Having been in the aviation composite industry for years and following a strict standard/spec, I freak out watching you guys use prepreg without gloves and not in a climate controlled environment, its just second nature to me. Love what you guys have built over the years!
It does creep in slowly but surely, doesn't it? I've been trying to hype myself up to do this for what seems like an eternity! ...just a couple more How To Videos should do the trick.
Guys, just found you today but thankful I did. Two major topics covered in one hour. Custom tail lights and legit custom controllers (not proprietary bs) and fiber composite topic that truly helped me get the difference in standard and prepreg cloth. Tried making composite parts before but I now think I realize why I had such difficulty and less than acceptable results. Because... The videos from guys with large budgets for videography used a presenter with inadequate outline or just bad teaching skills.. needless to say, they didn't get a subscribe whereas you did.. keep up the good videos and don't be surprised when I have constructive criticism, it's all done with brotherly love and an outsiders perspective. I'll always be kind though.. looking forward to seeing every video I've missed and every other that follows. Good luck! Trap well and be safe!
I think a great follow up video would be a 'making your first composite part', in which you use the most simple and readily available tools and make a fiberglass part. Sort of using a setup exactly the same as what someone who is doing it for the first time would use. This would serve as a great base for future tutorials. This would give people the confidence to move on and try more advanced techniques if they enjoyed the process and were happy with the results they got.
this has come a long way since 1985 where i was using uni direction CF to make prop blades for ducted fan boats. biggest awesome factor is the room temp pre preg.. holy frik
Thanks for this. I'm about to 3D scan my e46 wagon to begin modeling a self-made widebody and this is EXACTLY what I was missing. I've been following for a year now and still can't believe you guys share as much information as you do. 110% thank you.
fibreglast made a good decision sponsoring you, you and mike patey have the best videos on the internet to learn with. both of you have helped me improve my skills with composites drastically. thanks for the great content. stoked to see what the future has in store for you guys
I recently made a custom OEM+ hood for my Subaru Baja using the scoop portion from an 08-14 WRX. Been getting a few requests for duplicates. And I always love learning new skills...
I’m a composites guy and I own my own business doing full time carbon fiber fabrication. 99% of the people watching this video are better off just buying carbon car parts rather than trying to make them themselves. It’s definitely fun and interesting to learn, but if you mess up it costs you a ton of money, time, and frustration. I’ve had customers come to me with their failed projects and have me do it for them anyways after they wasted money on the materials they didn’t use properly. Good video, just a little disclaimer for people. If you don’t have money to spare to make a considerable amount of mistakes in the learning process, just buy carbon parts from someone else, or for stuff that isn’t available have a guy like myself make them for you. You’ll save yourself money and headache.
so cool that you have so much hands on experience and that you troughout the vids tell ous how your doing the realy cool stuff that your putting on the cars!
Wasn't sure whether I should tell you guys this on IG or here, but we're missing you guys, including Greg. Looking forward to the next vid. I missed my chance back in Dec to tell you what I like about the channel, but some of my favorite stuff is when you guys mix dialogue with the "this is how we're doing it" exposition, and use Xav's editing to make it funny and punchy. You riff off each other and it's good to see you interact. Maybe some videos with others from the East Coast scene would be a good way to mix it up? Footage from the scene when it picks back up would be good, too. Again, looking forward to the next release!
Love love love love love loveeeeee this episode!!! Exactly what needed to be said. Definitely going in the saved folder with this one bois! Keep it up X, Tim and Greg!!
this was such an awesome video including the recommendations for how to get started trying it out without having to break the bank. Appreciate all the hard work and knowledge as well as you being kind enough to share it with all of us! keep up the killer work
I've been really wanting to start making parts for all the cars we have...mainly my mk3 supra...but my lady's charger also...but I now have a 97 obs chevy silverado k1500...that could use some love other than an LS1 swap lol...thanks for the info...I have a decent garage with heated floors and all the tools I could really ever need minus and Bridport/lathe...maybe one day...but always been good went to school for body work for as long as u could then life got in the way...or I did I should say...then my dad passed...who had 2 businesses of his own...no reason I can't have one small one...and feel I was gifted from God with artistic talent...love making stuff...and building...but thanks again...gotta start somewhere...lol...and make something happen to leave my daughter and grandkids..take care 🤙
I am impressed with your work and your tutorials. I worked with composites in aerospace and you are really doing a fantastic job. I know you have done a little bit, but I think you should investigate using structural foam and aramid honeycomb. Wanna blow people's minds on lightweight and strength? That's the recipe! ;) I also really dig that you are starting to work with out of autoclave stuff. This is a BIG intertest of mine as I worked primarily with this sort of processing. Keep it up!
This is super informative, really nice explainer. I've been getting a little lost reading up on all the different aspects, this has tied everything together nicely, cheers lads!
Thank you so much. 🙌 Literally “one stop shop” video for people new to CF. You just saved me days of research and you even included part numbers. You guys are legends! 🧙♂️
Very informative. It took a while go figure out the Fiberglast vs fiberglass. Do you think it would be possible to duplicate a roof including the drip rails by making a polyester resin fiberglass mold and then making a carbon fiber part from the mold without the vacuum process? Thank you.
Fantastic video and explanations!! But I would actually like to see some carbon fiber skinning on the channel. That's a bit more for the people at home that doesn't have a big shop, paintbooth, heat and so on. Would love to get some more in skinning.
Great content!! I was researching on fiberglass parts and resins to make my own livesports front lip for my Starlet GT. This gave me alot new information that i was in dire need of!!
best way to make a mold? im interested in making some fenders for my car and wanted to know the best route to go lol ill be on the look out in your other videos
This stuff is super interesting but most definitely confusing and overwhelming for someone who has 0 experience with any kind of resin materials. I'd love to get into this kind of stuff and make my own carbon fiber parts but even the simplified videos like this are confusing for me. Maybe a very in depth step by step video that explains why each item is chosen and how it is used in each kind of situation? Regardless, keep up the good work, I've loved the 240 build so far and can't wait to see that thing put in some good lap times.
That whole “you should start with fibreglass first” statement, really made me think and instead of making a carbon hood one off as my first project I may just make a fibre glass pop up head light cover 😅
Awesome video! Do the epoxy you showed have uv protection or do you always need a separate gelcoat and was the clear gelcoat you showed a good choice for uv protection?
Question: I’d like to make carbon over-fenders for my R32. I’ve got a set of OEM quarters off the car. Would you suggest hand layup, vacuum infusion, make a mould? Just want a cover to put on that is slightly bigger than the quarter to cover up the rust I’m going to cut away :-/
Y'all make me feel like I can make a carbon fiber car myself. Love the vids and the editing keep them coming and let me know when u wanna get ride of any cars. Hahah
I’m wanting to go several ways with it in the future. The first type of project is I have a couple of old concert speakers they sound awesome compared to non gel coated the problem am having is it’s old and becoming brittle so my plans are to strip and replace. What should I use
Hello, i want to cover in carbon/kevlar a fiberglass door panel that i bought, but i don't have access to an oven big enough to cure it, since it mainly for look, my car is yellow, and a little bit for the abrasive resistance side, can i do it without an oven, still the vacuum bag, if yes, wich parts should i buy ? thanks, your video make me want to start doing my own fiber parts.
I've mentioned this before when you got your second 240, but when are you guys going to do coloured weaves? I know they're not pure carbon, but as a top layer it'd look great. I don't see anything on Fibreglast's website about colour, so obviously they're not going to get a sponsorship for that, but I think it'd set your parts apart from a lot of the others on TH-cam and just in the shop business.
Does that mean it is more beneficial to use the Poly resin for things like a quarter panel or roof, since those are good parts that you'd want less flex in/more stability in? or is the Epoxy still a great option since it would gain stability once bonded to the chassis? i think? maybe? kinda? sorta? p.s. long time lurker and huge fan, love the work and growth for yall! excited for what's to come!
I have a question I really cant find an answer for and its layers. Specifically with carbon fiber how do one determine how many layers you can or should use and with what thickness and can you get away with using fewer thicker layers or many thin layers. Like could you do only 2 layers using only lets say a 1 layer of 3k 200g twill and then just 1 layer 12k 400g twill layer instead of 3 200g layers? This is for body panels for a car of course :D
You guys may have gotten this a couple of times, but what fabric (carbon or fiberglass) would be good for wings with a sharp contour (wet lay up with a vacuum after)?
Great info! Quick question, i'm doing some research as i'm planning to skin/"wrap" carbon over FRP fenders, Frp bumpers & skirts, and the rest of the steel areas of the car that is exposed, so basically the whole car. Being that i'm only covering everything with carbon and not really popping them out of a mold, would I get away doing this in a single layer? or should I do more for other reasons? In the end I'd like the entire car to be look Carbon as to match with the doors and hood/trunk that I can already buy in carbon. Thanks in advance for any help.
You can and should use a single layer of carbon if you want to skin over your parts.. The long-term issues you are going to run into with an FRP base part are that the parts you're skinning were most probably made with polyester resin. This makes them incompatible with epoxy resins for a couple reasons. Polyester resin is about 20 percent weaker in tensile strength, fails to cure well in thin films, is prone to cracking, and is water permeable. The big kicker is, since it does not bond to epoxy resins, all these factors together mean your part will fail. The carbon will just separate completely from the fiberglass, whether you use epoxy or polyester, given enough time. You can use vinylester resins which are functionally a middle ground between the two, it will bond, but still be weaker than a building the part with the correct resin and fabric system. This all sounds super doomsday but if you just want to have your fenders look cool for a year or two you can make it work. The only "correct" answer for long term functional use is to make molds and make the parts from scratch the correct way. But this would be a great way to get the look, can last a while if you take care of the car, and can give you experience working with the materials.
@@reallyanti Ester resin doesn't bond well to epoxy, but epoxy will make a mechanical bond with fully-cured ester just fine if you sand an 80 to 120 grit key into it. I agree that 1 layer is probably OK for skinning, however I would recommend doing either an additional surface coat of resin or a layer of thin fiberglass cloth as a sanding/finishing layer, because it's pretty easy to burn through a single layer of 3k cloth just trying to level the surface of a part.
@@kenecchi valid point. I use a single layer of fabric, with three (or more) epoxy topcoats, then sand everything smooth and finally clear coat. But man I fucking hate skinning. Take more time for a worse part and it's bound to fail eventually anyways. Full carbon is the only way I make parts nowadays.
@@reallyanti Agreed; unless it's something purely cosmetic that will never be touched, skinning isn't worth the effort. As a first project though it's good practice for getting used to handling cf materials.
Loved this overview! Question 🙋🏻♂️: how do you go about making something like a BRE rear spoiler where it’s a 3D piece rather than a 2D single-sided fender. Do you have to make a foam inner piece and then wrap the fiber around it and then vacuum bag it? Also insetting threads, do you do that after it hardens or is that part of the foam “mold” Going to go back and find your spoiler video but not sure if there’s anything else to know
Gel Coat is the first step, you lay it up before laying up the mold. This way it becomes the surface layer of your mold. Then after pulling the mold away, you let the gel coat cure and polish it. The goal is to have a perfect negative surface to make a part from. Gel coat makes a very hard and smooth surface after polished.
That is *insanely* useful. Thanks! Next time, show how to avoid trashing a roller tool every time you use it, and how to avoid pulling fibers out of CSM when applying resin. :D
No. It's easiest to cut with Kevlar shears or a rotary cutter. It's hard to cut because the fabric is basically slipping away from the scissors the whole time. Kevlar shears have serrated teeth to grab it as they cut. They work a lot better.
Having been in the aviation composite industry for years and following a strict standard/spec, I freak out watching you guys use prepreg without gloves and not in a climate controlled environment, its just second nature to me. Love what you guys have built over the years!
This is the video I have been needing for a long time
Haha glad we could fulfill a need 🙌🏼
More Carbon fiber videos - slowly feeling confidente to make my own parts
It does creep in slowly but surely, doesn't it?
I've been trying to hype myself up to do this for what seems like an eternity!
...just a couple more How To Videos should do the trick.
Guys, just found you today but thankful I did. Two major topics covered in one hour. Custom tail lights and legit custom controllers (not proprietary bs) and fiber composite topic that truly helped me get the difference in standard and prepreg cloth. Tried making composite parts before but I now think I realize why I had such difficulty and less than acceptable results. Because... The videos from guys with large budgets for videography used a presenter with inadequate outline or just bad teaching skills.. needless to say, they didn't get a subscribe whereas you did.. keep up the good videos and don't be surprised when I have constructive criticism, it's all done with brotherly love and an outsiders perspective. I'll always be kind though.. looking forward to seeing every video I've missed and every other that follows. Good luck! Trap well and be safe!
When is the next video dropping?
I think a great follow up video would be a 'making your first composite part', in which you use the most simple and readily available tools and make a fiberglass part. Sort of using a setup exactly the same as what someone who is doing it for the first time would use. This would serve as a great base for future tutorials. This would give people the confidence to move on and try more advanced techniques if they enjoyed the process and were happy with the results they got.
Love the work legends! This channel needs more subs so they can do more videos
It's actually all about views over subs money wise ....
this has come a long way since 1985 where i was using uni direction CF to make prop blades for ducted fan boats. biggest awesome factor is the room temp pre preg.. holy frik
Man i got hooked , iv spent all day on the sofa watching at the shows , been a long trip. Keep up the good work mate
Thanks for this. I'm about to 3D scan my e46 wagon to begin modeling a self-made widebody and this is EXACTLY what I was missing. I've been following for a year now and still can't believe you guys share as much information as you do. 110% thank you.
How did you learn about that process? Really want to learn this but haven't known where to look
fibreglast made a good decision sponsoring you, you and mike patey have the best videos on the internet to learn with. both of you have helped me improve my skills with composites drastically. thanks for the great content. stoked to see what the future has in store for you guys
This was absolutely fantastic! Super educational. Thank you for all the hard work. I learned a lot!
Would like to see you talk about carbon sheets, tubes, etc. Also how you bond them and how strong those bonds are. Keep the vids coming!
I recently made a custom OEM+ hood for my Subaru Baja using the scoop portion from an 08-14 WRX. Been getting a few requests for duplicates. And I always love learning new skills...
I’m a composites guy and I own my own business doing full time carbon fiber fabrication. 99% of the people watching this video are better off just buying carbon car parts rather than trying to make them themselves.
It’s definitely fun and interesting to learn, but if you mess up it costs you a ton of money, time, and frustration. I’ve had customers come to me with their failed projects and have me do it for them anyways after they wasted money on the materials they didn’t use properly.
Good video, just a little disclaimer for people. If you don’t have money to spare to make a considerable amount of mistakes in the learning process, just buy carbon parts from someone else, or for stuff that isn’t available have a guy like myself make them for you. You’ll save yourself money and headache.
Thank you for the breakdown composites 101 is a success
Thank you for putting yourself out there to teach.
Always dropping quality content.
Keep it coming you guys! 🤙
I legit needed this for my AW11 project car. Thanks a bunch.
so cool that you have so much hands on experience and that you troughout the vids tell ous how your doing the realy cool stuff that your putting on the cars!
I have the 2000 series resin what have you found as the best way to get bubbles out I'm using it for carbon overlays
Wasn't sure whether I should tell you guys this on IG or here, but we're missing you guys, including Greg. Looking forward to the next vid. I missed my chance back in Dec to tell you what I like about the channel, but some of my favorite stuff is when you guys mix dialogue with the "this is how we're doing it" exposition, and use Xav's editing to make it funny and punchy. You riff off each other and it's good to see you interact. Maybe some videos with others from the East Coast scene would be a good way to mix it up? Footage from the scene when it picks back up would be good, too. Again, looking forward to the next release!
Very informative, was eagerly waiting for someone to post a video like this.
Thank you bandidos! 🙂
Tim and Greg are awesome wrench guys.
I need a whole series for this topic!
Super helpful - I never understood the ‘k’ part of the different fabrics. 👍
Love love love love love loveeeeee this episode!!! Exactly what needed to be said. Definitely going in the saved folder with this one bois! Keep it up X, Tim and Greg!!
this was such an awesome video including the recommendations for how to get started trying it out without having to break the bank. Appreciate all the hard work and knowledge as well as you being kind enough to share it with all of us! keep up the killer work
This would be super helpful for my 300zx which is currently suffering from rust damage with parts are few and far between
Ohh my god yea finally a lapel mic! Good stuff boys.
I've been really wanting to start making parts for all the cars we have...mainly my mk3 supra...but my lady's charger also...but I now have a 97 obs chevy silverado k1500...that could use some love other than an LS1 swap lol...thanks for the info...I have a decent garage with heated floors and all the tools I could really ever need minus and Bridport/lathe...maybe one day...but always been good went to school for body work for as long as u could then life got in the way...or I did I should say...then my dad passed...who had 2 businesses of his own...no reason I can't have one small one...and feel I was gifted from God with artistic talent...love making stuff...and building...but thanks again...gotta start somewhere...lol...and make something happen to leave my daughter and grandkids..take care 🤙
I am impressed with your work and your tutorials. I worked with composites in aerospace and you are really doing a fantastic job. I know you have done a little bit, but I think you should investigate using structural foam and aramid honeycomb. Wanna blow people's minds on lightweight and strength? That's the recipe! ;) I also really dig that you are starting to work with out of autoclave stuff. This is a BIG intertest of mine as I worked primarily with this sort of processing. Keep it up!
This is super informative, really nice explainer. I've been getting a little lost reading up on all the different aspects, this has tied everything together nicely, cheers lads!
Super clear and informative. Thanks!
Thank you so much. 🙌 Literally “one stop shop” video for people new to CF. You just saved me days of research and you even included part numbers. You guys are legends! 🧙♂️
Also try trauma shears cutting you kevlar if you haven’t already. 🤙
This makes me was to start doing composites when I have absolutely no time or space for it.
Very informative. It took a while go figure out the Fiberglast vs fiberglass. Do you think it would be possible to duplicate a roof including the drip rails by making a polyester resin fiberglass mold and then making a carbon fiber part from the mold without the vacuum process? Thank you.
And here I was sitting around, thinking I had nothing to watch
Fantastic video and explanations!! But I would actually like to see some carbon fiber skinning on the channel. That's a bit more for the people at home that doesn't have a big shop, paintbooth, heat and so on.
Would love to get some more in skinning.
Thanks for the lesson. Been watching forever. Always giving great help
Awesome vid, do more technical videos like this
Great content!! I was researching on fiberglass parts and resins to make my own livesports front lip for my Starlet GT. This gave me alot new information that i was in dire need of!!
best way to make a mold? im interested in making some fenders for my car and wanted to know the best route to go lol ill be on the look out in your other videos
Great video! Thanks! It would be great if you could make "part 2" where you show us hand lay mould and one CF piece ?D:
What’re you sprayin on the carbon before you put the resin down? Does it just help the carbon from movin around ?
This stuff is super interesting but most definitely confusing and overwhelming for someone who has 0 experience with any kind of resin materials. I'd love to get into this kind of stuff and make my own carbon fiber parts but even the simplified videos like this are confusing for me. Maybe a very in depth step by step video that explains why each item is chosen and how it is used in each kind of situation? Regardless, keep up the good work, I've loved the 240 build so far and can't wait to see that thing put in some good lap times.
Awesome overview!!
That whole “you should start with fibreglass first” statement, really made me think and instead of making a carbon hood one off as my first project I may just make a fibre glass pop up head light cover 😅
cheap asf compaired to carbon and you get the experience. fiberglass is the way to go if you're just starting out
Really wana see a video on how you made those louvre style vents. Complex curves etc.
Damn the turbo fans turned out way better than I had pictured in my head ....🤯
would love to see you guys build something in denim or canvas - maybe a composite dash pad
This was an excellent informative video... you got my sub! Looking forward to learning more from you.
Awesome video! Do the epoxy you showed have uv protection or do you always need a separate gelcoat and was the clear gelcoat you showed a good choice for uv protection?
Love this style of video! Keep up the awesome work boys!
Question: I’d like to make carbon over-fenders for my R32. I’ve got a set of OEM quarters off the car. Would you suggest hand layup, vacuum infusion, make a mould? Just want a cover to put on that is slightly bigger than the quarter to cover up the rust I’m going to cut away :-/
Should do a full walk through on how to make a carbon fiber fender
Last time it was double Tims that got me.. this time the back to back OZ/SqYD got me.. more Easter Eggs than CoD 🤙🏿
...perfect saturday afternoon!
Y'all make me feel like I can make a carbon fiber car myself. Love the vids and the editing keep them coming and let me know when u wanna get ride of any cars. Hahah
I am in dire need of my bandito fix...😬
great vid, all the info in one place. thanks!
I’m wanting to go several ways with it in the future. The first type of project is I have a couple of old concert speakers they sound awesome compared to non gel coated the problem am having is it’s old and becoming brittle so my plans are to strip and replace. What should I use
Handy info, great idea for us starting off folk
Can you extend merch sizing? I’m big so I wear a 2X and your merch only goes to XL 😢
Hello, i want to cover in carbon/kevlar a fiberglass door panel that i bought, but i don't have access to an oven big enough to cure it, since it mainly for look, my car is yellow, and a little bit for the abrasive resistance side, can i do it without an oven, still the vacuum bag, if yes, wich parts should i buy ? thanks, your video make me want to start doing my own fiber parts.
I've mentioned this before when you got your second 240, but when are you guys going to do coloured weaves? I know they're not pure carbon, but as a top layer it'd look great. I don't see anything on Fibreglast's website about colour, so obviously they're not going to get a sponsorship for that, but I think it'd set your parts apart from a lot of the others on TH-cam and just in the shop business.
Best video yet!
Does that mean it is more beneficial to use the Poly resin for things like a quarter panel or roof, since those are good parts that you'd want less flex in/more stability in? or is the Epoxy still a great option since it would gain stability once bonded to the chassis? i think? maybe? kinda? sorta? p.s. long time lurker and huge fan, love the work and growth for yall! excited for what's to come!
I'm excited on the process of the 240 abs the first track days 🔥
Man i learned a lot more about carbon fiber and resin.
Thanks for the video!! one question,do you know how to prevent the carbon fiber part to become yellow?
Thanks for the great explanation!!
Makes a composites information table,... on a table. ACE!
How do the parts hold up in the sun? Do the epoxy resins already have UV protection?
Any book you'd recommend to learn more about all of this?
How do you give it a matte finish seen on alot of supercars like mclaren where most of their carbon has a matte like finish?
I have a question I really cant find an answer for and its layers.
Specifically with carbon fiber how do one determine how many layers you can or should use and with what thickness and can you get away with using fewer thicker layers or many thin layers.
Like could you do only 2 layers using only lets say a 1 layer of 3k 200g twill and then just 1 layer 12k 400g twill layer instead of 3 200g layers?
This is for body panels for a car of course :D
How do you know how much fabric to use to make a strong part?
You guys may have gotten this a couple of times, but what fabric (carbon or fiberglass) would be good for wings with a sharp contour (wet lay up with a vacuum after)?
Great info! Quick question, i'm doing some research as i'm planning to skin/"wrap" carbon over FRP fenders, Frp bumpers & skirts, and the rest of the steel areas of the car that is exposed, so basically the whole car. Being that i'm only covering everything with carbon and not really popping them out of a mold, would I get away doing this in a single layer? or should I do more for other reasons? In the end I'd like the entire car to be look Carbon as to match with the doors and hood/trunk that I can already buy in carbon. Thanks in advance for any help.
You can and should use a single layer of carbon if you want to skin over your parts.. The long-term issues you are going to run into with an FRP base part are that the parts you're skinning were most probably made with polyester resin. This makes them incompatible with epoxy resins for a couple reasons.
Polyester resin is about 20 percent weaker in tensile strength, fails to cure well in thin films, is prone to cracking, and is water permeable. The big kicker is, since it does not bond to epoxy resins, all these factors together mean your part will fail. The carbon will just separate completely from the fiberglass, whether you use epoxy or polyester, given enough time.
You can use vinylester resins which are functionally a middle ground between the two, it will bond, but still be weaker than a building the part with the correct resin and fabric system.
This all sounds super doomsday but if you just want to have your fenders look cool for a year or two you can make it work. The only "correct" answer for long term functional use is to make molds and make the parts from scratch the correct way. But this would be a great way to get the look, can last a while if you take care of the car, and can give you experience working with the materials.
@@reallyanti Ester resin doesn't bond well to epoxy, but epoxy will make a mechanical bond with fully-cured ester just fine if you sand an 80 to 120 grit key into it.
I agree that 1 layer is probably OK for skinning, however I would recommend doing either an additional surface coat of resin or a layer of thin fiberglass cloth as a sanding/finishing layer, because it's pretty easy to burn through a single layer of 3k cloth just trying to level the surface of a part.
@@kenecchi valid point.
I use a single layer of fabric, with three (or more) epoxy topcoats, then sand everything smooth and finally clear coat.
But man I fucking hate skinning. Take more time for a worse part and it's bound to fail eventually anyways.
Full carbon is the only way I make parts nowadays.
@@reallyanti Agreed; unless it's something purely cosmetic that will never be touched, skinning isn't worth the effort. As a first project though it's good practice for getting used to handling cf materials.
Thank you guys for all the info.🙏🏻
Wait so to clarify I can use polyester resin with any ratio of hardener ? 10:47
Loved this overview! Question 🙋🏻♂️: how do you go about making something like a BRE rear spoiler where it’s a 3D piece rather than a 2D single-sided fender.
Do you have to make a foam inner piece and then wrap the fiber around it and then vacuum bag it? Also insetting threads, do you do that after it hardens or is that part of the foam “mold”
Going to go back and find your spoiler video but not sure if there’s anything else to know
Great! thenks,for the wise Lessons with You.
No problem glad we could help
So if I want to make carbon body panels do I make a mold first with fiberglass and then gel coat it?
Gel Coat is the first step, you lay it up before laying up the mold. This way it becomes the surface layer of your mold.
Then after pulling the mold away, you let the gel coat cure and polish it.
The goal is to have a perfect negative surface to make a part from. Gel coat makes a very hard and smooth surface after polished.
great video !!! thankyou !!
Very concise
@Street Bandito 6:30 there was a glitch in the matrix
Lmao oh boy i guess I watched too much tenet
That is *insanely* useful. Thanks! Next time, show how to avoid trashing a roller tool every time you use it, and how to avoid pulling fibers out of CSM when applying resin. :D
That’s a dope content!
Thank you for this. 🙌🏻
I wanna skin my ltw e36 wing but I feel like the hard part is the liquid ratios of epoxy and resin I’m not good with that
Great info
Where you guys at? Missing the great videos. Hope everyone is doing ok.
Waiting for the new build!!!
how much for the carbon fibre salad bowl?
Can you get coloured carbon fibre
What about polyvinyl resin?
Dude you're in B'more? I was watching one of your other videos and heard you reference OC and couldn't believe it. I'm only 45 minutes away.👍
haha yea. trying to build up that east coast scene lol.
I use to work for the guy who patent vacuum infusion
Maybe cutting Kevlar with sheet metal snippers may give clean easy cuts.
No. It's easiest to cut with Kevlar shears or a rotary cutter.
It's hard to cut because the fabric is basically slipping away from the scissors the whole time. Kevlar shears have serrated teeth to grab it as they cut. They work a lot better.