carbon

[ENVYD]

lol its good to see that more people are wanting to do there own stuff these days!

[ENVYD]

Rob, my resin just says "resin in styrene" so i do not know if it is much diffrent! stil drys very hard tho!

[ENVYD]

Stunning!
 
Quick question about the resin. I\'ve still got a load of resin and hardener left over from doing some repair work on my bumper, is that gonna be ok to use the carbon, or do I need something that is specific?

 
yeah as rob said mate, you resing will have a yellow colour to it and the hardener will be pink? (what is used for bodge and so on). Polyester resin is probs the best stuff to get for carbon work!

[od404]

yeah as rob said mate, you resing will have a yellow colour to it and the hardener will be pink? (what is used for bodge and so on). Polyester resin is probs the best stuff to get for carbon work!

Cheers for the advice guys

[ENVYD]

no probs mate!

[weejimmy]

epoxy resin is what is used for carbon not polyester.  thoe in covering dash plastics it dosent mater realy general purpose will be fine.
and your catalist (hardner) should be clear and like water not pink and like toothpaste if thats what your using, thats for premix fiberglass or catty etc.
 
also resin is various colours. . the resin used for woven roven fiberglass (matted like carbon but is fiberglass) is blue but turns clear when you mix in hardner.
 
and you can easily just eye the hardner quantites its suposed to be 2-4 %  depending on temps, but as long as its roughly accurate it wont realy make a diffrence as long as you get it down in time. if its just for stuff like above.
i alway measure it but when i was\'nt paying for it i just eyed it
 
anyway nice work above, should look good in the car.

[ENVYD]

ahh ok mate i got told to use poly! but like you said it dose not really matter with plastics!
 
 
steven

[hairyhoover]

write up please!!!

[Dan Norton]

You could do all sorts if you are just covering parts.....wheel spokes, roof\'s, ally spoilers etc!!

[karl_tate]

does this sort of method, by not using bags and vacuum etc or how they professionally do it, only work with small items??

this has got me thinking and was wondering because i want to take my spoiler off and there will be holes, i could cover it with carbon??

[Dan Norton]

Theres many ways to finish a part....but if you make something that will take a load of some sort then pre-preg,vac bag, resin infusion methods are best.

All you are doing is covering parts that dont take any "load", so you will be safe as just covering your bootlid, you can go as large as you like.
Just makes sure you get material wide enough to cover your boot!

[Initial-D]

I want to make a custom heater panel and gearstick surround, if I do can someone cover it or make a carbon version of it? It\'ll move the heater controls but retain them, I\'d like a carbon dial surround too mmm..!

[ENVYD]

I want to make a custom heater panel and gearstick surround, if I do can someone cover it or make a carbon version of it? It\'ll move the heater controls but retain them, I\'d like a carbon dial surround too mmm..!

 
lol thats what i have started to do! but i was going to keep it hush untill they where finished! i have already extended the heater control wiring harness
 
they should look like this when i am done!
 

[ENVYD]

some picks of it pre-fitted to my car!
 

[Ada7]

Thats going to looks so cool once you\'ve got it all done
Very nice indeed :Thumbs-up

Adam