I would like to carbon skin a part and I have a question regarding the 'tack' time before applying the carbon.  The part I want to skin is quite large and has complex surfaces.  I don't want the resin base coat to be really tacky as once you lay the carbon it is very difficult to manipulate into position within damaging the weave pattern.   Therefore, could you lay the carbon earlier, so that the base coat is not so tacky and allows you to manipulate the carbon ? The process states 1-2 hours, but laying on after 10-30 minutes, would this cause any issues ?

Sounds like you need to give the black basecoat a good stir in the container it came in .. maybe some of the pigment has "settled"

I never buy or use the black bascoat, so cannot testify as to how "opaque" it is or how well it covers.. I make my own, by adding apprx.. (very approximately .. ) 5 % of EC's "West & Senior epoxy colour dispersion" in black ..  That covers even the brightest colours on the part ..  Very thin layers of basecoat will be a bit transparent ..



"Sapere Aude"... Dare to KNOW!

The written word is the only truly efficient vehicle for transmitting a complex concept from mind to mind...

103% of all people do not understand statistics...

Do not adjust our mind, theres a fault in reality :-)