carbon fibre parts, shiney edges

[tonydevon]

I have 2 new buggies, and my OCD with wiring is rather all consuming LOL, but I love things neat and tidy,

my carisma GTB is all carbon and may get the treatment too LOL, so that 3 buggies to do

Ive seen carbon parts with shiney edges and as I appreciate and understand it must help with delamination etc, I mainly love it because it looks great.

is this hard and messy to do??

[birdy]

Thin CA glue, drop a bit on and roll it around the edges, repeat when dried for a better effect.

[Andrew Twigger]

I do this with mine but in my experience it isn't particularly quick. Last time I did it, there were about 3/4 cycles of wet and dry / CA / repeat. Activator helps, but not for the last application as I've found it doesn't give a mirror finish. The main issue is that the carbon edges are porous and so a good few applications are needed to coat this before you can get onto making a nice finish.

[DynaMight]

Superglue on a cotton bud and wipe it around the edges. Works a treat and produces a nice finish. It may require a quick sand beforehand if the finish isnt already fairly smooth.

Dont get to close when doing it as it does produce some vapor, which can sting your eyes pretty bad!

[Wig]

When you sand the edges of the carbon fibre make sure you do it under a running tap or in water as you dont want to be breathing in any carbon.

[brian s]

i use clear nail varnish to seal c/f parts, nice and easy to apply with the little brush in the bottle.