I'm not an expert on cf hoods so i thought i'd get some imput on mine and see if i can fix it myself and not have to spend a bunch of money at a shop getting someone to fix it for me.

It looks as if my hoods starting to fade away or something...not exactly sure. Or maybe it's just the clear coat coming off and needs to be re-done..?

I took a few pics so hopefully you guys can tell me what's happening and how i can possibly fix it so it looks like new.

I'm trying to prevent buying a new hood or taking it into a shop..hopefully it's a somewhat easy fix.







Any help is appreciated, Thanks.

 

Just did mine the other day. Sanded it down with 2K grit and the releared it. Looked like yours before and it looks better than when it was new now. VERY easy to do if you know how to shoot clear. I also used PPG clear so I won't have this problem again. Pics will be posted tomorrow.

Edit: This is the only way to prevent it from coming back. I used the peanut butter trick, wetsanding and buffing but was never happy with the results.

 

so basically all i do is sand it down with 2k grit until the clearcoat is completely gone than re clearcoat it?

also what's the peanut butter trick?

 

The oil from PB is supposed to make it look new but only last for a week or so. Not worth the mess. Sand id down until the old clear is off. I used a DA sander so it din't take very long to do.

 

awesome thanks man, saves me lots of money.

the sanding wont ruin the look of the cf at all? you wouldn't happen to have pics of your hood before and after would you? :\

im a little sketched out...don't want to wreck anything ha.

 

I have before pics but I will have to wait until the sun comes back out to take after pics. Your not gonna go past the clear so it won't harm the CF.

Before:

 

could you write up a quick step by step for me please..i've never done anything like this before.

 

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Take off the hood.

Use a sanding block (Block of wood even) or an orbital sander with 2000 grit wet/dry sand paper on it. Start in one corner of the hood and go side to side across the width of the hood while keeping it wet with a spray bottle until the rough spots on the gelcoat of the hood are smooth again.

Pretty much a CF hood is made with a very thick layer of boat gelcoat on top of the carbon weave and the material is not made to withstand the sun for long. You are just taking a small layer of this getcoat off.

As far as spraying it I don't know anything about that, we'll wait for Sneezin.

 

sounds pretty straight forward and not that difficult...i'll give it a go. Thx for the help you two.

 

Ok, finally got a few pics..... Still needs to be wetsanded

Edit: The specs on the hood is just trash that fell on it before I took the pics, its not in the clear.

 

Here's the finish on mine after clear and wet sanded with 1500 followed by 2000 grit and buffing.

 

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Looks good, gonna wetsand mine tomorrow.

 

What if the weaves are greenish now?

 

both look dope, can't wait to do mine in like a month when i take my car off the road for the winter.