XCR Skinning process


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Lenny
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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 ?
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Hi Jon,  The video is currently in production so still needs a fair bit of post processing, but as soon as it is ready, it will be released. We have basic instructions in the product listing but will be releasing a full downloadable data sheet with the video.

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Thanks, I'm looking forward to the video.

I attempted to skin a test part in the meantime and found that the black epoxy basecoat wasn't very..... well, black. The part is bare fibreglass so light yellow in colour and after applying the basecoat it was marginally darker but still yellow.

I mixed up the basecoat at 3 to 1 as per the label. Just wondering if I did anything wrong or if I'm incorrect in expecting the basecoat to fully black out the part.
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