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Been playing with the modeling clay. Almost have the shape I want. Will post a few pics of the progress this evening. Once I have the shap the way I want. I'm going to pour a latex mold. From there I will make a resin plug an super smoth out the shape then pour the final mold halves. Found a local placed that has gallon jugs of the latex for 42 bucks. And there are several places I found on the net that have various weights of carbon fiber cloth.
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Been playing with the modeling clay. Almost have the shape I want. Will post a few pics of the progress this evening. Once I have the shap the way I want. I'm going to pour a latex mold. From there I will make a resin plug an super smoth out the shape then pour the final mold halves. Found a local placed that has gallon jugs of the latex for 42 bucks. And there are several places I found on the net that have various weights of carbon fiber cloth.
Have you worked with carbon fibre before?
My experience is limited, but I can see why a vacuum bag/autoclave system is used...
If you have very much compound curving or tight radius bends in your mold shape, the stiffness of the CF can be a beyotch to deal with as far as conforming to that shape while the resin cures.
I just did some simple lay ups on my upper fairing last summer, and damned if the CF edges did *not* like to be bent around sharp curves...
All I can suggest is to let the epoxy set up a wee bit longer prior to application, or mix in a tiny bit more accelerant hardener than you would for fibreglass. Experiment before committing to the final mold!
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Same, I chose the finest weave I could, and it came in available widths of 1", 2", and 4" I believe. The cool thing was, the edges were pre-woven in such a way that they didn't fray. (think binding on carpet runner edges)
Where I *did* have to trim to fit, the stuff unraveled brutally fast, though.
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Awesome, the local place I get my stuff from sounds like it has the same selection. I eyed the carbon/kevlar stuff too but it just wasn't the right look for where I wanted.
Can't wait to see your final product
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