Is T-Cut safe?
Comments
-
Are we talking lacquered carbon? If so I wouldn't use T-Cut because of it's solvent content. I'd just get some clear nail varnish and fill the scratch in carefully.0
-
t-cut is a mild abrasive and will do no favours on a laquer top coat.
I would just leave it and accept the fact that the only time your bike was 'new' was when it was sitting in the showroom. You can probably look forward to scratching it many more times in the near future, and at that rate you will end up with a frame covered in blobs of nail varnish - which is proably not the effect you are looking for....0 -
You could use some polish on it to halp prevent abrasive material sticking to it in future and scratching it further. Some ordinary furniture polishes (check label to see what's in it first) are fine and will make the frame easier to wipe clean after a ride as nothing really sticks to it - or you can buy bike polish.0
-
A very sensible answer. if you worry about every little scratch and chip on any vehicle, car or bike, all you will do is drive yourself to an early grave. Battlescars are par for the course, be proud of them.softlad wrote:t-cut is a mild abrasive and will do no favours on a laquer top coat.
I would just leave it and accept the fact that the only time your bike was 'new' was when it was sitting in the showroom. You can probably look forward to scratching it many more times in the near future, and at that rate you will end up with a frame covered in blobs of nail varnish - which is proably not the effect you are looking for....0 -
Heh! Yeah we always say we should knock the bike over a few times and scrape the levers along the garage wall before riding it for the first time as that's what it'll end up looking like after a few months.. as in my case when a driver knocked me off my relatively new bike, completely knacking both wheels and the previously pristine paint work.... :roll:
It may be a work of art but it's also a machine for taking out and thrashing!0 -
I've got 2 rough worn parts on both forks, seat stays and one bit where at this rate the bottle will make a new hole in the frame so got a new bottlecage in the hope that will stop. It was a little dissapointing but no one is going to buy it so no point I cry about it I think.0
-
T-cut is for metal I always thought. Lacquer on carbon does tend to get chipped over time, as the first response to the OP's question advises, it's one of those things.
You'll get over it
0 -
it's a bit hard riding a bike if you don't get over it!0
-
giant mancp wrote:T-cut is for metal I always thought.
T-Cut is for paint. It doesn't matter what surface the paint is applied to...0 -
I've just been using some of this gentle abrasive today to polish a rattle-can lacquer coat (on a jewellery box) to a mirror finish. T-cut is a bit more aggressive, I think.
0 -
softlad wrote:giant mancp wrote:T-cut is for metal I always thought.
T-Cut is for paint. It doesn't matter what surface the paint is applied to...
Yeah fair enough. But lets face it, most people use it for car bonnets etc. which are usually metal in most cases, that's the point I was trying to make.
0
