Thank you for posting this video, I had some chainstay damage but had it repaired by a "professional" and recently my chain took another bite out of the chainstay. Found out the previous repair was not very good. I was expecting to see carbon but saw a lot of bondo and carbon. I used your same techniques from this video and had great success. I tapped the repair with a coin afterwards to check for solid adhesion and thorough epoxy wetout and found no dull thuds. Just as you say, a pretty easy repair to do at home. So thank you for sharing your knowledge and tips, very appreciated and helpful! (My paint and clearcoat work leave much to be desired, however..)
Martin, I am using your excellent tutorials to repaint my 2008 Cervélo RS frame. When I took the components off, I noticed some damage to the BB caused by the chainring rubbing on the fame. Your tutorial on how to repair this damage is extremely well done and provided perfect instructions. Thank you for taking the time to create this instructional videos and for posting them for all to see and use.
Excellent tutorial! The only issue I seems you should be using a much slower curing epoxy - slower cure rates ultimately mean longer polymerization chains, which makes for a much stronger epoxy and therefore repair. Using a fast cure plus heat does not lend itself to good long term strength of repair.
Martin amazing concept, your skills and gifts are just awesome. My 5 year old son likes watching your videos, although he doesn’t understand what you say (yet). This Orbea is my favorite design, you made this just outstanding. Thinking to repaint my new MTB ;-). Take care lad. Greetings from Upper Austria.
Nice job on the repair 👍, don’t forget to use nitrile or vinyl-gloves when using epoxy. Epoxy allergy is a real thing, which everybody with enough exposure will get, and for your job something I really wouldn’t want to get.
Brilliant. Love that you share these tips and skills. Have just sent a frame away for repair, but with these tips might just try myself next time. The shrinking tape and fast-set epoxy are great tip. One question with resins - are the slow set epoxies more durable than the quick set, or just useful for different things? I repaired my hockey stick a few years ago and was advised to get the slow setting epoxy as it cuould withstand more and would last longer.
You are an amizing guy. I like your Videos so much. Bin Auszubildend als Zweiradmechatroniker mein Ziel in diesem Beruf, ist so Profi wie du zu werden. Beste Grüße und weiter so
Hallo Martin, Danke für das Video. Kannst du bitte noch ein paar Links nennen wo du die Materialien einkaufst? Oder was du empfehlen könntest um es daheim machen zu können. Vielen Dank
Nice work. Some ideas for yur consideration... - use a wood glue utility brush instead of ear swab - mount a heat lamp bulb or two in a ceramic socket to ceiling above workbench to aid in epoxy wetting out CF, works great aircraft composite project - put layer of dacron peel ply on top of finished layup then cover with shrinking tape, when dry and peeled off has nice mat finish Thanks again....
very good Caya you explained, I have started learning and have produced carbon for my own use.. I have already repaired my cracked bicycle frame, so I don't need to send it to the shop to repair the crack, the first time I use this carbon, right? my body is very itchy. but from there I started to understand that if it is ready and dry, if it is rubbed, the dust can fly and stick to our body parts..anything, thank you for the way of using this product..very good,,, ,#stay save covid is still there we are almost winning, we have not won against this covid19..#to those who died due to covid condolences to their family members# very grateful for the useful knowledge from you
Wow! Thanks for the video! I'm going to use this same technique to make an internal storage on the downtube of my enduro bike, like newer frames has. I'll cut the hole, reinforce the inside surroundings with unidirectional cf, and make a cap with bottle holes (bike has no bottle holes) :D
This was absolutely the best DIY video I have seen yet! Ausgezeichnet!! Just out of curiosity... could you use body filler on minor scratches and areas where the damage is too small for the tape or do you just use the resin?
When I've done this, I mix the epoxy, then cut small pieces of carbon fiber (roughly 1mm long) and mix it with the epoxy. Then apply to the scratch/ chip. Not really for crack in the carbon, but more as a filler. It sands, primes and paints well. Not sure if this the best way, but has turned out well for me
Super! I'm learning from your videos. But what if there is a crack on the beam? which goes from the drop to the seat tube. Almost in the middle. What should I do in this case? you can't get in from the inside!
Great videos, interesting and provides value. Question, I'm doing a relatively minor repair on the top tube road frame. I bought carbon fiber fabric cloth, 3k 200g/m2 plain weave. I need to buy the resin now, and at first i was going to buy 1:1 ratio resin off Amazon, but is there a specific resin i should be using. thanks very much.
Besides reference to UV protective resin, i've read folks using "marine-grade epoxy resin" and other resin's that were suppose to be stronger, which was not a 1:1 ratio? I can see the benifits for a fast resin, as you mentioned.
Shoutout from Germany I have damage in the same spot on my BMC frame so this is an awesome video for me! it also answered my question of how deep is too deep when sanding down. One question I do have is why are you using unidirectional carbon sheets instead of a 90 degree twill? also, how far away should I tape from my damaged area? if I have a crack that's 5 mm in diameter, should I tape up to 10 mm away? 20? 50? is there a rule of thumb?
I have the same issue on the same area in my frame but mine looks like more structural damage (chain got stuck, I got pissed off...the rest is history) to the point that the carbon can be moved by putting pressure with the finger. I suppose that's not a DIY job...well put it this way i wouldn't be very confident going down hill knowing that I stuck some small pieces of Carbon myself....,😰. So the new frame is coming. Good thing is I have seem your DIY paint job and it's gonna look great! 👍
Hi Martin, thanx for uploading such great DIY tutorials. I‘ve discovered a crack on my fork‘s steerer tube (RockShox SID World Cup) and want to fix it with unidirectional HM prepregs. As I‘m very good in fixing various things, I‘m pretty confident of doing a decent job. But I have two questions: when it comes to baking it in the oven, I‘m unsure how the resin, which holds the stanchions in the crown would react at temperatures around 120 degrees Celsius. And can I compress the carbon layers sufficiently with heat shrinking tube instead of heat shrinking tape as I don‘t have to apply any additional resin? Thank you very much in advance🤘.
@@ETOE Oops, I‘ve just noticed your reply…three years later 😂. Thank you for your reply. In the mean time I managed to fix it with Toray T800 UD Prepreg. And although being a quite humble guy, I have to admit that I‘m pretty proud of the result. I managed to build an isolating door for the oven, where I could stick the steerer tube through, so only the tube got exposed to the heat. Now I‘m fixed and made some other accessories for my mountainbike, like a carbon fender for the fork and a copy of the frame holder for my mini pump. Thanx again and I‘d love to see more of your carbon repair videos.
Great workmanship. Curious how are those holes occurred and are you going re-drill them again especially the one for the cable in the rear. Any tip for deep scratch lines without patching the carbon fiber.
Hi Martin. Great video!!! I have damage in the same area as the bike in the video. My question is I’d like to used shrink tape around the repair during the curing process. What brand of shrink tape do you use? I can’t seem to find such think (tape with holes) in Australia. Now I do not own a baking room so would a heat gun work?
Great stuff. I’m enjoying the videos. I found the channel a few weeks ago when I picked up a used cervelo s3 frame that I want to strip and clear coat for the nude look. I found that the NDS rear prop out is worn by about 2mm so the wheel doesn’t sit correctly. Can I use resin to fill this in or carbon strips with resin ?
+ Is wet sanding possible with carbon frames to avoid toxic carbon dust? + Servus, bei mir steht das gleiche an bei meinem Carbonrahmen. Zu den Sicherheitsmaßnahmen: kann man per Hand die kaputten Carbonlagen feucht/nass mit Schmirgelpapier abschleifen so dass erst gar kein Carbonstaub entsteht?
@ETOE, Awesome paint jobs but how do you know if there are no delamination on the accident chain stays in the existing carbon, do you have access to ultra scan?
Hallo Martin, grüße aus Deutschland, beim "Shrink Tape" bin ich am verzweifeln, habe zwar eines bekommen, aber das schrumpft nur 5% (glaube das ist zu wenig Druck nach dem ersten Test) und R&G gibt nur die 100m Rolle ab, brauche aber nur 1m...bekommt man auch irgendwo eine "Kleinstmenge"...kann nichts finden?!
it's insane how light that frame looks while u hold it with one hand...one of these days i hope to ride a carbon frame...im already impressed with aluminum....
unless you ride for races or off road i wouldnt consider carbon for city use or anything else honestly, i used a have one and i was constantly worried that it would break when locking it up next to other bikes. it also depends on the quality carbon fiber bike you get some are stronger some are weaker keep that in mind
No touch up is payed badly and more work than painting the entire frame but watch these videos where I show how to do it: th-cam.com/video/oUFiP3uosUU/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/fkJhFu3wEVk/w-d-xo.html
Hey Martin, I've watched many of your videos now and found them really useful for getting great tips and tricks associated with custom painting frames and helmets, I've had some good results using the techniques you have suggested, could you please let me know the type of mask / stencil film you cut and use along with the transfer tape as I have had some issues with various different types and not yet found one that is consistently reliable and that works very well for me. Thanks again for taking time out of your busy daily schedule to show us your amazing work.
@ETOE Loved you video. Keep them coming. My apologies if this was not asked in some of your German comments. How do you know how much paint/epoxy needs to be prepped around the existing damaged carbon area in order to obtain a strong enough bond with the new carbon/epoxy being applied to maintain the strength needed, especially in high stress areas like the bottom bracket? And, do you try and match existing carbon fiber properties like low vs high modulus when making repairs?
No bike repairers do ,they use a generic epoxy and cloth. At best 50% resin to carbon but manufacturer uses prepeg at best 40% no repai should ever cost more than £100 with time and effort or they are taking the piss
Vielen Dank fürs Video! Ich hätte ne Frage... Hab schon das ganze Internet durchgesucht und kann leider nirgendwo so eine Strumpffolie finden. Könnten Sie vielleicht ein Link schicken bzw. empehlen, wo man das in Deutschand finden kann?.. Vielen Dank im Voraus!
Hey Martin, Started watching this week as I recently picked up the hobby of reworking old rusty bikes, and I have to say you are quite the talented character. Out of curiousity: did you do some kind of education (e.g. "Zweiradmechaniker / Meister") in Germany in order to be "certified" to do this in business terms? Keep up the great work.
I have one embarrassing question. Can i repair my cracked alloy chainstay by strengthening it with carbon fibers? It was welding once, and it cracked almost in the same spot. I'm wondering if it makes sense. I was thinking to weld it again, wrap the original element around using coupe layers of CF. It's a 160mm travel full suspension bike. For rough treatment. It would be a CF chainstay with an alloy core. Can You give me some advice? Can i do that? Or maybe it's total madness and suicide mission?
I only want to remove the white logo on the downtube from a matte black carbon frame. Do I only need to sand it as in the video, or do I need to put something on after to protect the frame if I only want the matte black finish?
Hi I'm your No# 1 Viewer and follower..i have a question how much if you will do the painting for my road bike.its carbon bike..i want to change the design and color is it possible you do it? Tell me how much and how can I send to you .
Hey. Ich finde deine Lackier arbeiten echt toll! Aber als Leichtflugzeugbauer muss ich dir leider sagen, dass die Reparaturen nicht sehr professionell sind. Ein paar kleine Hinweise, wenn du erlaubst. 1. Schäftmaße beim schleifen beachten. Kohlefaser würde ich am Fahrrad mindestens 1/50 ausschäften. 2. Qualitativ hochwertige Fasern verwenden zb. HM Fasern. 3. Anstatt Kreppband mit Abreißgewebe anpressen, da das Abreißgewebe überschüssiges Harz aufnehmen kann. 4. Wenn man mit Harz arbeitet immer Handschuhe anziehen. 5. Anstatt einem Q-tipp, einen Pinsel verwenden (zum Lagern in einen geschlossenen Aceton Behälter stellen). Das wäre mal eine Anfang. Grüße
Servus, danke für die Tips. Ich muss meinen Carbonrahmen auch reparieren aber hier gibt's leider keine Antworten auf Fragen. Bei Amazon gibt's für €20,- solche Kits mit Harz und Gewebe, aber taugen die was? Sind Harze total unterschiedlich oder sind die alle recht ähnlich? Gruß
Thank you for posting this video, I had some chainstay damage but had it repaired by a "professional" and recently my chain took another bite out of the chainstay. Found out the previous repair was not very good. I was expecting to see carbon but saw a lot of bondo and carbon. I used your same techniques from this video and had great success. I tapped the repair with a coin afterwards to check for solid adhesion and thorough epoxy wetout and found no dull thuds. Just as you say, a pretty easy repair to do at home. So thank you for sharing your knowledge and tips, very appreciated and helpful! (My paint and clearcoat work leave much to be desired, however..)
Omg the tire tube trick INGENIOUS!
Martin, I am using your excellent tutorials to repaint my 2008 Cervélo RS frame. When I took the components off, I noticed some damage to the BB caused by the chainring rubbing on the fame. Your tutorial on how to repair this damage is extremely well done and provided perfect instructions. Thank you for taking the time to create this instructional videos and for posting them for all to see and use.
Excellent tutorial! The only issue I seems you should be using a much slower curing epoxy - slower cure rates ultimately mean longer polymerization chains, which makes for a much stronger epoxy and therefore repair.
Using a fast cure plus heat does not lend itself to good long term strength of repair.
Agreed! Tire trick is brilliant. Great to see the carbon repair. Thanks!
Hi. Excellent video... Can I bother you tell me the name of the shiking tape?? and where to find it?
Martin amazing concept, your skills and gifts are just awesome. My 5 year old son likes watching your videos, although he doesn’t understand what you say (yet). This Orbea is my favorite design, you made this just outstanding. Thinking to repaint my new MTB ;-). Take care lad. Greetings from Upper Austria.
Nice job on the repair 👍, don’t forget to use nitrile or vinyl-gloves when using epoxy. Epoxy allergy is a real thing, which everybody with enough exposure will get, and for your job something I really wouldn’t want to get.
Julius Meier Fully agree!
You should not touch carbon with bare skin,the grease causes delamination
Painters have to die young because they are bad payed and will retire poor if not died young. So no gloves needed!
@@matt7775 Painters have no grease on their skin they don't even have skin on the hands as longer they do their job. So no need to worry about grease.
Hehe I have it even though I wore gloves
Could you list the material you used, resins, shrink tape, etc
Brilliant. Love that you share these tips and skills.
Have just sent a frame away for repair, but with these tips might just try myself next time. The shrinking tape and fast-set epoxy are great tip.
One question with resins - are the slow set epoxies more durable than the quick set, or just useful for different things? I repaired my hockey stick a few years ago and was advised to get the slow setting epoxy as it cuould withstand more and would last longer.
Awesome video. Where can I find the shrinking tape?
Very educational. Thanks for showing us the technique of patching carbon frame
You are an amizing guy. I like your Videos so much. Bin Auszubildend als Zweiradmechatroniker mein Ziel in diesem Beruf, ist so Profi wie du zu werden. Beste Grüße und weiter so
Could you recommend a cheap carbon repair set (glue and some pieces of carbon mat) for home repair? There are some on Amazon but with mixed reviews.
Hallo Martin, Danke für das Video. Kannst du bitte noch ein paar Links nennen wo du die Materialien einkaufst? Oder was du empfehlen könntest um es daheim machen zu können. Vielen Dank
Awesome video. Thank you very much. What brand of special "shrink tape clear", and were to purchase it. I tried amazon no luck. Please help...
Nice work. Some ideas for yur consideration...
- use a wood glue utility brush instead of ear swab
- mount a heat lamp bulb or two in a ceramic socket to ceiling above workbench to aid in epoxy wetting out CF, works great aircraft composite project
- put layer of dacron peel ply on top of finished layup then cover with shrinking tape, when dry and peeled off has nice mat finish
Thanks again....
Can you provide the links to where to buy the resin mix, carbon fiber tape, and the shrinking tape?
very good Caya you explained, I have started learning and have produced carbon for my own use.. I have already repaired my cracked bicycle frame, so I don't need to send it to the shop to repair the crack, the first time I use this carbon, right? my body is very itchy. but from there I started to understand that if it is ready and dry, if it is rubbed, the dust can fly and stick to our body parts..anything, thank you for the way of using this product..very good,,, ,#stay save covid is still there we are almost winning, we have not won against this covid19..#to those who died due to covid condolences to their family members# very grateful for the useful knowledge from you
Hello etoe! Is it possible to remove the carbon patch after sticking it?
How did you sand inside the frame for the internal patches,you didn't show any preparation apart from drilling out the paint out of the hole itself?
Hi, wo kann ich so eine schrumpffolie herbekommen? Ist ja super geworden!!!
Wow! Thanks for the video! I'm going to use this same technique to make an internal storage on the downtube of my enduro bike, like newer frames has. I'll cut the hole, reinforce the inside surroundings with unidirectional cf, and make a cap with bottle holes (bike has no bottle holes) :D
This sounds like a terrible idea
Love that bike tube trick. Thanks - very helpful.
This was absolutely the best DIY video I have seen yet! Ausgezeichnet!! Just out of curiosity... could you use body filler on minor scratches and areas where the damage is too small for the tape or do you just use the resin?
When I've done this, I mix the epoxy, then cut small pieces of carbon fiber (roughly 1mm long) and mix it with the epoxy. Then apply to the scratch/ chip. Not really for crack in the carbon, but more as a filler. It sands, primes and paints well. Not sure if this the best way, but has turned out well for me
are there any cheap sources for the perforated shrink tape? i only need a tiny bit
Agree bro..." Art is the a matter of nailing pudding to the wall"... Great quote !!
If Hambini and Martin teamed up you'd have the best engineered , best looking bike out there. But, can you imagine the two of them in the same room...
True
Another great video. Thanks for giving all of us information and knowledge on how to repair a bike frame. Keep up the great work
Thanks for understandable English and knowledge. You said that what do you know. İt is really good for us. Thank you
Super! I'm learning from your videos. But what if there is a crack on the beam? which goes from the drop to the seat tube. Almost in the middle. What should I do in this case? you can't get in from the inside!
Give it to a carbon repair service.
@@ETOE Yes, I have already sent it to the service. Thanks for the advice.
You're a true hero for this. Love your vids man. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Great videos, interesting and provides value. Question, I'm doing a relatively minor repair on the top tube road frame. I bought carbon fiber fabric cloth, 3k 200g/m2 plain weave. I need to buy the resin now, and at first i was going to buy 1:1 ratio resin off Amazon, but is there a specific resin i should be using. thanks very much.
Besides reference to UV protective resin, i've read folks using "marine-grade epoxy resin" and other resin's that were suppose to be stronger, which was not a 1:1 ratio? I can see the benifits for a fast resin, as you mentioned.
Shoutout from Germany
I have damage in the same spot on my BMC frame so this is an awesome video for me! it also answered my question of how deep is too deep when sanding down.
One question I do have is why are you using unidirectional carbon sheets instead of a 90 degree twill?
also, how far away should I tape from my damaged area? if I have a crack that's 5 mm in diameter, should I tape up to 10 mm away? 20? 50? is there a rule of thumb?
Absolutely fantastic. Good work, sir.
thanks for sharing your knowledge on carbon frame repair
BTW what brand is the resin that you are you using?
I have the same issue on the same area in my frame but mine looks like more structural damage (chain got stuck, I got pissed off...the rest is history) to the point that the carbon can be moved by putting pressure with the finger. I suppose that's not a DIY job...well put it this way i wouldn't be very confident going down hill knowing that I stuck some small pieces of Carbon myself....,😰.
So the new frame is coming. Good thing is I have seem your DIY paint job and it's gonna look great! 👍
Hi Etoe. What kind of shrinking tape you using in this video?
Hi Martin, thanx for uploading such great DIY tutorials. I‘ve discovered a crack on my fork‘s steerer tube (RockShox SID World Cup) and want to fix it with unidirectional HM prepregs. As I‘m very good in fixing various things, I‘m pretty confident of doing a decent job. But I have two questions: when it comes to baking it in the oven, I‘m unsure how the resin, which holds the stanchions in the crown would react at temperatures around 120 degrees Celsius. And can I compress the carbon layers sufficiently with heat shrinking tube instead of heat shrinking tape as I don‘t have to apply any additional resin? Thank you very much in advance🤘.
Use what ever you think suits for you. Why would you use so much heat? I see no need to use so much heat to cure any resin.
@@ETOE Oops, I‘ve just noticed your reply…three years later 😂.
Thank you for your reply. In the mean time I managed to fix it with Toray T800 UD Prepreg. And although being a quite humble guy, I have to admit that I‘m pretty proud of the result.
I managed to build an isolating door for the oven, where I could stick the steerer tube through, so only the tube got exposed to the heat.
Now I‘m fixed and made some other accessories for my mountainbike, like a carbon fender for the fork and a copy of the frame holder for my mini pump.
Thanx again and I‘d love to see more of your carbon repair videos.
Great workmanship. Curious how are those holes occurred and are you going re-drill them again especially the one for the cable in the rear. Any tip for deep scratch lines without patching the carbon fiber.
He mentioned at the start the owner was changing to a wireless setup so no longer required the holes.
The inner tube trick is awesome.
Hey Bro, many thanks from Rio de Janeiro🙌🙏
you are genius, thanks... great job
Hi Martin. Great video!!! I have damage in the same area as the bike in the video. My question is I’d like to used shrink tape around the repair during the curing process. What brand of shrink tape do you use? I can’t seem to find such think (tape with holes) in Australia. Now I do not own a baking room so would a heat gun work?
Martin, can u please put name of product shrinking tape, which one? cant find with those tiny holes, its urgent, thanks!
Where I can find/buy this shrinking magic tape ? Thnks!
Are you able to confirm the make and brand of the shrinking tape you used?
Where to find perforated heat shrink tape? Awesome vids man.
Great video! I noticed that these didn't seem to be really bad structural breaks, would the same technic be okay for more sever breaks?
I was about to ask this
Awesome safety message. Thanks for changing my ways.
Great stuff. I’m enjoying the videos. I found the channel a few weeks ago when I picked up a used cervelo s3 frame that I want to strip and clear coat for the nude look. I found that the NDS rear prop out is worn by about 2mm so the wheel doesn’t sit correctly. Can I use resin to fill this in or carbon strips with resin ?
It is possible to do but definitely no beginner carbon fix project.
That's a good job.
From Japan
Hi where do you found the perforex S2 thermo ?
Thanks
+ Is wet sanding possible with carbon frames to avoid toxic carbon dust? +
Servus, bei mir steht das gleiche an bei meinem Carbonrahmen. Zu den Sicherheitsmaßnahmen: kann man per Hand die kaputten Carbonlagen feucht/nass mit Schmirgelpapier abschleifen so dass erst gar kein Carbonstaub entsteht?
Thank you my garet teacher ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Im amith from sri lanka great video
@ETOE, Awesome paint jobs but how do you know if there are no delamination on the accident chain stays in the existing carbon, do you have access to ultra scan?
What's a great video really enjoyed that keep up the great work very helpful I shall try this on mine
Glad you enjoyed it
Oh you have compressor, you could use an air riveter, if you had a riveter, great video superb job
Good Video
you make it look EASY
what type of Resin ?
Epoxy ?
Polyester ?
Vinylester ?
or Fiberglass Resin ?
Epoxy resin as mentioned in the video.
@@ETOE Thanks 4 Reply
how about Carbon Crankset Clearcoat WORN Repair ? just use Epoxy Resin for Touch up ?
Hey! Super Video!
Wie heißt das Band, was du über das Carbonband klebst? Ich finde das leider Nirgends :(
Where can I get "shrinking tape" in the U.S.? Thank you, great vid!
Also looking for this, lmk if you find it
hello sir did you find where to buy shrinking tape?
@@enriquecastanares3321 Great question! Can't find it with the holes. ETOE????
One of the best videos on carbon repair I've seen
Wow, thanks!
Hallo Martin, grüße aus Deutschland, beim "Shrink Tape" bin ich am verzweifeln, habe zwar eines bekommen, aber das schrumpft nur 5% (glaube das ist zu wenig Druck nach dem ersten Test) und R&G gibt nur die 100m Rolle ab, brauche aber nur 1m...bekommt man auch irgendwo eine "Kleinstmenge"...kann nichts finden?!
Amazing Brother Thanks for sharing knowledge...
Where do you find the shrinking tape?
Great work and great advice 👍👍
That’s exactly how i fixed a snapped chainstay .
Thanks again , many will learn a lot from your channel 👍👍👍
Finally someone else other than me that uses the bike tire inflation method
it's insane how light that frame looks while u hold it with one hand...one of these days i hope to ride a carbon frame...im already impressed with aluminum....
unless you ride for races or off road i wouldnt consider carbon for city use or anything else honestly, i used a have one and i was constantly worried that it would break when locking it up next to other bikes. it also depends on the quality carbon fiber bike you get some are stronger some are weaker keep that in mind
@@nexii1479 yea i plan on keeping my aluminum and just upgrading around it...but i would like to ride a real carbon frame at least once...
@@paullmight42 you definitely should give it a try, difference between acceleration on carbon vs steel is quiet a lot
@@nexii1479 i can imagine...going from steel to aluminum was a massive change already...
Great video! Thank you
Another great video. Do you ever touch up paint or do you always paint the entire frame?
No touch up is payed badly and more work than painting the entire frame but watch these videos where I show how to do it: th-cam.com/video/oUFiP3uosUU/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/fkJhFu3wEVk/w-d-xo.html
@@ETOE thank you, you’re a fantastic fella!
Brilliant stuff!
Excellent video thank you sir!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What is the porous tape called that you use to press the layers of CF together and squeeze out excess resin please?
This guy became my favorite YT personality in just like 3 videos.
3 minutes ))
Hey Martin, I've watched many of your videos now and found them really useful for getting great tips and tricks associated with custom painting frames and helmets, I've had some good results using the techniques you have suggested, could you please let me know the type of mask / stencil film you cut and use along with the transfer tape as I have had some issues with various different types and not yet found one that is consistently reliable and that works very well for me. Thanks again for taking time out of your busy daily schedule to show us your amazing work.
Great video. Has anybody found the shrinking tape with holes in the USA??
@ETOE Loved you video. Keep them coming. My apologies if this was not asked in some of your German comments. How do you know how much paint/epoxy needs to be prepped around the existing damaged carbon area in order to obtain a strong enough bond with the new carbon/epoxy being applied to maintain the strength needed, especially in high stress areas like the bottom bracket? And, do you try and match existing carbon fiber properties like low vs high modulus when making repairs?
No bike repairers do ,they use a generic epoxy and cloth. At best 50% resin to carbon but manufacturer uses prepeg at best 40% no repai should ever cost more than £100 with time and effort or they are taking the piss
Amazing guy! I will make the print with gold leaf on my frame
Vielen Dank fürs Video! Ich hätte ne Frage... Hab schon das ganze Internet durchgesucht und kann leider nirgendwo so eine Strumpffolie finden. Könnten Sie vielleicht ein Link schicken bzw. empehlen, wo man das in Deutschand finden kann?.. Vielen Dank im Voraus!
honestly a great video but the accent is dam addictive to listen to lol
Even for germans :-)
I love your knowledgeable videos love u ETOE MY DEAR BROTHER
Perfect job. Congratulations!
Would like to ask where to buy the shrinking tape?
Cooler Workshop😎😎 Art is producing such cool videos😎😎
Hey Martin,
Started watching this week as I recently picked up the hobby of reworking old rusty bikes, and I have to say you are quite the talented character.
Out of curiousity: did you do some kind of education (e.g. "Zweiradmechaniker / Meister") in Germany in order to be "certified" to do this in business terms?
Keep up the great work.
I have one embarrassing question. Can i repair my cracked alloy chainstay by strengthening it with carbon fibers?
It was welding once, and it cracked almost in the same spot. I'm wondering if it makes sense. I was thinking to weld it again, wrap the original element around using coupe layers of CF. It's a 160mm travel full suspension bike. For rough treatment. It would be a CF chainstay with an alloy core. Can You give me some advice? Can i do that? Or maybe it's total madness and suicide mission?
I can not give a general advice regarding this.
Warum benutzt du ein Q-tip, statt einem Pinsel um die Fasern zu tränken?
I only want to remove the white logo on the downtube from a matte black carbon frame. Do I only need to sand it as in the video, or do I need to put something on after to protect the frame if I only want the matte black finish?
Hi I have the same issue but light paint chip beside bottom bracket. Do I need to worry that frame will crack or it is okay?
If it doesn't affect the carbon structure and is only a scratch it's OK. If it's a crack which goes through several layers it's not.
Hi I'm your No# 1 Viewer and follower..i have a question how much if you will do the painting for my road bike.its carbon bike..i want to change the design and color is it possible you do it? Tell me how much and how can I send to you .
Yes.
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Hey. Ich finde deine Lackier arbeiten echt toll! Aber als Leichtflugzeugbauer muss ich dir leider sagen, dass die Reparaturen nicht sehr professionell sind. Ein paar kleine Hinweise, wenn du erlaubst. 1. Schäftmaße beim schleifen beachten. Kohlefaser würde ich am Fahrrad mindestens 1/50 ausschäften. 2. Qualitativ hochwertige Fasern verwenden zb. HM Fasern. 3. Anstatt Kreppband mit Abreißgewebe anpressen, da das Abreißgewebe überschüssiges Harz aufnehmen kann. 4. Wenn man mit Harz arbeitet immer Handschuhe anziehen. 5. Anstatt einem Q-tipp, einen Pinsel verwenden (zum Lagern in einen geschlossenen Aceton Behälter stellen). Das wäre mal eine Anfang. Grüße
Servus, danke für die Tips. Ich muss meinen Carbonrahmen auch reparieren aber hier gibt's leider keine Antworten auf Fragen. Bei Amazon gibt's für €20,- solche Kits mit Harz und Gewebe, aber taugen die was? Sind Harze total unterschiedlich oder sind die alle recht ähnlich? Gruß
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Hi, was für ein Klebeband benutzt du zum aufschrumpfen? Wo bekomme ich das her?
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That's impressive. Great job...
Does it have brushless motor?
Robota z duszą.
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