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Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
By:lc
Date: 3/15/2018, 1:16 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle (M A Bielski)

Start with a plastic polish. Use Maguire's or 3M.

Do these products have any abrasion or do they just remove impurities?

You may have to go over it a couple of times, but better safe than sorry.

Agreed! I'll give it a try.

If it doesn't give you the results you were looking for and you decide you want to try something more aggressive I would definitely use the 3M Finesse-it.

You're the second one to recommend this, so I'll give it a go if the plastic polish doesn't work.

An auto body shop will be able to wet sand it without burning through into the carbon and recoat it so that it looks perfect.

I spoke to a local shop the quote was a bit high, so I'd like to do it myself if possible.

Thanks

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
lc -- 3/8/2018, 7:14 pm
Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
JohnAbercrombie -- 3/8/2018, 7:58 pm
Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
lc -- 3/12/2018, 12:40 pm
Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
JohnAbercrombie -- 3/12/2018, 1:11 pm
Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
lc -- 3/15/2018, 1:08 pm
Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
M A Bielski -- 3/12/2018, 11:41 pm
Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
lc -- 3/15/2018, 1:16 pm
Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
lc -- 3/15/2018, 1:30 pm
Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
JohnAbercrombie -- 3/15/2018, 8:37 pm
Re: Paddle: Refinishing Carbon Paddle
lc -- 3/21/2018, 1:02 am