I've been working with fibreglass for 5 or 6 years now, mostly on a part time basis, making mainly body kits for drift cars as well as some parts for lorries. Along with the guy I work with, we are self taught by mainly trial and error, having been initially a car body repair shop to now solely fibreglass body kits. I use a hand layup process only and having read a few posts on here I believe I use polyester resin. It may seem odd to you to think I don't know what type of resin I use but until I came here I didn't realize there was any different types! Now I would like to move on my own and so as not to 'step on my friends toes' I've decided to try and work mainly with carbon fibre. So while I believe I have a good grasp of how fibreglassing works, it seems there is so much I don't know. The types of products I will be making will range from small items like wing mirror covers to more complicated items like doors bonnets and boot lids. Also I should mention I will still be working on a part time basis as I have a full time unrelated job. My intention is to put any money I make straight back in and try to make a successful business out of it. So a couple of questions.
1. What products do you think I would need to set myself up.
2. Would £1000 be a realistic starting point (I'm starting completely from scratch)
3. Would it be worth my while to take a course on CF as I have no experience with it or should I wing it as I have been doing all along!
Look forward to hearing from anyone. Thanks, David
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Having watched your tutorial videos I believe resin infusion is the way to go.
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