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Boat Forum / Building / August 2007Finishing Carbon Fiber
I am not building a boat but, I have been building a Fiberglass/Foam/ Carbon Fiber skatebaord decks for a couple of years. I would like to get a smooth colored exterior surface on my lay-ups. I vacuum bag my lay ups and this is my normal construction method: Triaxil Fiber glass 1/16" thick maple core 3/8" last-foam Triaxial Fiberglass Carbon Fiber Colored Cotton Cloth I used the colored cotton to finish the bottom of the skateboard deck. After wetting out the cotton cloth and applying over the black carbon fiber the color of the cotton cloth darkens up. I would like to be able to get a bright solid color on the bottom of the deck. Here is a link to a picture of the skateboards I build: http://www.fibreglast.com/Customer%2..._alton__il.jpg What other options do I have to get this type of finish? Thanks Paul grafgulch brought forth on stone tablets: > I am not building a boat but, I have been building a Fiberglass/Foam/ > Carbon Fiber skatebaord decks for a couple of years. I would like to [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Paul aluminum foil? bob s/v Eolian Seattle >I am not building a boat but, I have been building a Fiberglass/Foam/ >Carbon Fiber skatebaord decks for a couple of years. I would like to [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >Paul The link doesn't work with my browser but I know they make a special fiberglass that dries perfectly clear. It's for encapsulating scientific specimens etc. Not cheap. You could hand paint and then spray coat with that stuff. I don't know how durable it is and I know the skateboards take maximum abuse. As you probably know, the colors you mix with epoxy or fiberglass look awful but I did mix some kind of dry powder pigment with West System epoxy that came out super vivid. I got it from an oil painter/artist and I don't know what it's called. You could ask at Daniel Smith or Dakota etc. Good luck, sounds like a cool project. On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:45:35 -0700, ray lunder <dffgdg@msc.com> wrote stuff and I replied: Nor with mine >>http://www.fibreglast.com/Customer%2..._alton__il.jpg >The link doesn't work with my browser but I know they make a special >fiberglass that dries perfectly clear. It's for encapsulating Human bevaviour: Bestiality with a brain >... I did mix some kind of dry powder pigment with West System >epoxy that came out super vivid. I got it from an oil painter/artist >and I don't know what it's called.... I have used water-soluble poster paint powder to tint epoxy to make tools with color spots. Light colors worked well for me. Brian W On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:16:00 -0700, grafgulch <grafgulch@aol.com> wrote stuff and I replied: It's another type of work, but could you not use undercoat and 2-part urethane etc? >I am not building a boat but, I have been building a Fiberglass/Foam/ >Carbon Fiber skatebaord decks for a couple of years. I would like to [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >Paul Human bevaviour: Bestiality with a brain > I am not building a boat but, I have been building a Fiberglass/Foam/ > Carbon Fiber skatebaord decks for a couple of years. I would like to [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Paul Interesting layup... anyway, some options are: - Pigmented resin additives - Paint (either enamel, 2 part polyurethanes, or spray) I would like to >get a smooth colored exterior surface on my lay-ups. I vacuum bag my >lay ups and this is my normal construction method: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Paul An underlayer of white cotton? Brian W Thanks everyone for your tips. Sorry for the link not working. PG |
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