Scratch repair

toastedone
toastedone Posts: 838
edited August 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
I know its a MTB and I know it will be prone to scratches, dings and knocks, but i stupidly put a couple of scratches n my carbon frame today, can anyone suggest a way of doing a touch up job, they are not deep but noticeable, the frame is raw carbon glossed.

Thanks

If you want to know how I, I was cleaning it it slipped and slid down a retaining wall, I have tried to helitape the frame but it is such an awkward shape that i ended up just helitaping the parts that are prone to cable rub.

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Smokertovaper

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  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    You can get clear gelcoat repair kits for boats and canoes they might be worth looking at.
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  • Tazzedx
    Tazzedx Posts: 23
    If you are having trouble fitting helitape the following link might prove useful: http://www.biketart.com/products/biketape the video shows the wet technique which is especially good for difficult shapes. Good luck. :)
    Mountain Biking - as addictive as Cocaine and Twice as expensive!!!
  • toastedone
    toastedone Posts: 838
    Tazzedx wrote:
    If you are having trouble fitting helitape the following link might prove useful: http://www.biketart.com/products/biketape the video shows the wet technique which is especially good for difficult shapes. Good luck. :)

    Thanks, it is not the application that is proving difficult, it is the general shape of the frame that is the problem, the 456 frame is not cylindrical as as normal frame
    Smokertovaper
  • Tank-slapper
    Tank-slapper Posts: 968
    A small bottle of clear nail varnish will do the job, costs next to nothing and lasts ages.

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