Wet Lay 'Decorative' Carbon Over Fibreglass


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Hi, I am planning on doing a carbon covering of the ugly fibreglass hull (inside engine bay not exterior) of a jet ski. It will be purely cosmetic with the green 'decorative' carbon sheeting. Ive calculated I will need around 2m of the carbon, and wanted to know firstly roughly how much resin I would need to mix, and secondly if it would be ok to use a coat of resin on the fibreglass first and allow it to 'tack off' to help keep the carbon in position before a thick coating of resin.

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matthieutje65 (15/11/2014)
Hanaldo (15/11/2014)
Wasn't a miscalculation, I was just using a 60/40 fibre/resin ratio which is what I normally aim for with infusion. You won't get that with wet lay unless you are very good. 


oh ok hanaldo you were talking about 265/sqm Smile thought for the full 2sqm Smile


Haha no no, 265 grams for the full 2 meters. With a 60/40 ratio, 1sqm of 200g carbon cloth will use 133 grams of resin Smile 
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