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MarkMK - 1/17/2020 1:02:10 PM

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Alex1981 - 1/17/2020 5:05:02 AM

Hi. My name is Alex and I am new in this. I would like to learn how to do skinning car parts and do some  parts from carbon fibre. I would like to start from skinning parts first. My quastion: 
1. What is best resin for skinning parts? Do I need black background for parts? ( original parts are silver) I have f30 bmw. And some interior parts are silver.
2.Can I use vacuum system to do skinning? If es what kind of materials I need and any advise for new person in this things.
Reason for skinning: all parts have some mounting clicks. 
Thank you

If you in the UK or such products can be shipped to you easily, then EC's XCR resin is good for skinning work. You'll only need to use the black base coat if you want to eliminate and chance of a non-black colour being visible through the weave of the carbon

For its stability, drapability and tight-woven look (akin to pre-preg) the 240g fabric that EC also sells is a good fabric choice

Vacuuming skinned parts is not essential and can result in crimping of the fabric if not done very carefully, although could help where consolidating the fabric around sharp return edges is tricky

If original parts have built-in mounting tabs etc. it might be possible to recreate something similar after producing a carbon copy, if you'd prefer to replicate them. You'd just then need to consider how best to attach any tabs afterwards.