Hey.
I'll make a trunk to a Volvo in carbon fiber ..(its about 1500*1000 mm)
There is an outer and an inner mold, I wonder what you think I should have the thickness of the laminate.
Think I'll have to have single laminate because the laminates will be facing each other in several places.
I'd appreciate if I got some laminate proposal, I enclose pictures of molds and a fiberglass hatch that I have done.
 Can you build with the diol behind the surface mat to bring down the cost?
Will laminating, infusion, and your epoxy.
I am going to glue the pieces together, both across the whole but also in the middle.
Thanks for your help.
Magnus from Sweden

 

Hi Magnus,

If you went with a laminate of 200g carbon | 2mm soric | 200g carbon then you *wont* see through it. I understand why you think you might but we have made many parts using this laminate (including the bonnet in the new video we're doing) and although it is possible to see tiny pricks of light if you hold the part up to a bright light, there really is no way you can see anything like this in normal life.

Regarding diolen; yes, like Kevlar it does make things difficult to trim. This is just one of those problems that will never go away because if a fabric has a very high elongation-to-break property then it won't ever trim easily.

All the best, Matt

Matt Statham
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Sales

Hello Matt.

Thanks for all help.

maby 2*200 cf and 2mm soric and 1*200cf then..

If i choose singel laminate, what do u rekomend then? if i make it atleast 1.1 mm..

I will start with 1 profinish 200g cloth....

Magnus