By karlfranz - 8/25/2013 7:51:34 PM
I covered this part with 3M SotchPrint 1080 vinyl film to get an idea of what it would look like. Now I'd like to skin it in real carbon fiber. Do you think the curves on this panel are too complex to use ProFinish Carbon? Most recesses are fairly shallow, but a couple are about 20mm deep and the upper corners have compound curves that are even deeper.
The reason I'd like to use ProFinish is because (if possible) I'd like to run a perfect seam down the center of the panel where the diagonal weave of the twill would form a "V". Is this too ambitious? If you were to tackle this skinning project, how would you do it?
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By Warren (Staff) - 8/27/2013 12:13:49 PM
As Warren says, the difficulty here is the recesses. You could use multiple pieces of profinish to achieve it, using neat cut lines around the recesses to get the neat finish, but it would be a hell of a lot of work.
Some areas would need seperate pieces of fabric with cut lines on corners to aid alignment and fabric folding. Then you would need to get the surface main layer of Pro-Finish to line up neatly.
IF you did tackle it, i would certainly be spending most of my time making accurate thin paper templates to ensure you only cut the carbon once.
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