Tygaboys Carbon Fiber Fabrication Seminar Episode 1

[M1ST3RHYDE]

does anyone know what video he is speaking about when he says Fender building link and speaker enclosure?

[MortalWombat01]

This kind of work is so easy. Wax the shit out of your mould, apply a bit of resin over it all before the first layer of glass or whatever so you get an even saturation within the material, apply layers but make sure you have sufficient resin between layers. Roll ALL air out (but make sure you don't over saturate and fuck the glass or core), leave excess resin or screet off with a rubber screet.

[uruseless1]

How can I get in contact with you? I posted a thread at the BARF community in hopes to reach you. Please contact me back.

[RaxamusDK]

Is it possible you could make a list of how much to use of different materials to make the tank and mold. From the barf forrum. :)

regards

lars

[lucasschmitt1991]

best tutorial here for sure....

[jmosler9]

swine project!

[elvicjhann]

can you suggest a book or guide complete with materials and equipment needed to fabricate carbon fiber?

thanks in advance!

[aalexsuprun]

Could this be done with car parts?

e.g.

Hood

Fenders

Trunk

Thanks in Advance

[darkspell117]

of course! You can make almost anything with carbon fiber.

[aalexsuprun]

Jeez. That's awesome.

It would probably be a daunting task, though.

[rustyATV]

You could make the entire freakin' car out of carbon fiber if you wanted to........and had some time. Just check out the cars of the American Le Mans series (is that still around, anyone? not kept up). The only things NOT carbon fiber on those cars were the drive trains and a few other parts.

[zigclair]

Awesome video, I found a website called carbonmods that does what seems like all the stuff used here in a kit, thought it might help others out who are trying to get hold of the stuff needed, I can't wait to have a go when it arrives. don't think my work will be as good as tygaboys though!

[1ToNJaB]

does the rubber in the instructors yellow wrist band affect the chemicals of the products?

[elephantcup]

1. No gelcoat for carbon fiber, just resin. You won't see the carbon.

2. Get PVA from Fiberglass Services in Gardena, CA (carbon cloth, fiberglass, epoxy etc etc as well. They supply surfboard makers, they have everything, they're super cheap, and very very nice)

3. PVA should be sprayed on, not wiped on.

Good luck.

[Fastlife70s]

On this videos, seems like wiping PVA worked just fine. I guess spray it would be better, but not so much better than wiping.

[Rayevo888]

i dont understand now so hes makign the mode for carbon fiber because in clip 4 the finished parts looks in grey color and carbon fiber doesnt look black right

and second how did he melt that carbon fiber into mode shape he didnt show it on video

[rallyboy88]

hi mate, i was wondering did he/you gelcoat the carbon parts before laying up?

[NoOtherNameWasLeft]

Thanks for watching. Nope. Since it was just a "practice" workshop, we just put resin on the carbon fiber & on the mold. I was told we could've gelcoated 1st.

[HexiBase]

Where's a good place to purchase PVA for mold casting as shown in this video? Would you find it at a place like Lowe's or would I have to search through specialty shops?

[NoOtherNameWasLeft]

you can try fibreglast (note spelling)if there's nothing local. Maybe others have suggestions for better places.

[mattamiller]

I want to make just a carbon fiber inlay. Can anyone tell me how thinnest carbon fiber can go 1/8th inch? 1/16th?

Thanks

[NikitasGuitars]

very very thin, the thickness of the fabric itself is like a 64th of an inch. Small pieces unravel really easily though so you may want to put some sort of backing on it before you cut it. I would use a nice pair of scissors. Depending on what you're inlaying in you can just cut route the inlay about twice as deep as you need, lay the fabric in with a little adhesive and drown it in bartop epoxy... sand and polish once its dry and voila! Good luck and let me know how it turns out man.

[drdouche1]

is that marty turco with white hair!?!?!

[BrendaEM]

Do not work with Epoxy Resin, Polyester Resin, Hardener, without safety goggles because it is very difficult to remove from your eye.

Being careful, it took me a whole year to get one splash on my goggles, but I did it.

[NikitasGuitars]

good call man. it will happen its only a matter of time.

[beachnative420]

The idea of spraying PVA (poly vinyl alcohol) is to build up even uniform layers. Slopping it around is not a good idea unless you're really know what you're doing and let it full dry.

[rallyboy88]

how long does he leave the epoxy and pva to set before laying up?, because when i finished the lay up the wax sort peeled off(stuck to the cf part lol)

[NoOtherNameWasLeft]

pva: wait until dull (dry)- just a few minutes.

epoxy: can take all day/depends on air temp. wait until fully dry.

[jshendrickson]

you don't have to be so worried about streaks in the wax if you have a heat gun ... kind of like a hair dryer, but a lot hotter. It'll melt the wax down enough to even it all out, and any excess will run off.

[NoOtherNameWasLeft]

cool tip!

[buynowfourless]

I use max wax and max pva

[arcticat22]

Could you please tell me what kind of wax he uses during the prep. Thanks

[NoOtherNameWasLeft]

Found it: PartAll Paste #2 by Rexco