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So I've been working on producing a carbon fibre coffee cup for many years, I want it to be perfect and its almost there. For the past 2 years I've had the project on the back burner having spent many thousands on equipment and tests. But last week watching the How Its Made featuring the Bugatti Veyron, I saw how their carbon nose cone always comes out with voids in tights places and that these areas were repaired to produce a flawless finish. That made me think my process might be good enough and I can finish my cup with a few repairs.
These images show how my cup is one solid piece but the outside is always susceptible to tiny bubbles or sometimes voids, the inside is almost always perfect.
My Process - The alloy mould is secured in a vacuum chamber while infusion resin is pumped from the mixing container into the mould from its base, this enables the cup to be one piece with all smooth sides and the vacuum chamber limits bubbles & voids. My next test will include curling the mould in a high pressure oven maybe 100psi (pressure cooker LOL). But I've tried loads of ways to get a 100% perfect result and id become disappointed until I saw the Bugatti repair process.
With a little help I mights just get a finished mug...
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- Can these voids be filled? any suggestions?
Im guessing sand the holes back to remove any release agent, maybe with some acetone and fill with a syringe of general epoxy. then rub it back to a perfect round finish.
BTW this big hole is drilled to practice fitting the carbon handle.
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Ive taken pics off the TV to show you what was shown on the How Its Made - Bugatti program.
The sanding process has shown the voids on the rear of the Veyron, these are actually very similar in size to my cup, perhaps these can be filled with just the 2 pack lacquer.
Here you can see a lady marking up a void on the bumper of the Veyron and actually its a bit of a mess if it were to be left, so its apparent to me that they are able to repair some severe voids, good enough for the bonnet of the most expensive car in the world. So I should be able to repair the tiny voids on my mug.
The CF steering wheel is full of voids and thats a piece which we would expect would need to be perfect.
What the CF cladded supercars do have that my mug doesn't is large vast areas of absolutely perfectly laid material, beautiful curves, patterned surfaces, all of which move your eye away from a tiny repair. This has given me hope for the possibility of repairing my mug to a perfect finish.
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Filling voids advice - like Bugatti
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10 Years Ago
Other than just leaving the vacuum on for longer before infusing and warming the fabric before...
ChrisR
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Hi Chris Actually I might try heating the alloy mould and the material, I've not tested that yet,...
ant...
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Hey I'm not sure if I can follow you ChrisR, why should epoxy not be foodsafe ? Epoxy itself is...
wandfisch
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CF is very thermally conductive (about twice that of steel), GF is very insulative (about 1/100th of...
ChrisR
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I follow ChrisR on this one... pouring hot beverages in an epoxy cup isn't always a good thing...if...
matthieutje65
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Hi Matt & thanks for your input Trust me I've done all this testing and I've been drinking out of...
ant...
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yes, check the datasheet on the resin you currently use then approach a resin manufacturer/supplier...
ChrisR
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ChrisR Thanks ill look into finding high temp infusion. I knew that their were an infinite amount...
ant...
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Nah, you don't have to get a specific one made, just approach them and see what they have. eg....
ChrisR
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Ive taken pics off the TV to show you what was shown on the How Its Made - Bugatti program....
ant...
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[quote][b]ant... (03/03/2015)[/b][hr]So I've been working on producing a carbon fibre coffee cup for...
fgayford
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Hey Fred Its great to hear from you :) After I saw those supercar 'how to' shows I was hoping id...
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