my carbon fork was recently scratched (casualty of rubbing against another bike on the rear car rack) and my BF rubbed it down with car wax and the scratch is basically almost invisible. It took a ton of rubbing, he said. He got the idea from a bike builder on a different forum. Not sure of the pros/cons of this verses nail polish but it was pretty easy and no sanding was required. good luck fixing up your bike!
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07-10-2011, 03:31 PM #1
NadiaMac
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07-10-2011, 06:53 PM #2
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Actually, I was able to basically rub out two of the scratches with polish as you described, Nadia. The third was the worst and I just put some clear nail polish over it. Unless you know it's there, you don't really see it, so I'm not too worried about it as long as the frame doesn't crack!
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