Originally Posted by
Monkey D.Luffy
FB, can you recommend a no scratch carbon paste that you use? You would just apply it to the carbon seatpost where it contacts the frame in a thin layer, right? ....
First of all, I don't do brand recommendations. Secondly I don't own any carbon fiber bikes or posts. I use a copper based anti-seize that I voodooed with some ground peat moss years ago, before CF paste existed. For serious slippage issues, I use lapping compound. (which will scratch posts).
Finish line, Tacx, and others advertise fiber based no scratch carbon pastes. Odds are that may also scratch posts, just less. The key to limiting scratching is to know how deep you want to go, so you don't mar the exposed post, and to minimize twisting as you move the post to final position. In any case, do not force a semi tight post that has any kind of traction paste, since that will definitely scratch it.