How do I put carbon over a block of foam?


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Hello,

Beginner here, I'm trying to put carbon fiber over a block of foam about 1 X 3 1/2 X 6 1/2 inches in size. I thought this would be easy.....but getting it to stick down to the foam and all of the corners....I'm making a complete mess here! Is there an easy way to do this? What am I missing there? Thanks Smile

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I would suggest to mix about 15% carbon powder into fast setting eopxy for the base coat if you can't get hold of Eay's
apply that a bit thicker, then wait until the base coat starts to gel, you can still put a fingerprint in it without the base coat sticking to your glove

I did made a composite front door for me last year, the edges were very sharp and that way it worked perfectly with 200gsm
The but joints are not really "Butt" you let the fibre overlap a bit while trying to match the fibre directions
After applying 1 or 2 layers Epoxy Coating Resin /highbuild Epoxy varnish/topcoat, you can sand the overlapping joints back a bit the rest is hidden by the following top coat, ready for final sanding and plosihing

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torsten Ker - 10/15/2020 7:43:22 PM
I would suggest to mix about 15% carbon powder into fast setting eopxy for the base coat if you can't get hold of Eay's
apply that a bit thicker, then wait until the base coat starts to gel, you can still put a fingerprint in it without the base coat sticking to your glove

I did made a composite front door for me last year, the edges were very sharp and that way it worked perfectly with 200gsm
The but joints are not really "Butt" you let the fibre overlap a bit while trying to match the fibre directions
After applying 1 or 2 layers Epoxy Coating Resin /highbuild Epoxy varnish/topcoat, you can sand the overlapping joints back a bit the rest is hidden by the following top coat, ready for final sanding and plosihing

A little thicker base layer makes sense and so does the overlapping joint. How did you do the ends of the door?

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                     OK I'll give the masking tape a shot, thanks guys!!
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