Hi felas,
I was wondering if anyone here could help me out, see i'm trying to learn how to work with Carbon Fiber Layers Wrapping like some on this forum have done, but besides knowing that you can get the 100yds of carbon layers at www.carb.com i dont know what else to get.

I know how the processus works, well kinda, im guessing that its a sheet of Carbon that you lay over a pieces and that you glue on with resine. And then clear coat it for UV protection and for the resine not to yellow.

But besides that, i don't know where to go with it. I dont know what kinda of resine OR how the material is placed onto the part. Could anyone help me out?

Does anyone know a good website with a Tutorial? I've got plenty of times on my hands these days and would like to learn the ways of the wrapping.


Thank you

 

You have to have a huge vaccume sealer for it to conform to the part properly.

I believe www.carbonfiberparts.net has some sort of walkthrough.

 

Pm'ed you RotorFrank

 

are those parts wrapped or pure CF?

 

Wrapped with layers of Carbon fiber.... they will make the parts tougher. But they are also very good looking.

Im still waiting for some help on the process here. Does anyone know any Tutorial or something? I know Carbon Fiber Parts USE to have a tutorial as they were saying on that website. But they removed it because of people wasting good parts because of their incompetence.

Any help would really be appreciated. Thank you

 

quick lesson in wet layup using dry fiber and resin
1.wax mold w/ a release wax(we use partall paste)
2. spray mold with PVA (let dry)
3.get your materials ready (cut your carbon,get your peel ply,bleeder,and breather ready
4. mix your resin (we mix 20g hardener per 100g resin)
5. using a brush(make sure you get all the loose brisles off) wet up your mold w/ resin
6.lay your first layer of carbon(remember, this is the first one you will see, so youll want to make sure you have plenty of materiah to cover the area,also you will want to make sure its in straight
7.starting in the middle,wet up the carbon.try to stay out of your resin bucket as much as possible,more resin = more weight, just make sure all of the carbon inside of the mold is wet before going on to your next ply
8.the number of plys you do will vary depending on the part,also if you plan on using materials such as a nomex honeycomb core you may have to lay your part up in more than one pull
9.once you are done laying up your carbon(making sure it is trimmed as close to the edge of the mold as possible)you will start getting ready to bag the part
Bagging the part
1.make sure every inch of carbon is covered w/ peel ply
2.cover the peel ply w/ bleeder film(you may have to use som masking tape to hold the film to the mold
3.cover the bleeder w/ breather, keep the breather about 1/4in inside the bleeder or you will have a mess when the part comes out
4.next you will select a place for your port(keep it off the part)
5.bag the part
6hook up vacum
7.make sure you stick the part good(make sure thge caron is pushed into the cracks and creavasses good or you will have bridging and that looks like ****)
8.let it sit for a few hours
9.take out your part, get all the bag and peel ply and **** off, carefully remove your part and WAALAA!! there you have it, your part!
You may have to grind or sand the edges depending on how well you trimmed your part when you were laying it up.
ALSO,This sorry excuse for a write up is in no way exactly what you do...it is pretty much just skimming over the basics so you get an idea of whats involved, I asume no resposibility for anything you may do with this info. Plus I hate trying to write up **** cause I always forget something....I hope this helps you out!