Making CF sheets.

[pfcnguyen]

how do i make cabon fiber sheets for a splitter? How many sheets sia recommended to make the proper thinkness? I have the 2x2 weave cloth about 6oz. what kind of resin should i used for the project. Right now i have a few quarts or KleerKote Resin from US composites..will this work? Thnaks for any information.

[pfcnguyen]

how do i make cabon fiber sheets for a splitter? How many sheets sia recommended to make the proper thinkness? I have the 2x2 weave cloth about 6oz. what kind of resin should i used for the project. Right now i have a few quarts or KleerKote Resin from US composites..will this work? Thnaks for any information.
bump..anyone?

[X_Factor]

http://www.fibreglast.com/

They have some good products and a few tech articles

[WhiteCeli65]

how do i make cabon fiber sheets for a splitter? How many sheets sia recommended to make the proper thinkness? I have the 2x2 weave cloth about 6oz. what kind of resin should i used for the project. Right now i have a few quarts or KleerKote Resin from US composites..will this work? Thnaks for any information.

To make a very long info short....

Are you going to be making this as a pure cf splitter or an overlay?

If overlay...
I would cut a thick enough piece of aluminum to the shape of the splitter. Prep the aluminum and lay over the cf. Spray the aluminum a black color before so that you won't be able to see the silver between the weaves. Or you can just lay on a couple layers of cf til you are satisfied.

If pure cf....
Like before cut the shape from some kind of material. Use that as your plug and make a mold from it. From there you can make your pure cf splitter. Probably 2-3 layers is good enough but if you really want you can go 5-7 layers.

As for the resin. I found that surfboard resin works the best since it dries clear. I don't vaccum infuse so it might be different.

Read up on fiberglast site. Has quite a bit info although it sometimes takes forever to get a response on their forum. It depends too on how much experience you have with cf and such. I've been working at cf for about 5 months now and only now have i got decent info to make things. Not the best but good enough that you can't tell unless you put your face right up to it.

[pfcnguyen]

thanks for the info..it plan to just do an overlay. I was thinking of fiberglassing and then covering..but i guess it might not be strong enough and crack over time.

[hombredelassrta]

if this works and tunrs out well u may want to think about making some for sale on here. btw were did u get ur cloth. Most sites that sell it are limiting purchases and raising costs (whole big company buying it all up thing ;) ) I foudn that site does have allot of good info on what you need to use. I woudl also consult fibercation.com as well at kenny on here to see what they think. esp about the resin epoxy stuff so u get a nice shine and it wont yellow or fade

[WhiteCeli65]

thanks for the info..it plan to just do an overlay. I was thinking of fiberglassing and then covering..but i guess it might not be strong enough and crack over time.

you could do fiberglass too. Just make sure you make it strong enough

[topshop]

We make flat sheets. PM me

[WhiteCeli65]

We make flat sheets. PM me

this would be the easiest way and probably cheapest if you haven't already done cf work well