Post by Zed. on May 17, 2020 16:58:02 GMT
Has anyone played with composites?
I've been considering making carbonfiber door-panels for my car for a while, idea being to use an old window panel (as the flat surface) with release-agent / pva layer on to cast a resin coat on then lamnate a layer of carbonfiber cloth onto as the colour & strengthening
anyone done anything similar?
also, on my reserching (for costs of fabrics & resins) I tripped over a 'Carbon Fibre Skinning Starter Kit'
www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/starter-kits/carbon-fibre-skinning-starter-kit.html
that gave me the terrible idea of covering the toombstone & a few other parts for the car
not too expensive @ £39.10 +vat & carrage but not cheap..
unfortunately the kit I've linked above has a 300/1000mm piece of carbon cloth that is not wide enough to cover the toombstone in 1 section so would either need a join line or buying a larger piece of cloth (& probably more resins so not the 'starter-kit
)
vid explaining tht its diy (but probably needs some practace
)
although I've done plenty of fiberglass so it cannot be that hard? can it??
too many ideas & not enough time / money / concentration etc.
Rich.
I've been considering making carbonfiber door-panels for my car for a while, idea being to use an old window panel (as the flat surface) with release-agent / pva layer on to cast a resin coat on then lamnate a layer of carbonfiber cloth onto as the colour & strengthening
anyone done anything similar?also, on my reserching (for costs of fabrics & resins) I tripped over a 'Carbon Fibre Skinning Starter Kit'
www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/starter-kits/carbon-fibre-skinning-starter-kit.html
that gave me the terrible idea of covering the toombstone & a few other parts for the car
not too expensive @ £39.10 +vat & carrage but not cheap..
unfortunately the kit I've linked above has a 300/1000mm piece of carbon cloth that is not wide enough to cover the toombstone in 1 section so would either need a join line or buying a larger piece of cloth (& probably more resins so not the 'starter-kit
)vid explaining tht its diy (but probably needs some practace
)although I've done plenty of fiberglass so it cannot be that hard? can it??
too many ideas & not enough time / money / concentration etc.
Rich.
le sigh