Carbon Fiber Bling

[Offshore Ginger]

Hey guys i made a Carbon Fiber pannel for a friend in Tenn a few weeks ago and was just curious is there any interest in this stuff yet and whats your take in different colors in the carbon and Twills ? Once again opinion's please .:bump:

 

[GENERAL LEE]

I'd be interested in seeing what you can do, depending on how smooth you can make the cuts & edges? That seems to be where the price difference comes in. The pieces that have a nice rounded, smooth edge, are the sign of quality over the rough, sharp edges.

The colored stuff looks really cool as well, again, when it's been cut right.

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Here is a pic of the pannel before i get ready to package and ship UPS .:sifone:

 

[Offshore Ginger]

I'd be interested in seeing what you can do, depending on how smooth you can make the cuts & edges? That seems to be where the price difference comes in. The pieces that have a nice rounded, smooth edge, are the sign of quality over the rough, sharp edges.

The colored stuff looks really cool as well, again, when it's been cut right.

This piece was cut and the edges sanded but the person who is getting it is going to cut and shape it for his center throttle control console for a cat .

 

[glassdave]

is that cheese cloth?



looks good Artie

 

[Steve 1]

That Flats boat in the picture with the wing poling platform, had a clear gelcoated Carbon transom.

 

[Matt Trulio]

God, I love carbon fiber bling, but one piece of advice: Don't paint it.

I have a relatively new carbon fiber Santa Cruz Blur XC mountain bike. Santa Cruz painted the frame black and silver. It looks cool enough, but I think it would have looked even cooler with the fiber pattern showing.

 

[Offshore Ginger]

is that cheese cloth?



looks good Artie

Yes it is and how did you know ? Dave i bet you could tell by the twill ............. Hey:willy_nilly: And i even used Epoxy for the layup .

 

[Offshore Ginger]

God, I love carbon fiber bling, but one piece of advice: Don't paint it.

I have a relatively new carbon fiber Santa Cruz Blur XC mountain bike. Santa Cruz painted the frame black and silver. It looks cool enough, but I think it would have looked even cooler with the fiber pattern showing.

this will be clear coated to give it more depth .

 

[Offshore Ginger]

That Flats boat in the picture with the wing poling platform, had a clear gelcoated Carbon transom.

Steve and you did not show this so all could see :rofl::rofl::rofl: just kidding ole friend . Steve this just happens to be a scrap piece of fabric that i had laying around and thought i would lay it up for $hits and giggles in the garage and in the future i thought i just might make a few more pannels with different colors . :bump::rofl::seeya:

 

[Steve 1]

Steve and you did not show this so all could see :rofl::rofl::rofl: just kidding ole friend . Steve this just happens to be a scrap piece of fabric that i had laying around and thought i would lay it up for $hits and giggles in the garage and in the future i thought i just might make a few more pannels with different colors . :bump::rofl::seeya:

Artie, That material always looks good. I had Carbon stringers in one of the cats a long while back, the mechanic set a battery switch on one lug side down, he won't do that again!

 

[FASTERDAD]

I cut a section out of a panel made by "RADICLE" to cover some old holes on my dash-everyone asks about it because it looks cool and hi-tech!

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Artie, That material always looks good. I had Carbon stringers in one of the cats a long while back, the mechanic set a battery switch on one lug side down, he won't do that again!

Steve i know what you mean and i can almost bet that you were ready to put your boot in someones a$$:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[Offshore Ginger]

I cut a section out of a panel made by "RADICLE" to cover some old holes on my dash-everyone asks about it because it looks cool and hi-tech!

Great , and a funny thing about bling it sure can bring some life to some things .

 

[glassdave]

Yes it is and how did you know ? Dave i bet you could tell by the twill ............. Hey:willy_nilly: And i even used Epoxy for the layup .

is it "E" cheese or "S" cheese :bump:



Steve (an you to Artie ) this is one i did in clear gelcoat as well. In the mold i used a clear gel and "picture framed it in yellow then used a clear Silmar resin to laminate it in and keep it clean. Its kind of a cool trick to get the true carbon look without an epoxy system.


oh, its a dash for the Batboats

 

[Steve 1]

Dave looks very cool When I was doing transoms out of carbon fiber, we ran a piece of masking tape while on the cutting table with the weave in a straight line so I could see easer and it would be dead straight when laminated, I used a brush bubble buster and a metal 3/8" roller about a zillion times to make sure every pin sized air bubble was gone after the roll out..

 

[ILMORdude]

We like carbon bits also!!

 

[Steve 1]

We like carbon bits also!!

Classy looking.

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Classy looking.

sure is

 

[Offshore Ginger]

is it "E" cheese or "S" cheese :bump:



Steve (an you to Artie ) this is one i did in clear gelcoat as well. In the mold i used a clear gel and "picture framed it in yellow then used a clear Silmar resin to laminate it in and keep it clean. Its kind of a cool trick to get the true carbon look without an epoxy system.


oh, its a dash for the Batboats

Dave , i thought about clear jell also , but have had great sucess with Epoxy , just something else that we made when i was at at Skater and thought i would use the same process .