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how to complex print on carbon fiber

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By ARSOUILLERB26 - 12/11/2021 4:27:10 PM

Hello mates

I would like to know how to achieve complex printing on carbon fiber.
I would like to do something like this (picture found on a shop so it's possible)




If possible I would like to invoid clear coating because my bodyshop painter had a lot of work clear coating my infused parts (lot of pinholes which forced him to a LOT of layers and of course sanding between each one)
I asked to a serigraphic shop if they can print on carbon fiber and it would be a first try for them so if I can give them some advices, it would be a time/money saver.
Do you know how this printing can be done and if clear coats are necessary, what product can I buy for a carbon fiber specific application? (I saw in the last easy composites video a "phantom clear")

Thank you everybody
By SleepingAwake - 12/20/2021 9:15:29 AM

 
ARSOUILLERB26 - 12/19/2021 2:50:33 PM
thanks mate Smile 
I will order it, can't wait to try

Just to be sure I understood well, when you use a squegee or a cloth with epoxy resin (infusion resin to be more fluid I suppose) on it before to wipe it.
I tried it with a plastic card (like a credit card) but didn't wipe it off.
It took a looooot of time to cure (3 days in a 40° celcius room) despite I used infusion IN2 resin with FAST remover.
The aspect is actually quite bad and I have to sand it / polish it a lot.
How was the finish for you using your technique?

thanks again

I always used a fast laminating resin rather than a low viscosity infusion resin, altough i doubt it will make too much of a difference. But the higher viscosity and the better polymerization in thin films doesn't harm either. The surface certainly gets a little cloudy, but nothing the usual paint prep wouldn't take care of.