darkonion

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Yeah.

I bought three cans of this:

http://www.automotivetouchup.com/spr...clearcoat.aspx

STiYLIN

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and thenlike 1000 and then with 2000 and water. 400 is not a smooth finish!

nomex ninja

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sand with 400 BEFORE you spray, to scuff the surface. Some people use 340 to get a better scuff at the expense of some orange peel.

1000 and 2000 is for color sanding

nomex ninja

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Get a two part clear from an automotive paint house

Buy a Harbor Frieght paint gun

Borrow Air Compressor

Trust me it will be worth it to do it right

PerrinWrx04

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My friend and i re-clear coated his cf wing, and we used 350 then just clear coated it with like 4 layers. here are some pictures.

nomex ninja

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exactly

darkonion

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Wow. That looks like a huge improvement. I don't want to mess up my hood, but that'd be nice. The light sanding should also be able to eliminate the tree sap, racoon prints, and the wax crayon thingy on my hood.

Maybe I could do a test run on one of my vents or something. If something goes wrong, it wouldn't be that expensive to replace.

nomex ninja

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how are you going to mess up your hood? im confused

darkonion

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I want to try to use the aerosol cans I bought. Don't know what type of clearcoat that is. Want to experiment putting that stuff on the CF.

psoper

You absolutely need to get all that crap off, wet sanding 320 is a start, but pretty aggresive, I'd go with 400-600 just to be a little gentler.

But you need to wipe it down with alcohol or some other solvent to get the sap and wax off - I'd suggest before sanding but for sure before spraying.


Absolutely, test it out either on a vent or on a small corner of the underside, if the resin doesn't like the clear, a little spot inside isn't going to be a big worry, getting another vent to match if you screw that up is going to be tough- so I'd go for a non visible surface.

darkonion

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Underside is a lot better idea. I didn't even think about that.

PerrinWrx04

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just make sure not to sand to far down you don't want to mess up the beautiful cf. when you are doing it it will look like complete $h*t but after you spray the first layer of clear coat it will takes its beauty back lol.

darkonion

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Cool cool. I'll have the check to see if the CF will be happy with the clearcoat I bought. I hope it is.

WrbImprezaSti

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automotive clear coat willl make it shine extra hard.

darkonion

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Yeah... It is automotive clearcoat in the aerosol cans.