I would like to carbon skin a part and I have a question regarding the 'tack' time before applying the carbon.  The part I want to skin is quite large and has complex surfaces.  I don't want the resin base coat to be really tacky as once you lay the carbon it is very difficult to manipulate into position within damaging the weave pattern.   Therefore, could you lay the carbon earlier, so that the base coat is not so tacky and allows you to manipulate the carbon ? The process states 1-2 hours, but laying on after 10-30 minutes, would this cause any issues ?

Just finished skinning a few motorbike parts with the new XCR resin -- Great stuff !!!

This is so much better and easier to use than the old "Coating Resin" ---

On these parts i did use some of the old "Coating Resin" as a base layer, after colouring it black with Epoxy dye ..  It works fine for that application --

I hope that I will not have problems with the XCR surface layers being "incompatible" with the old "Coating Resin"   I added the Carbon and the first layer of XCR when the "Coating resin was still "tacky"

The parts are now cured and seem fine . .. better looking than any of the ones I ever did with the old Coating Resin!!

Thanks EC! 

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