I lightly dry sand my cf tubes with 400-500 grit sandpaper and give them a few wipes with nitro cleaner/paint thinner. It pulls out all the junk from the surface better than acetone/isopropyl. The hand/glove then basically polishes the shaft from play within a week, and it glides crazy good and doesn't need anything else besides an occasional isopropyl wipe, if even that. I've had quite a few people comment after trying them out, without saying anything to them, that they are amazed at how nicely it glides compared to their revos. I use no coating on the tubes. When it's first sanded and nitro cleaned it has the exact same matte look as the one in the ''after'' predator video, and after some play and oils from the hand it gets a glossy finish after a few hours, and stays that way, except it doesn't ''stick'' to the hand.
