Clear Coating Carbon parts.


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Ok, now that I have pin hole free parts I now have another what seems insurmountable problem.

No matter what I have done I cannot get the clear to laydown without small craters in the outer surface of the clear. I am talking very, very small ones.

Here is what I have done.(and by the way I have been spraying clearcoat for years so I know how to do it, its just carbon panels that give me the problems)

1. Wash with soap and water - scuff with 600 or 400 wet and dry paper - wipe with prime wash -  spray. (pits)

2. Wipe with alcohol -scotch brite with grey ultra fine - wipe with 99.9% pure alcohol. (pits)

3. Scuffed as above - eliminated my spray equipment and sprayed clear with a spray bomb. (pits) 

4. Heated the part and spray bomb - sprayed fog coats - let flash well- built up to shiney. (pits)

5. Scuffed with "OLD DUTCH CLEANER" - sprayed with rattle can. (pits)

What the is going on!!!!! This is the pits!

Are you guys not getting these surface bleamishes ???????? 

The only thing that I can think of is that the carbon fiber is conductive of electricity or I am dealing with electrostatic repulsion.

I know that you cannot spray a plastic bumper without eliminating the electrostic fields.

Thanks for any help on this. Hopefully the Easy Composites Staff can clear this up!     Get It?  Clear this up!

Fred
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