Alibro
Well-Known Member
I've only done a couple of things in CF, the first was just covering a binnacle so was pretty simple matter of painting it with resin, waiting for it to go tacky, streching the CF over it and recoating a couple of times with more resin. I think I flatted back then sprayed with lacquer so not much chance of it going wrong.
The second time I made a mould of some trim parts then used PVA and wax as a release agent. Being a complete cowboy though I didn't use infusion, I painted the mould with resin, waited for it to go tacky, laid in a layer of CF followed by woven roving and more CF, then painted with resin before putting the whole thing in a clothes vacuum shrink bag and sucking out the air with a vacuum cleaner. It worked surprisingly well and I made three sets of the trims this way but found all the sanding and spraying with lacquer a chore as I'm not very good at it.
Hence why I'm really interested in the process your going through. Any pics of the moulds being made?
BTW I noticed you have chequer plate on your bonnet. That would look wicked in CF.
And what resin are you using? My binnacle went a milky yellow after a while.
The second time I made a mould of some trim parts then used PVA and wax as a release agent. Being a complete cowboy though I didn't use infusion, I painted the mould with resin, waited for it to go tacky, laid in a layer of CF followed by woven roving and more CF, then painted with resin before putting the whole thing in a clothes vacuum shrink bag and sucking out the air with a vacuum cleaner. It worked surprisingly well and I made three sets of the trims this way but found all the sanding and spraying with lacquer a chore as I'm not very good at it.
Hence why I'm really interested in the process your going through. Any pics of the moulds being made?
BTW I noticed you have chequer plate on your bonnet. That would look wicked in CF.
And what resin are you using? My binnacle went a milky yellow after a while.