 Carbon Fiber, any one good at using this stuff |
 Jul 27, 2004 - 6:14 PM
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i am going to start my next project this weekend ,hopefully if the bumper is half way done. what i want to know is there anyone on this site that has used or is familar with Carbon Fiber Cloth
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Jul 27, 2004 - 6:25 PM
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 Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
CelicaSTX02 has used it before. He wrote up the how-to article on how to wrap stuff in carbon fiber.
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Jul 28, 2004 - 1:04 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 12, '02 From Tucson Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I use it at work quite a bit. NOt that bad to work with, just wear a mask what its in the dry form. We like to call it black aspestice (sp?). Its nice because you can use poly resin if you wish(cheap). we use wes systems Epoxy though. Just make a good mold, but Id have to say making a bumper might be expensive using CF.
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Jul 28, 2004 - 1:20 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From ny to philly Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
hmmm I don't want to question you, but I also don't want others to go out and buy polyester resin to work with carbon fiber. so just a word of warning from what I've read polyester resin can not be used with carbon fiber, basically your only choices are epoxy and vinyl ester. also I've experimented a bit with carbon fiber; not as easy as I thought it was gonna be for sure 
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Jul 28, 2004 - 9:06 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 4, '04 From New York Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
hmmm, im thinking how hard it would be to make a splitter for the whole bumper. Ghost dog what part wasnt that easy
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Jul 28, 2004 - 4:59 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From ny to philly Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I found pushing and pulling the strands so it actually looks good to be difficult. I'm only attempting layovers for looks so obviously its really important that the carbon looks nice underneath the resin/clearcoat. basically I messed up the first couple attempts, not anything worth posting pictures of, maybe I'll try again this weekend.
honestly tho I don't think a splitter will be too bad. just make a fiberglass piece and do one layer of carbon on top. be sure to experiment with the cloth on some smaller pieces first tho. also for some tips/questions check out the forums at fibreglast.com, theres a forum specifically for layovers. |
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Jul 28, 2004 - 5:00 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 12, '02 From Tucson Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
ya ghost, Ive just been told it works. I dont have first hand knowledge that it does. I work more with kevlar and I know poly res wont work on kevlar. Thats where I heard about the difference between CF and Kevlar. Anyways it is definitely not easy but there are tricks we use with epoxy to mold things. CF is a nice look though, I would be afraid it would crack when hit on a body kit though, CF is brittle.
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Jul 28, 2004 - 6:15 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 4, '04 From New York Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
thanks for all the info
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