First off I love your intro man. I love your style. You’re probably the best carbon fiber skin video I watched today. Video is great man your results of awesome.
Thanks I really appreciate it, glad you love the intro, please subscribe to the channel so I can continue to do more videos, check out my other Carbon fiber videos.
Dude! Kudos for having the balls to post a video of your first time! A really nice video! I've been watching skinning videos before I tackle covering up the walnut trim in my G-Wagon... I don't want to make a costly mistake... But I also don't want to pay $4k for a completed set! I ordered all the stuff and will attempt it in the next few months! Thanks for your video!
You have those famous Mexican skills lol. I watched another guy who was also doing it for the 1st time and his turned out nothing like yours lol. I almost turned it when I seen that you were also doing it for the 1st time but kept it on & glad I did. I’m going to order me some of this stuff and “try” it on my Foxbody interior. Somehow I think I’ll be closer to the 1st video lol. Y’all are good at this autobody, custom cars that us mortals just ain’t capable of doing but I’ll try.
Thanks bro, I always learn and try new things, I’ve learned a lot of skills, appreciate the support. Try it out, just prep everything before you start, always be organized and you do okay
I did this to my skyline gtr dash back in the days. 2 things that will improve your work and I made the same mistake is one, spray the part black before doing anything or you'll see weird holes with between the carbon waves. It looks fake. Second is get a vacuum. Your surface will be much smoother and you don't need 3 layers of resin. Oh and use a heat gun to get the bubbles out of resin. And never ever cut or sand carbon without mask. It'll kill you. No joke. Resin you can sand without a mask.
Thanks for the tips, I realize carbon is super bad, I also not do my first base coat in black I made that mistake, as for vacuum don’t I need more that a vac
Everything fit pretty good, you just have to make sure to sand down any extra resin in all the holes so the switches fit, I also uploaded a video on the trim install, check it out
Something I keep missing is getting that nice fine trimmed edge. I’m worried about the piece I do when it goes back on the edge or piece that wraps over and around is going to be too bulky. I’m guessing you just Dremel a nice tight edge?
Really came out great. A little confused as to why you put an epoxy base coat as opposed to some spray adhesive and tack the CF to it and then lay down the epoxy
So your saying spray adhesive better than using resin ? I seen other videos and alot of ppl use resin instead of spray adhesive i tried spray adhesive and it seemed to be lifting alot .. and im very familiar with spray adhesive considering i do interiors
@Uniquee I haven't any lift when using spray adhesive. It is just to tack it in place. CF is porous, and the epoxy goes right through it and down to the base material you are applying it to. There are multiple methods.
Remco thanks, I’m more disappointed with the quality of the video I don’t know what went wrong, but I will be doing another video soon. I will post the link where I bout the carbon in the description
How much exactly I’m not sure but it will be a little thicker but all depends on how tight you lay the material and how many coats of resin the less coats the better but you can also sand them down.
Well i am waiting for the Carbon fiber cloth to arrive for my DIY project. I will be skinning the center console, steering, guage cluster pastic trims, door buttons and gear lever
No dremel. I use a small sander so it has more flat surface sanding for flat areas, for round area it’s a die grinder it’s a little bigger than a dremel also cuts faster but you need to be careful. And sometimes just some hand sanding
So what kind of sandpaper if wet is needed? Does 2000 grit do the job alone? Also is it necessary to sand down the part ? Since im considering on skinning an armrest for a car Edit: do you need to polish after sanding? If so what polish is ised?
Start with 220- 400 dry depending on how flat the resin laid out, then 600 and 800, then wet 1000 and 1500 then 2000-2500. you definitely need to sand the piece or the resin won't stick properly. You do need to polish after sanding or you can stop at 800 and clear coat the piece and the sand with 2000 wet then polish clear coat
Why when I lay down the carbon fiber after basecoat, I see the weaves everywhere and sticking out. Is it because im cutting the edges wrong, laying it too rough, stretching it. dont know what im doing wrong
In the final steps, After the last coats and sanding, do you finish off with 2k clear or something? Or do a final coat after the last sand? Or do you just sand it after your last resin coat, and that’s all?
do you trim or cut the edges and the open center after you put the resin? wouldnt be a lot easier to lay the carbon fiber and cut the edges before you put the resin
Yes, but you cant just cut it exactly to size you need to leave the material a little bigger so even with the holes your going to trim after so it better to trim after
Poor it in a little then Just brush it in, pouring is more for flat flat surfaces, on these pieces it’s just going to fall off so don’t waste your materials
I use 2 parts resin 1 part hardener, example so if you put In 2oz of resin use 1oz hardener, check out out my other carbon fiber toolbox videos I get more into detail
Yes after the last coat you want to at sand with 800, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 and the polish or go up to 1500 and spray a clear coat, then you can do 2000, 2500 and polish the clear coat
I lay 2 or 3 coat depending on ho smooth the finish looks some piece need more layers than others then I wet sand with 800 and spray clear coat, it just last longer than if you only buffing