Hey, is it possible to remove paint from a cf hood? i found a deal on a oem cf hood but the owner had it painted red?! would it be possible to remove the paint without damaging the hood? please any info will be helpful or even save me lots of money. thanks


Luke

 

you could remove the paint, but not without damaging the original clear coat on the hood.

 

right, all cf hoods are clear coated correct? someone bfore tried telling me they arn't, that there is some epoxy or something that is just sanded. anyways, if i somehow remove the paint, and have the hood re-clear coated, would it turn out lookin new? or no?

 

Depending how much experience you have and how much clear was originally put on the hood, you should be able to sand down past the red to the clear, without going through it, then color sand it and buff it out like new, or re-clear it. If you sanded through the clear though, I don't know if you could get rid of the scratches in the cf.

 

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sounds like a lot of work eh? i'd rather just save the time and money(if you arent doing it yourself) and buy a new one. Maybe i'm just lazy

 

It may be possible to sand it all off how ever most cf hoods are raw epoxy to start. If it was done right the hood should have been based and cleared to get the right look. Be carefull how hard you sand you realy dont want to go so far as to hit the fibers themselves. Have a pro look it over he/she should have good matierals on hand and be able to do it with out going to far, then clear it for strong flat surface and more depth. Do a general search on the net and you'll see most parts are fibers and epoxy. Most (or alot of) show cars with cf are cleared to get the flatest look possible, some of the best cf parts look like crap new an require clear coat to make them look good.

 

y go through all of that trouble to make it look carbon-fiber again. i would just paint it to match your stock color. the only circumstance i would take the hood and color it is if i got the hood for a good deal. just curious how much are you getting the hood 4?

 

paint your car to match the color of the hood hehe

 

i'm getting the hood for 75+shipping..i would paint over it to match my car, but i love the way cf looks with my vogue silver and so i really want the unpainted cf look...damnit i want to buy it.. anyone else with any suggestions?

 

For $75 I'll buy it and just repaint it white to match my car. If you don't want it, put me in touch with the guy...

 

Aircraft stripper.. Strip off the paint and all the clear coat.. take it to a shop and have them re clear-coat it.. If it doesn't look good to you then tell me and I'll buy it off you for 140 bucs..

 

Don't even waste your time. If you really are interested in buying a cf hood, save up some money. That would be a tough and lengthy process to turn that cf hood back to the regular appearence.

 

god damnit, i hate all these mixed opinions. either you know some **** or you don't. i don't feel like wasting money on something that will turn like ****. so plz post if you are like 90+% sure you know what your talking about. Hatchy-Ownzjo0-- someone else told me about aircraft stripper.. any more info on this? have you used it before..that sorta thing

 

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I've never used it on a hood, but I've used in on valve covers. It takes EVERYTHING off. Just brush it on and let it sit for 10 - 15 minutes and it will eat right through the paint.

 

i dunno if id put any kind of paint remover on it... your better off just getting it matched to your car, or buying a new hood

 

just buy a new one man you can get them for like 380 shipped

 

wet sand the **** out that bitch

 

anymore suggestions

 

do not use a stripper on c/f you will most likely warp the hood stripppers work well on metals but not fibers just paint the hood the color of your car for weight purposes, or leave your stock one on if weight doesnt matter to you or save and buy a new hood, ive gone through it before with other people i am 99.9% sure the stripper will warp if not melt the hood ive seen it do it to a c/f lip

 

Buy it! If you cant get the paint off, someone ^ will buy it and paint it just for the light weight!

 

wet sand the **** out that bitch with the highest grit paper u can find

 

ok, i guess here is what i'm going to do: (wetsanding by hand) 600 till i start seeing bits of cf under the paint, then switch to 800 till all paint is gone, then 1000, 1500, and 2000 to smooth out the resin, then rubbing compound, some polishing compound, then a 3 stage wax...sound about right to everyone?

 

You could use 180 or 220 wet I'd start somewhere around that grit. Starting with 600 is likely going to take you a very long time. 600 is for sanding paint between coats. Even with 120 wet by hand its going to take you quite a while to get through that paint. Just my humble opinion.

 

sanding it is the best option but it all depends on what kind of paint is currently ont here.. if the guy did a professional job on it.. it'll be too much too thick and too time consuming for you to get it right. do not use aircraft tripper it will damage the carbon fiber itself. I would either get it and repaint it to your stock color.. or what i would do is just get a new one. maybe u can buy it and sell it to a ricer for like 150-200 and use that money to help you buy a new one.

 

when you wetsand, do the grits act less coarse than they actually are? like wetsanding with 220 act like sanding with 400 or something?