By Kieren1234 - 10/12/2018 5:14:15 PM
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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By Kieren1234 - 10/22/2018 9:57:45 PM
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 point just to be able to lay the carbon on which is time consuming in itself. And it doesn’t stick half as good in my opinion as the sticky spray glue (carpet tile type glue). Especially for intricate detailed areas. Anyone give their opinions?
Next important question is who polishes and who laqeurs ? I want to try using laquer I think it’ll save a lot of time on wet sanding up to such a fine grit and all the polishing too? If so which is the best laquer to use? How many coats is usually needed? And does the laquer need to be wet sanded and polished aswel?
Many many thanks for any input I can get. This is all a big learning curve for me.
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