Trimming Carbon Kevlar


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Dieseldave
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I make a lot of carbon kevlar panels and parts for rally car and always have the same problem 
when trimming & drilling parts.

When I cut the finished part to size I always get a fluffy dry cloth frayed edge not a sharp clean edge 
like when I make carbon parts. Why is this.
Even if I drill a hole right in the middle of a part it has a frayed edge.

My process is hand lay up 1x Carbon Kevlar, 2x Diolen, 1x carbon kevlar using epoxy resin and then vac bag.

Any help appreciated.

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You can sand them off as above or if you've just got a few stragglers left, you can use a fresh scalpel blade to cut them off. Its an unfortunate side effect of the abrasion resistance and cut resistance of kevlar and diolen so it is quite normal to have these issues.

Warren Penalver
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