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CF methods

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By MrDeeRice - 11/18/2012 11:19:27 PM

I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this post as it covers several areas but here it goes. . . So a bit of background. . .
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

This post gets a little messy after this. . . Problems with my cursor on iPad lol





Having watched your tutorial videos I believe resin infusion is the way to go.



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By Matt (Staff) - 12/12/2012 8:36:45 AM

Hi Brasco,

The forum that we provide is split into 2 sections; the Easy Composites Technical Support Forum (where we are now) and then the general Talk Composites forum. In the Talk Composites Forum we leave that to our members to freely discuss what they like including links to articles you've found around the 'net. I've not yet editted or removed a single post in the Talk Composites Forum and I hope I won't ever need to; it is supposed to be a free and open forum and if people want to link to other supplier's products and it's appropriate (not just blatent advertising/commercial posts) then I'm fine with that.

This part fo the forum, the Easy Composites Technical Support Forum, is reserved for the discussion of Easy Composites products and processes, simply because we provide this forum as part of our technical support service and encourage customers to chanel their support questions through here. Customers can expect someone from the Easy Composites staff to read and respond (whereever possible) to enquiries posted here. Other members are welcome to post too (and very often do) but it's expected by us (and probably the people asking the questions) that responses will relate to our products.

All the best with your projects and glad to have you onboard Smile.

Kind regards, Matt