Tygaboys Carbon Fiber Fabrication Seminar Episode 4

[kcphotoman1]

My favorite instructional videos are the ones with great background music provided by an AM radio!

[shadowblack1987]

Who's the redhead :D

[superdavekx]

I'm trying to make a heat shield for my dirt bike, but I'm worried about the heat from the head pipe affecting the Epoxy. Do you have any suggestions? The only stuff I can find for High Temp application is usually black or grey in color, which would cover up the carbon fiber I would think, and needs to be baked in an oven for the curing process. Any help would be much appreciated. Thx

[yournamehere954]

how long does it take to be good at doing carbon fiber?

[45has2]

Hey, everybody but the instructor: STFU!!!!!

[floridianmath]

thank you i have lean too

[sytrept]

SV side panel!!!

lol

i saw your thread on barf and i have been working with fiberglass for 2 years, and i'm going to try to make my own gas tank...

thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[exsraaron]

awesome series! thanks

[sammytsai]

where can i buy the follow material found in the video for making a mould?

im wanna make my own car remote mould.

[sy272002]

question. ever tried using one of those food saver things instead of compressor. seems that it does good job on food. im trying to buy one off ebay to try it. $20 is worth a shot. of course using proper release film and breather material but using food saver bag and vacume system. you think it would work? i dont see why not

sorry for stupid question, just want easy way to do couple interior parts on my car

[trichinosis333]

now watch this...OOPS!!

[superquick911]

can someone give me the contact info for this class....I want to go and be taught this from this guy and I cant find these people. HELP...HELP...HELP

[NoOtherNameWasLeft]

sorry. Wasn't a paid class. It was just a backyard class out of his garage. Bay Area Riders Forum has Tygaboy projects posted & Thumpertalk has a DRZ some other guys posted.

[sohndi]

what shears brand are good for cuting carbon fibre?

Fiskars?

or

[carbonall]

you have that backwards, about 95% of all aftermarket imported hoods start as a fiberglass hood. Then they take the finished skin then overlay that with carbon and several layers of resin. Then they spray their clear and buff. That is the only way they can do it without getting a ton of air in it.

[carbontech]

can CF use polyester resin? and how can i eliminated pinholes?

[NoOtherNameWasLeft]

Pinholes: Have you tried applying the resin slower in a "dabbing" motion instead of a painting motion? Some pple say applying a thicker coat of resin & sanding & polishing like you do to paint.

I think polyester resin is one of the resins that will yellow, right? That was the only thing I heard bad about the polyester. What do you other people think?

[WereAllThatBored]

Polyester used in carbon wont yellow. There's not enough resin on the surface of the part for it to be noticeable.

Its when you use a clear surface coat (epoxy/gelcoat/polyester) that is not UV stable that you will get yellowing.

Almost every after market hood is made with carbon, polyester resin, and a clear UV stable polyester surface coat sprayed into the mold before the layup begins.

[haworthluke]

@NoOtherNameWasLeft can you not use a heat gun to eradicate the air bubbles when the resin is still wet?? also that guy with the red hair gives me the creeps!!

[Girk]

Does the whole process shows you how to make the mold? After that how do you make the actual part?

[NoOtherNameWasLeft]

Thanks for watching the video. Yep, we ran out of time. If you have a mold, you can just use the same process: wax the mold, insert carbon fiber layers, wrap & vacuum bag the part.

[ottcarl]

Is PVA used as well or just wax when making the mold?

[AluminumHaste]

watch the first three videos for the answer to that.

[NoOtherNameWasLeft]

I think the rubber mold would distort under the weight of the CF and epoxy or at least when it gets put in the vacuum bag, but maybe I'm wrong. If you asked Tygaboy, he'd probably say to try it and see if it works. His seminar was just to give people an idea of what it's like to work with CF.

btw, I'm wearing a respirator, but you can't see it behind the camera ;) He did tell us to wear one, though, I guess we don't listen well.

[lpphreakx06]

Wouldnt it be easier to make a rubber mold from the original part?

btw, why isn't anyone wearing a respirator?! :)

[NoOtherNameWasLeft]

Thanks for the question. The filler is West System Brand "404 High Density Adhesive filler." It was mixed with expoxy resin and also black tint. The tint was just to show us how to mix tint.

Why put filler on whole part? I dunno. I think he said we could. I guess to give us practice in laying fiberglass. It also takes a while to mix the filler compared with laying fiberglass & epoxy. Hope that helps. Maybe some other people who've seen the video have a better answer...

[20RC5100]

Hi, I have a question about the first part in this video. What was mixed with the resin as a "filler" to get the intricate detail of the mount point?

Why would you not just cover the entire part with a layer of the resin/filler mix and then place the glass over top of that? I would imagine this way you could better ensure that there are no air bubbles. What do you think? Thanks.