Adding that heat probably made the bond twice as strong. I used to brush on some slow cure epoxy over the repair and then hit it with a heat gun till the epoxy was ultra thin then applied the carbon and let it cure in a warm area. The thinner you can get the epoxy by heat the more it will flow into places it never could with room temperature, you can even try a test on some window glass, heat one layup till its super thin epoxy then another lay up over room temp. After cured the colder layup prep one will pop right off and the other heat prep one will be on there forever, nothing will take it off except grinding or sanding.
I have a small crack on my cold air intake which is carbon fiber and I'm going to put a small piece of the fiber inside because it broke through the weave Do you know if it will adhere good enough and not break loose and gets sucked into my intake I'm so nervous about it lol
@@bradmcbrideracing2765 i have a big gash in my carbon fiber hood that was damaged in a crash, any good ideas how to fix it? i was thinking of buying some forged carbon fiber shreds and just mixing epoxy, packing it full and then putting a clamp over it till its dried.
That should work. If the gash is large it needs to be filled. It sounds like you have the right idea. I would soak th shreds in resin first like you see in the video. Then pack it in. If you do not have some wax cloth, you may be able to use some aluminum foil to cover the repair til it dries. Or if the surface is flat, just use a piece if metal.
