painting carbon fiber

[NCbug]

can carbon fiber be painted without a noticable appearance between painted steel and painted carbon fiber?


thanx alot

[Phat73VW]

now i am not a formost expert on c/f but i would think its the same as painting fiberglass. there isnt any noticable difference in painting that than steel now is there? so why should c/f be any different? carbon joe your thoughts? i mean as long as the surface is perfectly smooth and prepped right it should be ok...i dont know just my 2 cents

[zen]

yes it can, but i don't know the prep required. joe is building me a "paintable" decklid. he will be making ones that are intended to stay c/f. the amount of work is much higher for the ones he is building to stay c/f.

[BeerRocket]

I'm guessing you'd probably need to add a flex additive to your paint. I have a Buell motorcycle and all the bodywork is plastic so and I have to use a flex additive when I paint it or the paint would crack, and I'm guessing carbon fiber would be real similar?

[Carbon Joe]

Yes C/F can be painted, just do the usual prep and use a good quality urethane paint.