Creating a Carbon texture

[Cycling 4020]

Hi everyone, I've been looking at some bikes and some of them has a clean carbon fibre look. Does anyone know how to create such a texture ( my bike is carbon) so should I strip it or what advice can you give me? Is there any shop in Gauteng that could do such work and what are the pricing on this. Regards Edrich.

[Barry]

Stripping the paint might just leave you with a frame that has an ugly layup and imperfections that are filled with carbon filler. Stripping the UV protection from your frame will decrease the life of the epoxy/ frame.

[Bub Marley]

1 hour ago, Cycling 4020 said:

Hi everyone, I've been looking at some bikes and some of them has a clean carbon fibre look. Does anyone know how to create such a texture ( my bike is carbon) so should I strip it or what advice can you give me? Is there any shop in Gauteng that could do such work and what are the pricing on this. Regards Edrich.

Stripping the paint will not give you the finish you are looking for. 
 

The carbon layup will need to be done from the beginning of the process. Is why bikes like Cipollini and Time as examples are so beautiful because the weaving is done according to their own process. They also specifically design their bikes to showcase the weave. Most manufacturers don’t do this though so the weave is normally not that neat as it will be painted over anyway. You could possibly have a combination of paint with a few flashes of bare carbon parts. Best would be to speak to a professional. 

[MORNE]

Are you talking about A:

Or B:

MOST carbon anything on bikes look like B under the paint.

Painting over A should carry the death sentence.

 

[dasilvarsa]

Don't Even Try IT It's Criminal.

You can Get your bike Re Sprayed Shiny Black Though.

Edited September 25, 2023 by dasilvarsa

[Bicycle Yard WESTERN CAPE]

9 hours ago, Cycling 4020 said:

Hi everyone, I've been looking at some bikes and some of them has a clean carbon fibre look. Does anyone know how to create such a texture ( my bike is carbon) so should I strip it or what advice can you give me? Is there any shop in Gauteng that could do such work and what are the pricing on this. Regards Edrich.

Yeah unfortunately that's dictated by the developer, some have nice Carbon woven patterns others not so much.

 

So yeah, you can have someone professionally take it off (the paint job) I guess and have them let you known how it looks but definitely not assured you will have a nice looking carbon layout.

Those depicted on the chat of the pyga and the other frame usually are designed to look good. So they will.

 

Either way, Goodluck that was just my advice on your question.

 

Kind regards 

[Cycling 4020]

8 hours ago, MORNE said:

Are you talking about A:

Or B:

MOST carbon anything on bikes look like B under the paint.

Painting over A should carry the death sentence.

 

That number A is exactly what I'm looking for. It looks beautiful. Wouldn't like my bike to look like B.

[shaper]

Maybe carbon wrap the bike or parts of it?

[splat]

2 hours ago, Cycling 4020 said:

That number A is exactly what I'm looking for. It looks beautiful. Wouldn't like my bike to look like B.

You might be able to get a carbon specialist to wrap your frame.

Or maybe you get a vinyl wrap like they do for cars.
That probably wont be quite as robust though.

[Jaco Steyn]

I love the carbon fiber look on my road bike. A Panarello FP Quatro, 12 years old now.

[michaelbiker]

You can do it with carbon vinyl wrap.

[dasilvarsa]

9 minutes ago, michaelbiker said:

You can do it with carbon vinyl wrap.

That Looks Really Original

[love2fly]

16 hours ago, MORNE said:

Are you talking about A:

Or B:

MOST carbon anything on bikes look like B under the paint.

Painting over A should carry the death sentence.

 

I had a Trigon that from new was like your pic B, but was partly sprayed grey and it was STUNNING. I way prefer pic B and find pic A style outdated. I plan on sanding my Matt Black MTB down and doing a high gloss clear and partial paint sometime soon. I think that as long as you use a UV clear you should be fine. There are lots of boats and motorcycles as well as cars with clear coated carbon.

Lately I'm quite liking the mattish clear carbon that the likes of Redbull F1 use for eg on their sidepod intakes....

To the OP: Good luck with your quest.

Don't consider wrapping etc, it's not practically feasible. 

[Mongoose!]

 

[love2fly]

You could try hydrodipping a section.....

[Barry]

18 minutes ago, Mongoose! said:

 

This guy is a wizard when it comes to airbrushing and spraying bike frames.