ERushing
Well Known Member
Good Morning!
I'm beginning to prep my Aerosport overhead console. I'm planning to keep the carbon fiber look. What did you use to clean the console prior to painting/ clear coating? If you clear coated, what clear coat did you use?
Unfortunately, it being Saturday, I did not plan ahead and don't want to wait until Monday to ask Aerosport...
I'm assuming that the process is
1. Give the console a good cleaning/ de-greasing prior to working on it - using what? (It has already been fit to the cabin top.)
2. Match drill and install the nutplates for the inserts.
3. Drill out and clean up the overhead vent locations.
4. Clearcoat it before or after installing in on the cabin top??
5. Regardless, clean, wet sand ~600 (?), clean prior to clearcoat.
6. How many coats of clear?
7. I liked Ed's approach of sanding 1500 and 2000 to get rid of the imperfections that are bound to be there after my first experience spraying clearcoat. Buff with rubbing compound and then wax.
BTW - I'm planning to flox it in vs using Lord Adhesive (because I haven't bought the Lord adhesive for the windows quite yet.) I have plenty of cotton flox on hand. Any issues?
Thanks for your support!
I'm beginning to prep my Aerosport overhead console. I'm planning to keep the carbon fiber look. What did you use to clean the console prior to painting/ clear coating? If you clear coated, what clear coat did you use?
Unfortunately, it being Saturday, I did not plan ahead and don't want to wait until Monday to ask Aerosport...
I'm assuming that the process is
1. Give the console a good cleaning/ de-greasing prior to working on it - using what? (It has already been fit to the cabin top.)
2. Match drill and install the nutplates for the inserts.
3. Drill out and clean up the overhead vent locations.
4. Clearcoat it before or after installing in on the cabin top??
5. Regardless, clean, wet sand ~600 (?), clean prior to clearcoat.
6. How many coats of clear?
7. I liked Ed's approach of sanding 1500 and 2000 to get rid of the imperfections that are bound to be there after my first experience spraying clearcoat. Buff with rubbing compound and then wax.
BTW - I'm planning to flox it in vs using Lord Adhesive (because I haven't bought the Lord adhesive for the windows quite yet.) I have plenty of cotton flox on hand. Any issues?
Thanks for your support!