New to Carbon work - 1st attempt - Automatic Shifter Cover..

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New to Carbon work - 1st attempt - Automatic Shifter Cover..

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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Difficult jobs for a beginner. It is ALWAYS better to make a mould in terms of final product quality, but it does make things more expensive. The thing with that shifter cover is it would likely need to be a 3 part mould, which isn't easy for someone with no experience. The dash would be harder again. Have you got anything more simple that you could start with? If not, take a look at the easy composites video tutorials, specifically the 'making complex moulds' and the 'building a carbon fibre bonnet' videos. These series will cover the basics that you will need to know to get a decent result, but really the best thing is just to get some practice.
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RE1300	RE1300 posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 15	Hey All, Im new to this whole Carbon work and thought id buy a mould making and laminting kit from easy composites. Now as my first test of how this all works im attempting to make a carbon replica of my B&M Shifter cover.. A few questions: 1) am i best to cover up and smooth all the edges with plasticine / wax filler ?? 2) am i best to use the wax mould release on this and lay carbon down onto it OR 3) am i best to take a mould of it and smooth the mould out with wet and dry before laying the carbon down on the mould.. Below is some pics of the gaps and cover in question... Once and if this comes out well i will attempt to modify my existing dash and remove the gauges and recess my digital dash into it..
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