Curing carbon parts ready for paint.


Curing carbon parts ready for paint.
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I have pulled a number of parts which I will soon need to paint... the parts are large and as its bodywork I need the paint finish to be perfect and remain so.

my question is what prep do I need to have done... I don't have an oven large enough for the parts, they have been pulled for at least 1 month and left in the house but will have only seen 20deg... is this enough.

Also if I use a high quality 2 pack laquer can I clear coat them and then later primer and paint this laquer to a perfect finish?

The main reason I want to clear the parts is some of them will be visable carbon with some areas painted... I mean I cant hide all that loverly carbon Smile
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posted 12 Years Ago HOT
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As mentioned by wozzaYou need to bake them for as long as you can as hot as they can stand 
for the painting 

if you laquer them first and are happy with the adhesion of the laquer 
to the carbon you shouldn't have to primer them .flat, the laquer down  ,mask off the 
areas where the fabric is going to be visible with fine line tape then colour them with 
basecoat  remove the tape from the masked area and laquer again
the only problem i can see with this is that the Clearcoat is a lot more expensive than the 
primer 
you could laquer out the area's where you want visible fabric ,just spray it on with out masking it 
then flat the whole panel down and mask off the area where its laquered and primer the rest of the panel
then flat the primer and the laquered area
mask off the area again then basecoat remove the masking and clear again 
would be cheaper than laquering the whole panel first 









  
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Curing carbon parts ready for paint.
andygtt - 12 Years Ago
     I would like to know the answer to thisas well Andy.
Daz - 12 Years Ago
     Hi Andy, I did some Clio front wings a few months back and had them painted at my local body...
wozza - 12 Years Ago
             Hi Andy, Where abouts are you located, I might be able to help out. Many thanks, Will.
WillBaker - 12 Years Ago
     As mentioned by wozzaYou need to bake them for as long as you can as hot as they can stand for the...
Bruce - 12 Years Ago
     [quote][b]andygtt (22/01/2013)[/b][hr]I have pulled a number of parts which I will soon need to...
fgayford - 12 Years Ago
     Ok thanks for all the advice guys. What I did for my doors is cranked the temp up on my electric...
andygtt - 12 Years Ago

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