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Matevz	Matevz posted 9 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 4, Visits: 36	Hello all, I have a question about printing on carbon fibre. Me and my friends are working on some project and we would need to print something on carbon fibre. We have already tried UV printers, direct printing and screen printing. The only method that is close to OK is screen printing, but paint just isn't durable enough (maybe if we could apply some kind of varnish over it would be ok). We heard about some kind of foil, that you apply before curing carbon fibre but we don't know what would be the finish with that technique and what kind of foil we would need. We are using 200g pre-preg cured at 130 deg C. Thank you for your help!
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scottracing	scottracing posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 460, Visits: 5.2K	http://www.aerodynamix.co.uk/carbon-engraving.html another way to do it, if the sheet is thick enough is to etch it out and paint fill , but I reckon it would be too expensive, especially for a business card.
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Matevz	Matevz posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 4, Visits: 36	Thank you all for the answers! VVS: at first I must say those fishing rods look fantastic. If I understand correctly he uses water soluble decals so epoxy can go through them? Do you think that would work the same if I would use same type of decals no carbon before curing? Could you tell me little bit more about that process? Warren: could you please tell me what kind of lacquer? Scottracing: ould you tell me what material I should use for stickers?
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Printing on carbon fibre

Matevz - 9 Years Ago

you can create stickers and place them into the mould before the carbon and then cure it, this is...

scottracing - 9 Years Ago

At first thank you very much for fast reply. We are trying to make business card. It is made out...

Matevz - 9 Years Ago

Made myself a couple of hundred cards years ago mine were 3ply 190 gram and I had all my details...

f1rob - 9 Years Ago

Screen Printing and then lacquer is probably the easiest reasonably durable approach.

Warren (Staff) - 9 Years Ago

My best friend is a fishing rod builder and uses water soluble screen print decals for writing,...

VVS - 9 Years Ago

Hello! I am also trying to figure this process out and was wondering if you could provide just a little more info to help me get started. I took a look at the rods and am really impressed. Is there a...

Colt Parker - 7 Years Ago

http://www.aerodynamix.co.uk/carbon-engraving.html another way to do it, if the sheet is thick...

scottracing - 9 Years Ago

Thank you all for the answers! VVS: at first I must say those fishing rods look fantastic. If I...

Matevz - 9 Years Ago

I was able to achieve good results by creating vinyl stencils (you can cut them by using any kind of...

valzine - 9 Years Ago

According to my acknowledge and experiences, Laser printing is one of the best way to print on carbon fiber (tube or plate or whatever with a smooth surface) Weeks ago, we'd conducted an experiment.....

Batista Wang - 5 Years Ago

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