Framebuilders - Re Spraying Carbon fibre

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puncturebandit

03-01-09, 05:57 PM

Hi
looking for advice on whats the best way to prepare and spray a carbon fibre mtb
what kind of paint needed, how much paint , what kind of primer do i need to use , how many coats of primer, paint and clearcoat etc
everything basically , cant seem to find a thread or any links

thanks

unterhausen

03-01-09, 06:55 PM

is this a frame that has already been clear coated?

puncturebandit

03-02-09, 07:19 PM

yea its a giant mcm carbon frame, the paint on the chain and seat stays is fairly badly rubbed off an chipped so i was thinking of sanding the whole lot down,

its the normal paint job no clear coat over the bogstandard paint job

unterhausen

03-02-09, 08:24 PM

sanding it down to bare metal sounds like a bad idea in your case. I'm still looking into this, I want to paint a stock carbon fork. My fork has clearcoat on it though, pretty sure you can rough that up and use regular primer.