As a painter who specializes in bike frames I do not use any chemical strippers on carbon. My Process on a new carbon frame would be to remove the factory paint down to the primer. This is done with sandpaper. Once acceptable the frame is primed and repainted.

I have stripped down to bare carbon many times at the customer request but it is not needed unless you want bare carbon or the factory primer is bad. I also charge extra to go to bare carbon.

Being a good painter requires practice and knowledge of the materials. I will answer any question but cannot give you the practice.


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