull with a 2pack clear lacquer. It does chip but not too bad and you can always rub it dowm and re-lacquer. I tried several methods to try and 'shine' the CF without success before painting. Tony L7 EVL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 You can also rub them down to key the surface and paint with an epoxy (one used to layup CF). This can then be flattened back and brought back up with a composits polishing compound. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavic82 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Lacquer and then armorfend. Job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I use Dupont High Solids two pack clear. As above, Armorfend will keep it protected. The trouble with trying to polish the stuff is you will tend to leave it more open to water infiltration than if you leave it alone. As for cutting back and polishing epoxy resin, rather you than me! Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds..ooooh hooo hooo!!... 😬 😬Abbey Road Time-Machine *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Its not as bad as you think. I'm doing it at the moment :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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