Harry Phinney
2009-12-04
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 06:51 -0800, Mike Alligood wrote:
> Has anyone out in OBRAland had a carbon frame painted aftermarket? Can this be done effectively?
A carbon frame can certainly be painted or repainted. Stripping the old
paint for repainting is (very) tedious and time consuming as sanding
with reasonably fine grit sand paper is the only safe means - no
chemical strippers, and no blasting media.
> Anyone in town you can recommend for this?
In Portland, I'm sure that Dean at Acme can do a fine job. I don't
recommend attempting powder coating as the curing temperatures are high
enough that they would endanger the resins in the carbon composite.
Harry Phinney