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Hey guys, was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction on how to go about this. So I was thinking of parts I could make for my car in carbon fiber. Came to the idea of attempting to do carbon fiber door panels. I've watched a ton of videos on this, but just hoping to get some specific information for this part. So my door panels, they are plastic and have that bumpy oem texture you see on most cars. From what I gather if I want a smooth carbon fibre finish I will need to sand them all smooth? Should I also primer them? Next, thing is the handrest is made out of fabric, would it be easier to remove this or leave it on and do the mold over it? Just looking for some suggestions on how to tackle this hoping its a fairly straight forward way to do this.
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You could probably paint the plastic using plastic primer, regular primer and two pack paints to get the smooth finish for the pattern.
For the arm rest you could either leave this in place and just fillet etc around the edges when you do your pattern so that it still shows up as a feature. Or it could be done as separate insert piece.
For any holes like the storage slot, speaker and push button panel you will need to fill these over in your pattern and trim them out after.
Leaving that arm rest in place would be easiest and less work but having it separate means you could do that part in another material to create a feature or even wrap it in a vinyl similar to the look it has now??
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Advice and tips on how to do a mold for this door panel?
deceased10
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You could probably paint the plastic using plastic primer, regular primer and two pack paints to get...
Fasta
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Make sure you have a strategy for all of the retaining clips, you'll have to make sure that your...
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[quote][b]Chris Scott (22/01/2016)[/b][hr]Make sure you have a strategy for all of the retaining...
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