Hey guys;

For some reason, my mulit-quote isn't working properly so to answer a few comments:

DiNoc covered and clear coated? NOPE!! That's real carbon fiber cloth that I've wrapped over the stock pieces after prepping the pieces so the resin and cloth will bond as one part when complete. After several coats of resin, I sand/level the resin and after thats done, I clear coat (typically 3 coats) to give it the depth.

Gong to be trying a dry look wrap for my next set for my car. Single coat of resin bonding cloth to part and than a clear coat to still show the texture when completed... Hopefully start that project soon.....

I love working with carbon fiber and exploring what parts can be done using it.... Just starting some Volvo engine parts for another friend in a minute....

in repsonse to infamous39's comment: Thanks you sir, that's quite a compliment....

Did a M6 recently too.... He had factory carbon except for his shifter surround which he damaged (I think coke spilled and ate aluminum) and when he gavce it to me it looked like this:



I think it came out pretty nice and matched his factory carbon quite nicely....

 

I knew this couldn't be DiNoc.

 

Looks awesome!

Yeah, 3M Di-NOC can't be oversprayed with a clear. The pattern will melt.

- Antti -

 

The clear I use is very agressive and would eat the shit out of DiNoc if sprayed on it.... By very agressive, I mean it bonds very well to the resin. The bonding is done through a chemical reaction where the clear actually "eats/melts" the resin (or surface its sprayed on to). That's how clear coats bond to the paint/resin. The chemicals would eat the vinyl DiNoc and make it look terrible....

 

Well, we finally got some decent weather and time to test fit his pieces.... Some we got installed and other need to be screwed back before installing, so we just checked the fitrment and he will install @ home....

Here are the pictures:

 

wow very nice

 

Thanks! He's promised to take good high-res pictures (those above were BB pictures)after he installs the last pieces. I will post them when he sends them to me.....

Starting a e60 M5 interior this week. It was brushed aluminium; now they're primed black and ready to be wrapped.... Will start a new thread as they start to get completed...

 

What type of resin are you using? and if I understand youre not mixing resin and hardener just resin then clear coat? I ask because Im taking a research and development class in school and we have rolls of carbon fiber and we've been doing tests with different core materials using a resin/hardener mix but when we didnt mix in enough hardener, the carbon wouldnt stick to the material. So Im curious how the carbon adheres to your trim with only resin, or does the clear coat act as a hardener?

 

You must use hardener for the resin to cure, otherwise, it'll never harden, just stay liquid. The resin needs a catalyst to harden. I never mention the hardener because it's assumed I must use a hardener otherwise, no catalyst; no curing......

 

alright cool thanks Im new to this whole thing so I wanted to clarify, sorry for the dumb question lol