Engine bay carbon discolouration

The best thing to do is shoot an automotive urethane clear coat over kt. Ppg or glasurit. I prefer glasurit. Ferrari carbon parts are finished with a clear gel coat, but even the best gel coat is not as good as an automotive clear coat, which offers better protection against its environment.

 

Anyone ever soda blast the clear gel down to the carbon fiber and re spray using an automotive clear coat ?

FNA sends them to a place in GA which has been discussed several times here. I believe they used soda blasting but not sure what type of a finish they use.

 

Same deal on my airboxes. I try to pop the engine cover after drives when possible. Always after sessions on the track.

I recall at least one person correcting it if you search. Involved stripping and re clearing I believe as shineken points out.

 

What's interesting, the coating on the metal mesh is doing the same.

One side is perfect, the other side is a disaster.
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WHile I do not know how to correct I know that this was an issue with certain Scuds and was replaced under warranty probably too late now but never know..must be be in the clear coat
please let us know what you find out..

 

Yellowing of the part is not from the carbon it is the resin used to make it, some resins are not UV or high temperature stable and over time they start to break down. The only way to fix this is by carefully wet rubbing the part until the water turns from white to black, then you can finish off with a UV stable clear coat.

The higher temperature the cure the more stable the resin is, some low temp cured vacuum only parts have very little UV stabilisers in them because they don’t wet out that easy in the curing stages.

 

Steve is correct, its the clear coat that is causing it to get milky.
The clear will need to be taken down and rebuilt back up with a better hi-temp resin
Good luck and let us know if we are needed
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Glenn

 

Hello

On my 2008 F430 i had the same Problem , the complete Engine Bay was milky .
My car refinishing company grind the Parts with Wet Sand Paper and check the result all 10 minutes with Alkohol or Aceton on the parts if they are still milky or not .
After the grind job they finish it with a UV Resist Clearcoat .
They look as well as new.
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who is your car refinishing company? where are you located

 

Hello

Im from Germany near Stuttgart , but the grinding is not very difficult they must be careful that they not grind in the Carbonfiber , the company grind 0,2 mm from the resin and they look with acetone / alkohol spray whether the milky 's gone ( acetone makes visually how it would look with new clear paint ) I Pay for the complete job 500 € ( 555 Dollar )

Sorry my english is very bad , reading is ok , but write not realy :-D

Greetings