overlap[ping carbon, skinning


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Hi guys and gals. me again.i have a car bonnet i would like to skin with carbon fiber. its about 1.3 meters wide and the cloth i have is only 1 meter. so im thinking maybe i could overlap the cloths in the center to cover the entire bonnet but i dont want to do this if it is as obvious as daylight. any thoughts?
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Will definitely be hard to hide the step, on something the size of a bonnet you will need a LOT of resin/clear coat to bury the overlap thickness so it isn't noticeable.

I wouldn't do it. Either practice handling the carbon so you can do a neat butt joint (an Olfa style cutter is your friend here), or look for some 1.5m wide carbon.
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thanks man, i was thinking that might be the case. ill just wait til i can get some 1.5m wide fabric. cheers
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