Waxing Carbon Fiber Hoods?

[Tyler17rose]

All of you with your carbon fiber hoods, what do you do to protect it/clean it? I have a OEM hood from the canadian group buy. Should i wax it? Can i wax it?

What do you guys do?

[mitmaks]

id do hand polish, you might warp it if not careful with electric polisher

[Josh]

iv waxed mine like 6 times in the past year and it makes a HUGE differance in the look. i used Black turtle wax. Awsome stuff. in comparison to other CF hoods mine was way better looking.

[MX3-Freak]

Originally posted by mitmaks:
id do hand polish, you might warp it if not careful with electric polisher

YOu realize the difference between wax and polish?

[PATDIESEL]

Yeah wax is a must for the carbon fiber hoods and a polish is for looks only, it won't help protect from the elements.

[MX3-Freak]

Close...but you forgot to mebchion the polish is a light abrasive enabling it to take the very top layer of oxidized paint (or other material...)off thus making it shiny. Wax just makes a coat over the paint, making it shiney.
Polish - old cars
Wax - new cars.

[mitmaks]

Originally posted by MX3-Freak:
Close...but you forgot to mebchion the polish is a light abrasive enabling it to take the very top layer of oxidized paint (or other material...)off thus making it shiny. Wax just makes a coat over the paint, making it shiney.
Polish - old cars
Wax - new cars.

not really correct on that one....
you wax it first (car) and then polish it, at least thats how I do it in body shop and was learned to in college

[Absath]

Originally posted by MX3-Freak:
Close...but you forgot to mebchion the polish is a light abrasive enabling it to take the very top layer of oxidized paint (or other material...)off thus making it shiny. Wax just makes a coat over the paint, making it shiney.
Polish - old cars
Wax - new cars.

"menchion" is actually spelled 'Mention'. I've seen you do that a few times.

See? You learn something new every day.

-Tim

[Reprobation14]

Wax before Polish?!
whoa... i thought the polish was a light abbrasive to take off dirt and stuff.... then you used the wax to protect it from UV and stuff... thats what i've done with all my cars...
2 coats polish... 3 coats wax.. all by hand. takes about 2 hours... but its worth it.. damn car can blind someone when you look at it just right

-Chris

<small>[ September 18, 2004, 02:53 AM: Message edited by: [reprobation] ]</small>

[Kokiriwave]

polish first, then wax....if the hood is new...you shouldn't have to polish it.....just hand wax it my friend....

whats the point in polishing a new piece.....it'd be like buffing your car when you bought it yesterday off the show room floor.....pointless

[Gro Harlem]

omg, i can't believe I just read that!


Polish is like a sandpaper almost..its an abrasive. The CF hoods made for our car had a clearcoat thus using polish is the way to go to get rid of any deposits, chemicals and light scratches in the coat.

After polishing it...THEN you wax. you NEVER evAr wax before polish, thats just silly. Wax is simply a protectant and isn't even necessary.

If you want to improve the appearance, polishing is the way go to. Waxing a car that needs a polish is just a half-azzed way to temporarily improve its appearance and make it look shinier than it is.

[93SOHC]

waxing only guys

<small>[ December 14, 2004, 04:10 PM: Message edited by: 93SOHC ]</small>

[93SOHC]

Duh!!!! Now seriously always polish before wax, ofcorse!!!!! Make those hoods shine before you protect them with wax. If I could afford one i'd be polishing it for hours!

[Kokiriwave]

many of you are right about polishing before waxing.....but polishing isn't something that you do all the time...just once in a blue moon.