hi do you used gc50? also how look that biaxal carbon that you put more layers?

Hi Tom,

The Carbon Fibre Biaxial I am using is this https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/wholesale-offers

I heat my mould on a glass table an old desk from Ikea that sits on a box with a fan heater supplying the heat.
Can get the table up to about 80c on the glass surface.

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for howlong you keep it in after infusion channels are closed.

you use any spray glue to fix it in the mold? any gc50 as gelcoat for finish?

> I have normal spraying equipment but I assume its no good for gelcoating ?

Gelcoats can be sprayed with normal sprayguns, but you need to reduce their viscosity by thinning them with styrene and acetone.

Thank you a lot

Be careful if you try thinning GC50 it can become cloudy/milky once cured ruining the appearance of the finished part. It is worth investing in a dedicated gelcoat gun. Also they are much easier to clean than a conventional spray gun, if you use acetone to clean it after use it will attack the seals/O rings.

Warren

Carbon Copies Ltd

you are doing a good job davro! nice to follow your updates! keep them coming

Matthieu Libeert
Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports
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Project Daxro - Front Wheel Wing (product 2)

Photos of the process of the second front wheel wing in a little more detail, a picture says a thousand words

Clean out any dust from the mould.


Apply Easy-Lease Chemical Release Agent.


Look at the trick carbon



Carbon nicely situated.


Paper cloth to reduce any snagging while pressing down stack into place.


Gently press carbon into place with spare wing.


Cutting board.


1 layer of 2/2 twill 3k 199g and 3 layers of Carbon Fibre Biaxial 300g.


The stack gently pressed into place.


Peel ply pressed into place.


Peel ply cut to shape.


Infusion layer and bagging stuck down with infusion lines.


The resin flowing though the stack.


The resin flowing though the end part of stack.


Mould covered in towels, blankets, jumpers.


The ghetto oven mould surface reached 55c for 8 hours, not to shabby.


The product popped out of the mould. and the peel ply released ok


Small part of resin/carbon decided to stick to the peel ply ?


Two products with opposing weaves. Sweet !


Time to cut back the new product.


Time to sand back the print though from the material.


Thumb up!


Now it's time to sand back the edges, print though, 2K Clear coat the pair and then install them ...

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