Hi All,

As some of you may have noticed, we added a new very special offer to our website last Friday which was our new 'Black Stuff' carbon fibre cloth. There's plenty of information about the product on the Black Stuff - Cheap Low Cost Carbon Fibre product page but basically what we've done is identify that there are lots of occasions where a more basic spec carbon fibre might be all that's needed and so we looked into what the lowest possible price such a cloth could be made for. What we came up with is a fibre that we can sell direct to customers at £10/sqm for a 10m roll or £9/sqm for a 100m roll. I think I can say with confidence this price has never been offered for this quantity, in the UK or across Europe.

The reason for the post is not really to promote the material, it's flying off the shelves and our first batch will be gone soon without my help but what I did want to do is see if anyone had used it yet and had any feedback on it or if anyone had any questions about it. It's easier to discuss these things in a thread than individually with customers .

If you have used the fibre, let me know what you thought. To offer it at half the normal price clearly we have to compromise a bit and I'm interested to know what people think. Also, if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them.

Best regards, Matt

Matt Statham
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Sales

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the feedback. Certainly when we're running the fabric through our rolling machine we do see some occasional weaving errors (pulls) and stray fibres that we wouldn't accept for our usual high-spec fabrics but you're right to say that generally it does look very good (especially for the money). I'm sure you'll get on fine with actually using it but please post and let me know. I don't think there will be any suprises there; to me it feels a little bit 'stiffer' than our usual 3k fibres but there's not much in it and it laminated nicely.

I'd be interested to hear anyone else's feedback too.

All the best, Matt

Matt Statham
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Sales