I found a good deal on a carbon seatpost, but didn’t like the logos emblazoned all over it. After looking around I didn’t find any definitive advice on how to remove them, so I’m posting my experience.
Acetone had no effect, so I wet sanded it. I put the stopper on just above the numbers to protect everything below that point, and used 1200 grit sandpaper that I had lying around. The process was very quick and easy, taking about 5 minutes and one third of a sheet of sandpaper. The slurry that came off was pink at first from the red and white logos, turning slightly gray as I got into the carbon. I flushed the water away and binned the wet sandpaper so as not to have carbon dust everywhere.
I’m happy with the result. The finish is generally matte and smoother than it was before, with a fiber sheen in one area where I guess I went a little deeper – it only shows when the light hits it at the right angle. In any case, I don’t think I’ve removed more than a tiny bit of the structural material and I’ll be using this now as-is, without bothering with clearcoat (unless the response here is that there’s some danger I’m not aware of).
In all, it worked out better and easier than I’d imagined.
KuyaJester on
Looks good
huelurking101 on
You sanded the whole thing after or only where the logos where?
Cold-Metal-2737 on
So you bought cheap Chinese parts and debadged them…
MinimalMojo on
Yeah 1200 grit wouldn’t cause any structural problems. And as far as future UV degradation to the resin, as long as you weren’t getting black dust from sanding you’re fine. And even if you did, I doubt it would be an issue.
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I found a good deal on a carbon seatpost, but didn’t like the logos emblazoned all over it. After looking around I didn’t find any definitive advice on how to remove them, so I’m posting my experience.
Acetone had no effect, so I wet sanded it. I put the stopper on just above the numbers to protect everything below that point, and used 1200 grit sandpaper that I had lying around. The process was very quick and easy, taking about 5 minutes and one third of a sheet of sandpaper. The slurry that came off was pink at first from the red and white logos, turning slightly gray as I got into the carbon. I flushed the water away and binned the wet sandpaper so as not to have carbon dust everywhere.
I’m happy with the result. The finish is generally matte and smoother than it was before, with a fiber sheen in one area where I guess I went a little deeper – it only shows when the light hits it at the right angle. In any case, I don’t think I’ve removed more than a tiny bit of the structural material and I’ll be using this now as-is, without bothering with clearcoat (unless the response here is that there’s some danger I’m not aware of).
In all, it worked out better and easier than I’d imagined.
Looks good
You sanded the whole thing after or only where the logos where?
So you bought cheap Chinese parts and debadged them…
Yeah 1200 grit wouldn’t cause any structural problems. And as far as future UV degradation to the resin, as long as you weren’t getting black dust from sanding you’re fine. And even if you did, I doubt it would be an issue.