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How to carbon skinning (covering) a car body part ?

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By Jess8bit - 6/14/2013 8:09:40 AM

Let's say you have a bonnet you want to skin with carbon. How to prepare the surface (which is obviously made of paint and clear coat) ?

Do you proceed the exact same way as for a plastic part (as shown in the Carbon Mods tutorial video) where you start with sand the part ?

Is making such a big surface not too risky ??

thank you Smile

Jess
By Jess8bit - 6/14/2013 10:35:51 AM

Warren (Staff) (14/06/2013)
You still need to rough the surface to ensure good adhesion between the base coat and the bonnet.

People have successfully skinned bonnets and other large panels before, although I recommend a small piece to start with or work on a spare panel from the scrap yard in case it goes wrong.
Ok Warren,

Which grit would use ? 120 ? 240 ?
...and, which depth should I sand down to ? (do I aim at sanding clear coat only ? or till paint ? metal ?)

Also, would you be so kind as to point me towards the material list I woud need to order from the EC store ? (I mean the different resins required to do skinning) for about the size of a complete car BigGrin Blush