Carbon Fiber wrapped parts.........., My first attempts. Options

[Fastbird]

Gave it a shot finally, couple of Celi parts, and one Vette part.

The celi parts below, came out OK. THe switch panel is a PITA because of the recessed switch area, makes it hell to keep the weave straight. This was my 2nd attempt and came out MUCH better than the first. With more practice, I'll nail this piece down. The Ash tray panel came out nice I think. Both are on their 2nd coat of resin and after one more coat should be ready for sanding.





The Vette door bezel below was done with the silver carbon fiber, and was my very first attempt at a piece with this kind of contour. I'm EXTREMELY happy with it though it has it's minor flaws. This is going in my personal car again. 2nd coat of resin drying here too.



And, with permission of the mods, I'd like to offer the service to the 6GC.net community. It's not going to be cheap because this is a time consuming thing, but the results are worth it. If anyone wants anything done, just shoot me a message and we'll talk. Next up for me is going to be the ignition panel and main stereo panel. Saving the door handle bezels for last as they're going to be a nightmare.

*Edit* As referenced in this thread: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=63283&hl= I have gotten permission to offiically offer my services to the 6GC.Net community. If anyone wants any pieces wrapped, send me a PM or post up with that you want and we'll sort the details out. Pricing will be in the $35-75 range per part depending on how big, contouring, fabric used (some colors are pricier than others, like the Gold CF). Just let me know, I'm here for you guys.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Nov 6, 2008 - 9:57 AM

[playr158]

sweeet take pics of how you set things up!

[Fastbird]

sweeet take pics of how you set things up!

Don't really have a "setup" per se. I went ghetto fabulous iwth last nights endeavour. Duct tape to seal the bag (Using Fibreglast vacuum tube, 24"wide) wet out the CF cloth, laid the release film, bleeder/breather, set it in the bag, shoved shop vac tube into bag wit bleeder/breather on both sides of that, sealed end, and flipped on. The problem I was having was that I couldn't remove the shop vac tube and keep enough vacuum to comfortably seal the bag.

So....I got the following:

1/2" Tubing:


Plastic Barb Fittings x 2 (didn't go metal because I can get them cheaper locally and am just testing the waters still):


Two way shutoff valve (I got the brass one because this is the bread and butter, if this doesn't work the bag doesn't stay sealed):


And two of these vacuum connectors:


If everything works out I"m going to grab a couple of extra shutoff valves so I can work on multiple pieces at once. I'm going to try a couple of pieces using my shop vac, and dependent on the results there I'll either stick with that or move to a air compressor run vacuum generator (since a good vacuum pump is dang expensive).

More to come!

One BIG positive side to this??? I'll be able to invest MUCH less time and resources into doing these parts, equating to a reduced end cost if someones wants something done.