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truyentl	truyentl posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 5, Visits: 111	im a starter from Vietnam, i bought some Diolen from Easy Composite for my skinning project, i did the test with EL2Laminating Epoxy + AT30Fast Hardener (provide with Laminating staer kit),my part is back color, then my part got a very dark look,(almost black), pls advice me which type of epoxy will give the better look for Diolen skinning,? The color of diolen is darker and difference with CF ,can Diolen have the same look with CF? Thanks
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ajb100	ajb100 posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 346, Visits: 4.4K	Diolin doesn't really look like carbon fibre, it's not got the same colour differences between the warp and weft that carbon does, and as you say, it's a different type of black
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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 7.9K	Diolen does always look darker than real carbon. Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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truyentl	truyentl posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 5, Visits: 111	~~thanks for your advise,~~ ~~Pls show me the way for better look of my skinning project with Diolen.~~ ~~Any tip?~~ ~~Thanks in advance.~~
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ajb100	ajb100 posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 346, Visits: 4.4K	The only way to get it to look like carbon is to use carbon
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