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Hey, I’m new here and completely new to carbon.
My aims/ambitions/targets etc - to be able to carbon skin pretty much anything but nothing on a grand scale. My main focus will be car interior panels.
I’ve bought the starter kit off easy composites and ordered the vacuum bagging kit aswel which based on a few videos it just looked useful for holding the carbon really tightly to the base cost once it’s first been laid.
Will I end up going to a bigger scale? Probably so - I get bored easily and this will merely be a hobby to begin with done from home and I’m having one of my big bedrooms in the house made into my carbon room.
. Just need ideas on a work station? The whole house has just had new carpet but that room I’ll get a vinyl floor laid now instead as easier to clean of dust etc. It’s got an en suite which I’ll turn into somewhere I can do all the wet sanding.
Exiting times!!
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New member and very exited!
Kieren1234
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7 Years Ago
I'd avoid making any dust inside. Not only is it very unhealthy in an enclosed space, but it will migrate throughout the house and it is conductive, so the possibility of destroying TV's and computer...
Hanaldo
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7 Years Ago
Thanks so much for the reply. I was going to get an extraction system built in so that any sanding it would have a moveable tube and extract it outside as I do my sanding and would make sure the door...
Kieren1234
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7 Years Ago
I found out about the conductive properties of carbon when my TIG welder exploded! Although low, the stuff used still has a smell and will pervade the whole house. A friend (owns Carbon Weezel) worke...
Steve Broad
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7 Years Ago
Ah this is a big problem for the plans I had :(. I do bodybuilding and when you go for your tan they have a big extracter fan that takes all the overspray and smell in the massive room out of the...
Kieren1234
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7 Years Ago
Do you not have space for a small shed? A large fan and sealing the room from the rest of the house will make a big difference, but can't guarantee no small escaping into the house. I guess it depend...
Steve Broad
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7 Years Ago
I could build one no problem but did want it in that bedroom. It is only epoxy that I’ll be using.
Kieren1234
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7 Years Ago
If you're only working with epoxy then it really shouldn't stink the house out. You will be able to smell it in the same room while it is curing, but you must have a VERY sensitive nose to smell epox...
Hanaldo
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7 Years Ago
Start in the bedroom and see how it goes. You can always move out if the smell is too much :-)
Steve Broad
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7 Years Ago
Welcome to the forum! working in the house can be difficult. Epoxies have a very slight odour when in liquid form and while curing and it does depend how sensitive the nose is. Despite working with.....
Warren (Staff)
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7 Years Ago
So I’ve had a bash today with just a plain square clock so it’s very easy just one piece to layer which I’ve done and all went perfect (obviously as it’s so easy) and the next piece I’ve done is a cu...
Kieren1234
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7 Years Ago
Update - loving working with carbon! Made some mistakes I’ve learnt from. Some questions - Who uses the XCR basecoat and do you rate it? I personally don’t - it takes hours to get to the tacky...
Kieren1234
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7 Years Ago
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