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1.6m Wide hood skinning

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By einar - 6/24/2016 12:01:36 PM

I like to skinning 1.6m wide hood, max carbon fiber that i can find is 1.5m wide, how is possible to connect two pieces of carbon fiber fabrics in center of hood.
By Warren (Staff) - 6/27/2016 5:28:02 PM

We don't have a video guide ourselves for specifically V weave patterns. There may well be guides filmed by others available. A video would be of limited use as the process is based around your accuracy and neatness, which is something you cannot really learn from a video but from practice.

As an alternative, what we have seen a lot lately is people experimenting with other fabrics in the join area such as our Spread-Tow Carbon Fibre. This can be used as a "feature" strip down the middle and as a result is a bit easier to use. Once the strip is on straight, the fabric overlaps it so you never actually see the edge of the main fabric just the edge of the Spread-Tow Carbon.