How to Clean up a scuffed tube

[Scode68]

While sanding the body tube (filled in the spirals) I managed to scuff the end of the tube. It has a frayed look, how can I clean this up?

 

[Handeman]

I usually soak the fibers with some CA or 60 minute epoxy. Once it's dry, sand again.

 

[Scode68]

Thanks,

I'll give that a whirl.

 

[MarkII]

Using some filler primer at the priming stage may help as well. I also tend to get a little bit of tube fraying, no matter how carefully I sand. Once you get some primer on it and a couple coats of paint, it is not very noticeable, if it is still even visible at all. You can also make a defect like that visually disappear by putting a dark-colored ring around the top of the tube, too.

MarkII