i had this on a hugger, mine was the lacquer, i rubbed mine down with wet and dry, when its wet it looks how it will look when lacquered, i tried to lacquer it myself and it looked shit so i paid £80 to have it done properly id rub down first hopefully its just the lacquer and not the weave
Calling @Expat Jack - he has a fair bit of experience with this. There are a few threads elsewhere in here on it courtesy of EJ
Hi Paul (and WCP). I’m no expert but a little patience and care can give good results. Post 78 onwards in thread below may help. There might be some other relevant posts in the thread too. https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/996-from-ratty-and-tatty-to-pretty-natty.76587/page-5
Just be a little beware when sanding carbon fibre, you don't want to be inhaling particles of the dust it can produce!
This is true. Mask for any sanding or spraying. When rubbing down take care not to rub past all lacquer coats to the fibre itself. You just want to remove the top layer or two.
This is great info and advice, thank you all. I will carry on riding until the hibernation, get the spanners out, remove the mouldy bits and go from there…. Report back in six months @Ducbird maybe close this one now and file it somewhere useful?
Yes. But unless it’s just a small cosmetic job I’d leave that to the experts. Lots of expertise in the cycling world with cf repairs.
If it’s just the lacquer then yes, if it’s crash damage then it’s not really possible to do an invisible repair. My carbon front mudguard was damaged when I got the bike and I’ve managed to repair its structural strength back and tidy up the cosmetics of it to a point that if you didn’t know it was damaged you wouldn’t notice but it’s not perfect.
If it’s your track bike repair then just crack on yourself mate. It’s just weave and resin really (plus pressure etc but for a repair that doesn’t matter really). It’s pretty satisfying work if you have time. Edit. You could start a repair thread.
