CF scratch repair

[TeeA]

Can’t find any discussion that attempts a repair remedy for the shaft shown here. If possible, after filling void for missing material, how would you sand/buff that filler down smooth without damaging surrounding area?
Thanks for any responses. Tom

 

[Pool artist]

I bought a Midwest carbon technologies shaft back in 2021 when they first started making shafts let's just say quality was bad scratches like crazy you can see where they sandeed it I payed 299 for it back in 2021 .there no way to fix it.use the warranty

 

[Zerksies]

Some people fill with super glue then sand it smooth.

 

[Murray Tucker]

Can’t find any discussion that attempts a repair remedy for the shaft shown here. If possible, after filling void for missing material, how would you sand/buff that filler down smooth without damaging surrounding area?
Thanks for any responses. Tom

No experience with cue shafts but deal with it on fishing rods. If it is deep enough to get into the graphite then there is no "fixing" it. Pictures can be deceiving but it appears that where the gouge is that it is cosmetic. This is one of the easy finishes we use on rod blanks and it might work to help blend it in.

 

[Ģüśţāṿ]

Carbon Fiber repair is typically performed by mixing graphite powder with epoxy to fill in the void. Then sanding the repair down flush and buffing to match the rest of the finish.

Matching the existing finish is usually the hard part unless you refinish the whole shaft.

 

[cueman]

Most carbon fiber shafts have a coating on the shaft. I do not see a good way of fiing that scratch without having to sand the coating off that section which will look bad. If looks are not so worrisome to you then use the graphite powder and epoxy and sand it smooth. It will feel and play right, but just look bad.

 

[Kim Bye]

Fixing the clear part is easy, but repairing the scratch is always gonna be a compromise and it's not gonna match the matte finish coat. If you use epoxy with pigment or graphite powder or black CA the difficulty is gonna be blending it without removing more of the top coat on the shaft itself and the repair want really add any strength, so the scratch is always gonna be a weak point. I have accepted jobs like this under the explicit understanding that the customer can't expect a "as new' result and there's no redoing it.

 

[Mcues]

Oh yes, blending the finish back to new is impossible.