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Carbon Fibre Skinning Starter Kit

Product code:CMCFSK300

Price	£47.00
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Product Description

This Carbon Mods Carbon Fibre Skinning Starter Kit™ contains everything you need to take an original part (made from plastic, metal or any other material), cover it with genuine 2/2 twill carbon fibre and finish it to a high gloss.

Video Guide

Skinning a part with carbon fibre will enhance its appearance and greatly increase its strength and is a viable alternative to the more complicated approach of making an all-carbon fibre replacement part where volumes are small (such as one-offs) and cosmetic appearance, rather than weight saving, is the primary objective.

Kit Contents

0.3sqm 2/2 twill 3k dry carbon fibre fabric
166g laminating epoxy resin base coat
166g epoxy resin top coat
166g epoxy hardener
35ml polishing compound
2 pairs latex gloves, 2 mixing pots, 2 mixing sticks
2 x 1" laminating brush
120, 240, 400, 800 & 1200 grit full sheets of wet and dry sand paper
Full instructions

Dimensions

When unrolled the carbon fibre fabric is 300mm(11.8") wide and 1000mm(39.4") long.

Uses for This Kit

Use this kit to cover a wide range of parts in and around your vehicle, or just about any other item that would look stunning with a genuine carbon fibre finish.

Use this kit to:

Cover plastic interior mouldings and trim such as centre consoles and door handle mouldings
Cover plastic exterior mouldings such as wing mirrors, rub strips and bumper inserts
Cover metal parts such as slam panels

What results can I expect?

All the materials, supplies and techniques supplied as part of the skinning kit are completely capable of producing professional quality, saleable parts. However, like any practical task (such as repairing a scratch or dent on your car or fitting a stereo) perseverance will be required to produce parts of the highest quality. As you gain skill and experience the quality of the parts will increase and the time taken to make them will decrease.

Comprehensive Instructions

As with all Carbon Mods starter kits, the skinning kit is accompanied by comprehensive instructions that take you through the process of skinning your parts from prep all the way to polish.

Larger Skinning Projects

In addition to this small skinning kit we also sell a Large Skinning Kit which includes materials for a project that's 1m x 1m (39" x 39"). If that's not enough for your project then we also sell all the individual parts of the kit separately meaning you can buy enough material for any project!

For every 1sqm you want to skin in carbon fibre you'll need approximately:

Carbon Fire Skinning Starter Kit™ is a trademark of Carbon Mods.

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It looks a really good product, going to do some engine bay mods. I want to do a battery cover, I've already got a metal cover that i want to mod. The cover is about 60mm deep ( like a shoe box lid ), when i pull the carbon over will i not get huge excess carbon like what you would get with material? Thanks
Carbon Mods Replay: For items where they're really deep you sometimes need to cut the fabric and fold it. You can do this neatly by spraying the fabric with hairspray (a lot) and then when it's dried, cut a neat edge with scissors. Using this technique you should be able to a good job of a shape like yours.

After the final top coat stage, the part seems to have a cream/white finish all over? Im not sure if this is due to incorrect preperation between coats? or possibly low temperatures?
Any help would be much appreciated.

Carbon Mods Answer:

This is caused by TINY air bubbles in the resin caused either when the resin is mixed (giving it a 'whipped' effect) or simply by the air trapped in the carbon fabric not being able to get out through the resin when it’s very thick (either a thick coat or a high viscosity). Here’s some ways to get rid of it completely, try some or all of the following:

For ALL top coats, place the epoxy resin and the hardener (still in their containers) in a bowl of hot water. Let them both warm up for a few minutes. This will reduce their viscosity (thickness), making mixing easier and less likely to aerate the resin.
Apply the FIRST topcoat as thinly as possible. Build up thickness on later layers, use the very first coat simply to wet out the fabric and seal it. By being a thinner layer, any air in the carbon fabric doesn’t have as far to travel to escape.
After applying any top coat layer, use a hair dryer (one that gets pretty hot) or a heat gun and spend plenty of time aiming it at the surface of the part, this will keep the resin warm, reducing its viscosity and also causing the air bubbles to expand and rise/pop on the surface. If you look closely during this process you can actually see the bubbles rise and disappear.

The problem mainly occurs when you’re working in a fairly low ambient temperature. The above steps do a very good job over overcoming these problems and should produce a glass-clear surface finish even when working in a cold environment.

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