im about to pik up a vis carbon fiber hood that has been painted and im wanting to take the paint off and bring back the cf look. asked around and some people said do 1500 grit then 2000 grit wet sanded then buff and polish it. others have told me to take 800 grit and reclear it. any ideas what would work better or any other ideas that are known to work?

 

I would do the whole thing with 800-1000 and take it nice and easy once you get through the color so you don't go all the way through to the CF. It's probably going to be hard to make sure you remove all the color while at the same time not going through the clear, stay aware of your high and low spots.

 

you are going to ruin that hood or you are going to findout that it was a second with visual imperfections in the CF.

I wouldn't go anymore aggressive then 600 grit but wetsand it with a block