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Cleaning Carbon Fibre


CarlT67
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I have had my TRD with carbon wing for about 2 months and always cleaned the car on a weekly basis, just body shampoo and dry and polished it every 3 or 4 weeks.

 

I have noticed on the top surface of the wing it is starting to cloud over, looks like its in the lacquer...?

 

At first I thought it was moisture or something which had got in thought the end of the wing during cleaning or something.

 

Is there a special technique to cleaning or something I can use?

 

Thanks Carl

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Its the UV light that does it.

 

When you make a 'bling' carbon composite, if the gelcoat used is not UV stable, you can add a UV stabaliser, however if you dont mix it well enough, or use enough the gelcoat will go cloudy/milky over time due to UV exposure.

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