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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 10:11 AM
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any hope for refinishing this hood?
i dont know if the hood has clearcoat or gel coat, if that matters.
any advice would be greatly appreciated
thanks

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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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Default Re: carbon fiber hood - any hope?

try peanut butter to bring back the shine
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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Default Re: carbon fiber hood - any hope?

Originally Posted by rushcivic4dr
try peanut butter to bring back the shine
PB is a decent temp fix. but from looking at your pic it just looks like it needs a good buff.
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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Default Re: carbon fiber hood - any hope?

i see mixed results with this topic.
ive had a hood like that, used peanut butter, used the 3m boat hull refinish stuff and found that the fade comes back after a while. ive seen the two mentioned methods supposidly work well on this site also.

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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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you can take a da sander to it with 800 and then wet sand it with 1000 then get it recleared
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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my hood did the same ****, my buddy and i sanded it down for about 5 minutes with a DA, then re-cleared that bitch and she looked brand new
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