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dcfoster
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Ive been looking into making a valve cover or skinning a valve cover as well making an exhaust tip. Can this be done with Carbon fiber? Im assuming the Fiber itself can handle the heat but
im worried about the epoxy. Are there any that can handle high engine temps? or exhaust temps (muffler tip temps)
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Hi Boozehawk,
Loading into an oven at 100'C is definitely not recommended - Firstly, before looking at curing, Epoxy into a Polyester/Fibreglass mould tool is never recommendable as epoxy generally bonds to the tooling gelcoat regardless of the release agent. The next issue is that a normal fibreglass tool wouldn't stand up to those sorts of temperatures.
The High Temp Epoxy has a recommend cure cycle of 24hours at ambient temperature followed by a stepped post-cure cycle as follows to achieve the high temperature properties: 1 hr @ 40'C, 1 hr @ 60'C, 1 hr @ 80'C, 1 hr @ 100'C, 1hr @1 hr @ 120'C and then 2 hours at 140 and 160'c respectively . As such, you'll need a mould tool capable of taking extended periods of time at these higher temperatures.
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Richie (15/08/2016)
Hi Boozehawk,
The High Temp Epoxy has a recommend cure cycle of 24hours at ambient temperature followed by a stepped post-cure cycle as follows to achieve the high temperature properties: 1 hr @ 40'C, 1 hr @ 60'C, 1 hr @ 80'C, 1 hr @ 100'C, 1hr @1 hr @ 120'C and then 2 hours at 140 and 160'c respectively . As such, you'll need a mould tool capable of taking extended periods of time at these higher temperatures.
Could the stepped curing process be done with the part removed from the mould after the 40c step as i imagine the fibreglass shld be able to cope with 40c?
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Carbon Fiber for parts that get hot
dcfoster
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9 Years Ago
There is a high temp resin available...
meir
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9 Years Ago
Thanks for the info Meir :)
dcfoster
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9 Years Ago
Please remember that you need: A) Resin with high TG (as linked) B) Curing at high temperature...
ArturK
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9 Years Ago
Im making an exhaust end cap for my motorcycle. It is just a surround really so not actually...
Boozehawk
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9 Years Ago
Hi Boozehawk, Loading into an oven at 100'C is definitely not recommended - Firstly, before...
Rich (Staff)
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9 Years Ago
[quote][b]Richie (15/08/2016)[/b][hr]Hi Boozehawk, The High Temp Epoxy has a recommend cure...
Boozehawk
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9 Years Ago
Potentially but you would be likely to find that the surface of the resin would deform slightly as...
Rich (Staff)
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9 Years Ago
What materials have you used to make your mould? Is it a polyester gelcoat with polyester laminating...
Hanaldo
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9 Years Ago
Im not wanting a gloss finish so the part would be getting a rub. down after demolding anyway. I...
Boozehawk
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9 Years Ago
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