By neigaard - 5/9/2019 11:13:03 AM
Hi,
I would like to get started making stuff for my motorcycles in carbon fiber, but I am a total newbie and need some advice on exactly what materials and tools I need.
My first project will be a cafe racer style seat and the biggest I have in mind is a fuel tank. I know that a cafe racer seat isnt a good beginner job so I will do some experiments first, but the seat is the need I have now. My plan with the seat is to make a plug in some foam material and "skin" the plug to make the seat. So to get a newbie like me started on a project like this, what would you recommend of material and tools? Is prepeg the way to go? Do I need a vacum pump and bags? What else?
Please descibe the materials and tools best suited for me, the newbie, maybe with links to the actual product.
Thank you
Søren
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By Warren (Staff) - 5/23/2019 11:43:46 AM
Hi Soren,
The fabric and resin is fine. You will use the weight of the cloth as the weight of resin to wet it out, so 1sqm of 210g cloth needs 210g of resin. You also want around another 500g per square meter of panel to do the outer layer of resin.
You do NOT need the basecoat. It is just XCR pigmented so just use the normal resin to laminate the plate.
You don't need to cover the plug with a release agent.
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