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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 12:59 AM
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My bike is a 600 f3, with 2 bros CF pipe, but looks fade, can use a clear coat to make it shine, or the coat can damage the CF?.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 01:04 AM
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I have a two bros can too. I just painted mine with heat resistent semi-gloss paint from the auto parts store.

Mine had turned army greenish and looked like snot.

Somebody probably knows the right way to bring it back, but as a last resort, a good paint works fine. Just do a great masking job with an exacto knife.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 01:30 AM
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really looks good, im go for that, and tanks again
 
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 01:37 AM
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Pretty fancy bike there. Wow.

I just used a spray can. Also, the testure of the carbon fiber still shows (like wood grain would) and it looks good.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 04:55 AM
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That's a wicked paint job you've got there; NICE.

I was going to clearcoat mine, but I just polished/waxed it, and it still looks good: LINK
 

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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 09:55 AM
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See, I told you somebody would actually know what they were doing.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 06:39 PM
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There's more than one way to skin a cat It's all good...
 
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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 02:43 AM
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also, refill the **** on the inside before the heat sinks through enough to damage the cf.

thats what mine said in the directions.. for preventative.
and as a side note.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 05:45 AM
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depends on how bad yours is. If its just the resin dulled out you can just polish it out like you would car paint. If its like mine was n looks more like it doesnt have a clear coat or resin left to it, you can use fine sandpaper to smooth, and refreshen the the surface of the fiber. The use a good, hitemp clearcoat and it will like good as new or better. I used just reg ol clear and it lasted 2 years b4 it started looking like I need to do it again. And mine is a old old D&D cf can that looked like it was burnt when I got it. Search for I posted pix up when I did mine.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 10:37 AM
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wet sand with 600 ------> 4000, then with an orbital buffer and rubbing compound then polish. Will look like new as long as you didnt take too much off with the sand paper
 
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