Is there a good way to get carbon to go tightly round a right angle?

Thanks

Warren's right that ProFinish might help you a lot in getting a good cosmetic finish on right angled corners. You can have complete cut and butt-joined panels with ProFinish and once clear resin or lacquer/clearcoat is over the top, you can almost not see such cut-lines at all. To second Warren on the structural aspect of this then if you did this you would need to ensure that you'd got layers underneith that do span the corner, otherwise you'll have no strength there at all. Of course, if you're just doing this to add a carbon appearance to the outside of an existing part then there's no need to concern yourself with the strength, just use ProFinish and make separate panels for each side, meeting neatly in the corners.

One tip along the lines of what Joe is describing where you put some positive pressure on the laminate to hold it in place whilst it cures would be to put release film over the part after you've laminated it and then use something large and squashy (like a car spong or the sponge out of a sofa cushion) and press that against the laminate, particularly on any difficult corners. It will need to be held in place for the whole cure time (so use something else to wedge it there). This technique should be able to hold carbon in place on the outside of a right angled corner. I guess you could describe this technique as a poor-man's vacuum bag; we've used it to good effect on some awkward mouldings where the carbon doesn't want to stay where it should.

I hope this helps, Matt

Matt Statham
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Sales