Carbon Fiber. Use this forum to show off your custom parts

[razuuk004]

A Supply List on needed parts to do Carbon Lay-up

Carbon Fiber- 2x2 twil thin ( 3.5 or 5 oz).

2 part Thin Epoxy resin - 3 to 1 ratio that cures clear and in about 3 hours

black pigment - To color the first hand of resin (Very Important)

.....all these items i get from CompositeEnvisions.com

the rest is :

clear buckets - for mixing

Foam and bristle brush - lots of them

rags

a Heat Gun - a must have

a small scale - to weigh in the mixing ratio

.... all these you can get at Home Depot

Sand Paper - All Grits ( 60 - 2000)

and a relatively small or medium piece - preferably as flat as possible.

And a quick Video of Procedure (More or Less)

[Mr Bigolsworth]

your carbon fiber work looks great. jealous of your skills.

[razuuk004]

your carbon fiber work looks great. jealous of your skills.

Thank you sir. And no need to be jealous, anyone can do this if they try it.

[razuuk004]

Here is some progress with the Door Sills

Covering up the only parts that i want in carbon fiber so that i can paint the rest.

[razuuk004]

So i pulled off the tapes, then sanded down the black (wet sand) with 1000 grit to eliminate orange peel and rough edges. Then i gave it a heavy coat of House of Kolors Intercoat Clear.

This is NOT Clear coat, it is a base coat that is clear and it is done to protect the paint job at the bottom so you can subsequently tape up again to do stripes or other colors. If you don't put a layer of protective clear base coat, when you lift off the tape it will pull off some of the bottom paint.

So you protect the bottom paint by putting a layer of clear base. Then you can sand, pin stripe, paint etc, without worrying about all the work you did underneath.

[knowledge]

you really really need to make a video step by step man like asap please

[razuuk004]

Okay so i Wet Sand the Intercoat clear which is clear base coat with 1000 grit sandpaper, putting very little preasure just to flatten it down and carefull not to cut into the paint. But if i/you do, just a touch of the black base coat applied with an air brush will do just fine to fix troubled areas. harbor freight sells one for $20.

once ive got all sanded down and troubled areas taken care of. i applied the stencils of the Transformers language on the top part and taped up everything else that needed covering so that i can apply the purple pearl over it. the stencils are made at a sign shop and it's made of vinyl where i can take off the positive and apply the negative side on the piece.

Now that the stencils are applied, the whole piece is covered and only the letters are visible. I take my mixture of purple pearl and apply 2 to 3 coats using a small HVLP gun with a 1.4 tip and no filter inside to let the pearl flow through. After about 10 to 20 minutes, i remove all the tape and stencils and cover up the area with the carbon fiber again so that i can apply the purple pearl on the black base coat.

Then i remove the tape to expose the carbon fiber areas and the stenciled letters i just did and give it a very heavy wet coat of clear coat over the entire piece.

and once the clear coat is fully cured, i will sand her down again smooth and do the little red line around the carbon fiber areas but that will be another day.

Hope you enjoyed my update(s)

[knowledge]

make a video on a simple piece????

[razuuk004]

make a video on a simple piece????

I hear you man, but i don't have video equipment or video editing software. Only a Samsung Galaxy S3 that makes mediocre vids by small run time(s). Kinda like the vid i made on my Door Panel.

[CortezDTV]

And that was pretty much all the inspiration I needed to get to work!!

Amazing work! Thank you!!!!