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Wooden Mold painting suggestion for Carbon Fiber Parts

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Evripidis	Evripidis posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 5, Visits: 23	Hi, I m going to use wooden molds made of MDF and i would like to know what kind of color/primer should i use to make carbon parts with safety. I made a test with cheap spray color and primer but it did not work. The result was some color transfer in the carbon part from the mold. Could you suggest me something? Thanks in advance
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FLD	FLD posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 468, Visits: 2.7K	You will need to use a 2k paint system, rattle cans wont be up to it. I'd use a 2k primer and a lacquer so its all shiney.
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Matthieu Libeert	Matthieu Libeert posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 955, Visits: 3.4K	what FLD says is correct! Matthieu Libeert Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports website: www.mat2composites.com
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Brian_s	Brian_s posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 99, Visits: 2.5K	If you can't spray 2k primer you can use these. http://easycomposites.co.uk/products/pattern-making/composite-pattern-coat-primer.aspx http://easycomposites.co.uk/products/pattern-making/composite-pattern-coat-hi-gloss.aspx As used half way through this video. http://easycomposites.co.uk/Composites-Tutorials/Composite-Pattern-Making-Tutorial.aspx Brian.
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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 8.5K	I concur with all the advice given. The paints are ideal when the surface is already dimensionally perfect for the part. Pattern-Coat Primer and Hi-gloss are better when an extra mm or so isnt a problem or the surface isn't as fine as you want. Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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Evripidis	Evripidis posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 5, Visits: 23	Thank you all for the tips!!
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