Where to get Carbon forks painted?

Neil, if and when you get them done I'd be interested to see and get a contact as I'm thinking of getting mine done

hey guys I recently bought a carbon fork thats decent but the paint and stuff looks shit. am trying to pluck up the courage to sand it down very carefully and paint it myself.

but was wondering if anyone knows any london based repainter that paints carbon? please let me know

also suggestions on how i can repaint it myself?

Give it a go yourself. The only thing you MUST make sure you do not do is go down into the carbon during preparation. So when you are keying the surface up with sandpaper or whatever, be very, very careful to not hit the carbon.

Don't use Nitromorse, don't even think about shot blasting it.

Don't use etch primer.

I'd very gently dry sand it with 1200 grit, clean it off and then prime it.

R

thanks man! any primer and paint you recommend? am thinking just clear coating it for the carbon look. but was also thinking maybe matte the clear coat. any ideas on how to do that? properly layer the clear coats 3-4 times then lightly 1200 wet sand all over maybe? you reckon would that work?

Give it a go yourself. The only thing you MUST make sure you do not do is go down into the carbon during preparation. So when you are keying the surface up with sandpaper or whatever, be very, very careful to not hit the carbon.

Don't use Nitromorse, don't even think about shot blasting it.

Don't use etch primer.

I'd very gently dry sand it with 1200 grit, clean it off and then prime it.

R

yeah you are literally just keying the surface, not much more. If you have old decals etc maybe work a bit more on those but be wary.

If you want to clear coat then you don't need to prime it.

The best rattle can clear coat is the Mipa 2pack cans you can get - not cheap though. The finish is considerably better and more durable than 1k... It is two part lacquer though and therefore highly poisonous... Wear a mask, spray outside, don't let any get on your skin or in your eyes.

You could then matt the finish with wet sanding or a gentle rub down with fine wire wool.

If you don't fancy doing it yourself drop me a PM and I can do it for you

R

Woah, be careful here. 'Painted' carbon fibre may not be painted at all, but actually have a coloured gelcoat (the outermost layer of structural epoxy). I've no experience of carbon bicycles, but I've worked with carbon fibre before and coloured gelcoats are common. There's no safe way to remove a gelcoat, so the only way of changing the colour would be to paint over it.

id agree, you dont know how its been made, best to just spray it, my mate smashed his face years ago when his pace forks snapped for no reason, id either leave them as they are or literally dull the clear so u can paint them

lol just paint over it.

Old thread bump, did you get this done/where/cost? (the forks painting i mean)