garethrl
Senior Retro Guru
Hi folks,
Well, following all the revelations over the past weeks (particularly) the time has come to put my poor long-suffering Trek OCLV out of its misery - and get rid of the USPS colour scheme it's been sporting since I first got it in 2004. In fairness there are enough battle scars to the paintwork and decals to justify a respray, and I've been thinking about this for a while now. So the recent sh*tstorm about the USPS team is merely the icing on the cake.
So, with all that in mind, is there anything I need to know about special paints or lacquer/clearcoat needed for carbon frames? Do I need to worry about UV light or will any decent paint take care of that? Here in Belgium I don't know much about specialist frame sprayers, though I'm sure I can find someone. However, the guy who takes care of my car also runds a body shop and from what I've seen does excellent work.
I'm sure that to get a simple single colour done his work would be as good as any. The big questions are whether I need to take any special precautions for the actual paint, and also I suppose for the preparation in terms of getting the old paint etc and going down to the bare carbon weave? Is traditional sandblasting suitable for carbon frames?
Thanks in advance for any input,
Gareth.
Well, following all the revelations over the past weeks (particularly) the time has come to put my poor long-suffering Trek OCLV out of its misery - and get rid of the USPS colour scheme it's been sporting since I first got it in 2004. In fairness there are enough battle scars to the paintwork and decals to justify a respray, and I've been thinking about this for a while now. So the recent sh*tstorm about the USPS team is merely the icing on the cake.
So, with all that in mind, is there anything I need to know about special paints or lacquer/clearcoat needed for carbon frames? Do I need to worry about UV light or will any decent paint take care of that? Here in Belgium I don't know much about specialist frame sprayers, though I'm sure I can find someone. However, the guy who takes care of my car also runds a body shop and from what I've seen does excellent work.
I'm sure that to get a simple single colour done his work would be as good as any. The big questions are whether I need to take any special precautions for the actual paint, and also I suppose for the preparation in terms of getting the old paint etc and going down to the bare carbon weave? Is traditional sandblasting suitable for carbon frames?
Thanks in advance for any input,
Gareth.