[ZR1] ZR1 Splitter & Carbon Repairs
04-16-2016, 02:09 PM
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
ZR1 Splitter & Carbon Repairs
All you can repair these fairly easily, from another post I did:
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You can do much more than that. Wet sanding isn't enough. Clear coating is the key to appearance as long as weave isn't compromised bad. Backside support repair with light weave is what you do for structural weakness if you're concerned.
For clear coat:
-Tape off area so you don't damage anymore when sanding.
-If there is weave cracking use fiberglass mat on the back side to reinforce, you can add black color tint to match.
-Sand some more, not a lot or not down to the weave if you can help it.
-Smoothing with less and less grit, no water, wipe off.
-Spray some clear coat.
-Let it dry, light sand and re-coat as desired.
-Now start the fine wet sanding and polishing, wax or whatever last.
The main difference will be getting clear coat on there, soaking into the cracks and damage, most of them will disappear. You can even flex the area a little during the first application to work the clear coat into cracks etc. It gets tougher when the damage disrupts or shifts the weave as others have mentioned. Yours appears to be an easy fix if someone wants to spend the time vs paying for new ones. Or fix and also buy spares for when you really smack em, hopefully not. Good luck.
_____
You can do much more than that. Wet sanding isn't enough. Clear coating is the key to appearance as long as weave isn't compromised bad. Backside support repair with light weave is what you do for structural weakness if you're concerned.
For clear coat:
-Tape off area so you don't damage anymore when sanding.
-If there is weave cracking use fiberglass mat on the back side to reinforce, you can add black color tint to match.
-Sand some more, not a lot or not down to the weave if you can help it.
-Smoothing with less and less grit, no water, wipe off.
-Spray some clear coat.
-Let it dry, light sand and re-coat as desired.
-Now start the fine wet sanding and polishing, wax or whatever last.
The main difference will be getting clear coat on there, soaking into the cracks and damage, most of them will disappear. You can even flex the area a little during the first application to work the clear coat into cracks etc. It gets tougher when the damage disrupts or shifts the weave as others have mentioned. Yours appears to be an easy fix if someone wants to spend the time vs paying for new ones. Or fix and also buy spares for when you really smack em, hopefully not. Good luck.
Last edited by nolimits; 04-16-2016 at 02:13 PM.
04-15-2017, 02:30 PM
#2
zr1 zo6 splitter repair
All you can repair these fairly easily, from another post I did:
_____
You can do much more than that. Wet sanding isn't enough. Clear coating is the key to appearance as long as weave isn't compromised bad. Backside support repair with light weave is what you do for structural weakness if you're concerned.
For clear coat:
-Tape off area so you don't damage anymore when sanding.
-If there is weave cracking use fiberglass mat on the back side to reinforce, you can add black color tint to match.
-Sand some more, not a lot or not down to the weave if you can help it.
-Smoothing with less and less grit, no water, wipe off.
-Spray some clear coat.
-Let it dry, light sand and re-coat as desired.
-Now start the fine wet sanding and polishing, wax or whatever last.
The main difference will be getting clear coat on there, soaking into the cracks and damage, most of them will disappear. You can even flex the area a little during the first application to work the clear coat into cracks etc. It gets tougher when the damage disrupts or shifts the weave as others have mentioned. Yours appears to be an easy fix if someone wants to spend the time vs paying for new ones. Or fix and also buy spares for when you really smack em, hopefully not. Good luck.
_____
You can do much more than that. Wet sanding isn't enough. Clear coating is the key to appearance as long as weave isn't compromised bad. Backside support repair with light weave is what you do for structural weakness if you're concerned.
For clear coat:
-Tape off area so you don't damage anymore when sanding.
-If there is weave cracking use fiberglass mat on the back side to reinforce, you can add black color tint to match.
-Sand some more, not a lot or not down to the weave if you can help it.
-Smoothing with less and less grit, no water, wipe off.
-Spray some clear coat.
-Let it dry, light sand and re-coat as desired.
-Now start the fine wet sanding and polishing, wax or whatever last.
The main difference will be getting clear coat on there, soaking into the cracks and damage, most of them will disappear. You can even flex the area a little during the first application to work the clear coat into cracks etc. It gets tougher when the damage disrupts or shifts the weave as others have mentioned. Yours appears to be an easy fix if someone wants to spend the time vs paying for new ones. Or fix and also buy spares for when you really smack em, hopefully not. Good luck.
04-20-2017, 08:04 PM
#3
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Process is similar, reinforce the back side with fiberglass cloth/resin, then resin the front, sand and paint.