For finishing I see sanding blocks, cutting disks, polishing stuff? 




Thanks for the feedback!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi!

If you are serious about "gradually "tooling up" then get these kits:


Epoxy mould making kit..  You can start with the "regular"

Carbon fibre laminating starter kit.

pack of nitrile gloves  (You will use a lot of these gloves, do not be tempted to buy cheap vinyl ones.)

The small roll of "profinish" or standard twill CF

2 meters of Twill weave black Diolen fabric, or 200 gsm Twill E-Glass

1 kg pack of EL2 
(Do not worry that you will have Epoxy Resin/hardener "left over" if you decide not to continue to do composites work, EL2 is brilliant stuff for almost any other project in woodworking , Automotive e.t.c.   Add some filler-powder and you have "Epoxy filler" or super-strong glue. You can seal wood constructions with the stuff, or build "wood-strip" parts ... )

Do a few small parts, for practice use the Diolen or E-Glass


Then progress to:

Resin Infusion Kit  (Has all the parts you will need for vacuum-bagging hand lay up parts to start with.

Large Epoxy Mould making kit.

More CF cloth / Kevlar / Glass Diolene  + resins, according to the amount you need for the larger projects.

But be caefull ... this is a highly addictive pursuit ... 

"Sapere Aude"... Dare to KNOW!

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Do not adjust our mind, theres a fault in reality :-)

Start off small.  Watch our videos in the Online Composites Learning Area, then I would suggest starting with  our Carbon Fibre Laminating Starter Kit and if you don't have a mould or something you can mould from, our  Epoxy Mould Making Starter Kit to make a simple mould.

Once you have had a go and decided its for you, then consider bigger parts and moving onto processes such as resin infusion.


Warren Penalver
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant

For a newbie, what type of project could I do and what starter kit should I begin with?!?

Motorcycle parts, car brackets, maybe future car hood.  Start tooling up progressively.

(I do a bit of mechanics and wood work as back ground.)

Cheers!