carbon fibre chassis

[walden]

Hi All

Over the weekend i used 1200 grade wet and dry on the bottom of my Mi3.5 chassis to remove scuff marks and now its got a dull finish - what can i use to bring the shine up again or can i just lacquer it? also does the lacquer have to be antistatic?

Cheers Paul

[mark christopher]

what ever you put on will scratch off, you have sanded the Resin which forms the carbon plate

[Neil Skull]

If you havent taken much off then you can polish it up using a real fine wet and dry first then its plenty of elbow grease with a polish mop.

[walden]

i gave the chassis a light sand with the 1200 wet and dry, i was kinda thinking of giving the chassis a good polish with some good olde elbow grease or is their a clear resin spray avalible on the market?

[Conrad]

I remember many years ago now the auld man sanded and laquered (car laquer) the chassis on my ZXR, it looked better than new when it was done but the laquer did have a habit of coming off where anything was mounted to it, gearbox, motor mount etc..

[Dyna]

It depends on how much of the top layer of resin you've taken off with the scratches and the 1200 W&D really. If there's a thick enough layer left you have a fighting chance of getting a glossy finish again, if you've gone through to the weave you wont polish it no matter what - it would need re-coating. Not really viable.

If you havent gone through, you can spend an age with T-Cut or another cutting agent and elbow grease and you will get a semi-gloss finish, but it will never look as good as it did. Or you can find someone with a industrial buffer and get them to polish it - this works well but you need a decent enough layer of resin there in the first place.

You could pop into a friendly car sprayshop and ask nicely if someone will 2-pack clear laquer it for you. This would also solve the problem if youve sanded through to the weave as it will give you a half-decent gloss surface again. But again it will never be as good as new.

As for re-gel coating the chassis, i wouldnt even think about it !

And anything you can spray out of a can will last about 30 seconds on the track before it scratches off and looks worse than it did before you started.... Only good for shelf queens.