Expanding silicone core


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Matthieu Libeert
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Hi,

I have a question,
I've been thinking about it for a long time and it has been on the forum yet, but not with the best results of information.
So I'm planning to make some tests with some silicone as an expanding core to get a nice outer finish with carbonfiber.
I plan to make a testsample of a tube made out of Carbonfiber:

- I plan to use an existing tube of metal
- Cut it in halve
- add some thickness (thickness of the carbonfiber, so not much) on the inside
- Put halves back together
- Fill the tube with silicone
- remove the silicone from the mould and remove thickness added before
- wrap wetted out carbon around the silicone
- Put it in an oven and hope for it to expand.

My question is, which silicone is expanding? mostly they make silicones that DONT expand because you dont want it to expand in most applications.
is it 1K silicone you'd better use or 2K silicone?
anyone has some experience with this?
I know about the blatter technique and so on, and thats not really what i'm looking for.

Matthieu Libeert
Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports
website:
www.mat2composites.com




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Update
I have called a company who told me to call another company who told me to call another company who told me to call the first company again.
I have not called them again yet, but will soon.

On of them was Wacker, http://www.wacker.com , they are quite specialized in silicones but they could not deliver this, at least the Swedish office
didnt know about a heat expanding silicone, but, they told me that it could in fact be an ordinary RTV2 silicone, that expands in heat just like any other material.


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             thanks prsw, would be great!
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