what type of carbon prepeg should I use to skinning parts?

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what type of carbon prepeg should I use to skinning parts?

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heiwaz	heiwaz posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 4, Visits: 115	Hello, I want to try skinning car parts with prepeg carbon, but i have seen that there are different types of prepegs, with resin in one side and resin on both sides. What is the better choice for skinning?
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Dravis	Dravis posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 592, Visits: 1.9K	yeah, I've used EC "pro-finish" a couple of times for skinning... also makes it possible to do a V-pattern on a skinned part ... "Sapere Aude"... Dare to KNOW! The written word is the only truly efficient vehicle for transmitting a complex concept from mind to mind... 103% of all people do not understand statistics... Do not adjust our mind, theres a fault in reality :-)
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heiwaz	heiwaz posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 4, Visits: 115	Dravis (16/09/2014) yeah, I've used EC "pro-finish" a couple of times for skinning... also makes it possible to do a V-pattern on a skinned part ... What is EC "pro-finish"?? I normally skinning the parts apply carbon cloth, and layers of resin, but I thought if I use prepeg would be easy and fast, but I didn`t think in the high temperatures in the oven.
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ChrisR	ChrisR posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 363, Visits: 3K	https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/200g-profinish-coated-22-twill-3k-carbon-fibre-cloth it's a bound dry fabric
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heiwaz	heiwaz posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 4, Visits: 115	ChrisR (17/09/2014) https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/200g-profinish-coated-22-twill-3k-carbon-fibre-cloth it's a bound dry fabric I used a fabric like this bought in other shop but I have problems to skinning parts with lot of curves, because this fabric make folds and don't adapt to the part. Somebody have any experience with this bound fabric?
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ChrisR	ChrisR posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 363, Visits: 3K	When working with compound curves, I've always found it easier to wet out a normal dry fabric off the part (creating my own pseudo prepreg) then laying it up onto the mould. The other way I've done it is to lightly spray tack the fabric to gently hold the pattern while handling.
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