hi all,

just on a rough guide how much resin would be required if i was using approx

Carbon Fibre Plain Weave 3k 200g 1m Wide x 3m length

how much would i need

Epoxy Coating Resin 1kg Pack and Carbon Skinning Basecoat 1kg Pack

to be more than enough to cover the whole bumper in base coat and x 2/3 layers of coating resin?

 

im thinking of skinning my complete front bumper for a vectra b GSI

many thanks

phil

 

Hi Phil,

The carbon fibre skinning process uses approximately 300g of basecoat and 800-900g of epoxy coating resin for every square metre of 200g carbon that you use; therefore if you've 1m x 3m (3sqm) to skin then you'll need 900g of basecoat (buy a 1kg pack) and 2.7kg (buy 3kgs).

This allows for about 3 quite thick layers of clear resin. You'll also find that because of the shape of what you're skinning, even though you buy 3sqm of carbon you'll actually only use maybe 2.5m sqm on parts, the rest will be offcut and so won't use up the top coat and basecoat.

I hope this helps.

Matt

Matt Statham
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Sales