Dude. Finally. A how to with no crappy music, just straight instruction and how-to. Well done. Subbed.

*looks at every body panel on car

Love that you did not edit anything out & make it look like everything went smoothly. Also the fact that with 10 years experience you still had issues and you shared that means a lot. It looks simple but it is always in the details and you shared those. Thanks mate. Rare to see that in all the many how to videos on anything. Kudos to you. Keep it up love the transparency.

Good video. I like the fact you messed up so people can see how a normal process goes. It’s not as easy as some videos make it look. Good job. I’m always looking for other people’s takes on how to get it done.

Nice instructional video. I liked the fact that you discussed some of the mistakes made during the process. Awesome job!

Thank you, I think this was the first tutorial I didn't fast forward through, Your simple layman's term explanations made this one of my favorite videos, Easy Composites company does similar but fail to help us understand the principal reason each piece of material and steps value to the end result... In other words.. BRAVO!

This was very informative and complete while still being quite concise! Thanks!

I like how you start in the kitchen, it reeks of accessibility.

Excellent info, I'm making some custom pieces for my car (rear seat delete cover) and I didn't wanna cheap out on wood and carpet, so I'm thinking of making some CF pieces myself for a cool project, and unique look.

Just happened upon your video when I searched how to make carbon fiber parts. Clicked on yours and another dude's videos. His had a long intro and crappy music, so I watched yours. Thanks for helping me to feed my own creative juices. Subbed.

This is one of the greatest how to videos I have seen on KZfaq. None of the usual garbage of stupid blaring music, horrible commentary, bad lighting, crappy camera work. Thank you sir! Excellent job!

Fantastic. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your expertise. Very much appreciated!

Keep the videos coming! Well done on the tutorial..... VERY elaborate and thank you for actually explaining why you use the products that you use..... Im looking forward to more, especially when you mentioned the vacuum pump!

New nice good to learn the process, hope this is going to get us the teaching we are seeking. Very informative educational and step by step building up our confidence to attempt this on a piece ourselves. That ply angle difference lesson was very important to build a sturdy mold. Nice you share your mistakes, they occur even after a decade plus of knowledge and sharing the challenges you experience and why are good to actually teach the rest of us. Nice work good job. Thank you. Lance & Patrick.

Great vid. Best how to diy on the tube. Clear and concise. Thanks for making this. You really shared alot of knowledge

i love your video and how you talk so humble and sincerety and so down to earth

yea buddy...... to be honest i was impressed at first with the amount of equipment you had to use and i got to say i am going to give this a try! I wish i could give a detail examination the finished product. Great work and do more!

Man, you opened my mind to a world i didn't even know. Thank you

Thank you for not rushing

Really useful guide. Thinking of doing this for part of the center console in my car

Really good video. Very clear, informative and honest. Thanks!

Great video. I am currently doing a lost foam version of a fuselage but want to move to mold making in the future.

Thank you! I am resto-modding a C3 Corvette and I want to make reproduction gauge bezels out of carbon fiber for the interior. This video is exactly what I needed as a tutorial so I will be trying these methods out when I start rebuilding my interior! Thanks again.

great video. i actually learned something. no weirdness, just a great how to.

What I learned: vacuum bagging is essential for a quality finish. Vacuum bag the mold too.

Awesome! Super helpful, thanks!!!

"And this is how you want it to look" he says as he pours pitch black epoxy into cup with his pitch black t-shirt in the background. :-) (great guide nonetheless but that made me laugh)

Awesome video, I'm about to do some panels in my boat and maybe the consoles if I get brave. 👍🏻

Thank you so much mate, appreciate this vid.

THANKS finally one with out some music !

A roller for installing screens in a window works very well for the sharp edges to get clean tight lines

Chopped Strand Mat will handle those contours better. Thanks for the video!

this is the way all video tutorials should be

He chose a good piece for this. Really complex, not just a plain board

Good job! Really informative... I've never done any of this stuff... I just have some projects in mind for later... I thought this might be a good idea: Powder plaster clay for molds (just shape-n-bake) Carbon fiber clay sheets (just wrap-n-bake around the mold) Then drill out the inner powder plaster with a rotary brush. ;) Thought this might be alot more fun to do...

nice video. i would of liked more shots of the final product though. Never got to see what it looked like finished

Nice video, would love to see you wearing a mask and informing about the dangers of silica

All done in the kitchen. Thats how i do! Great video!

Useful video. Thanks!

I would like to see how do make parts with a vacuum pump too, since I have one, and I really want to make show quality parts for my bike. Thanks!

Man, you have such a Bob Ross Style.. thank you for the Video!

Awesome video. It actually explains what is going on lol and how to.

Great video. Do you have a tip or how make mold of the backside of car trim parts? Those trim pieces have tiny plastic prongs so they can latch onto the car.

This was an Awesome HTDIY, I've been wanting to learn the how to process of making a Mold to a carbon fiber part. Your the man, thank you. I'm trying to find a trade school that has metal fabrication, fiber glass and carbon fiber in Florida but there are none here

Thank you man I know it’s 3 years old but this is so helpful subscribing forsure I have a few questions on what I’m going to need for a project I want to make first

Thanks so much I never new how that was done thanks

Excellent video, thanks.

wow this was, easier than i though it was going to be (though mold making does take practice!)

This looks very helpful，thanks!

I appreciate you not editing your mess ups to make it look like it doesn't ever happen. Subscribe and now everything i own is carbon fiber😋

Great video man🤙🏻just a white t-shirt would've been a great idea 😉

Nice video. Well explained and edited. thank you

great video. usefulle information (y) thanks man !

Always use tooling jell coat ! Also use a fiberglass roller to get the bubble's out !

Great video! So how many pulls can you do off of a mold made like this? I love the fact that you don't have to use gel coat

Hi thank you for your video. Can you please share your ideas about how to take the mold of a horse saddle and remale it as carbonfiber?

Very honest video…. Great job!!

Awesome info bro! Thanks!

Great video, thank you!

Ty I've been interested in doing this for some time be a cool hobby to get into I can think of lots of things to be making lol for drones my car ect

I have a question, what if on the backside you have got tabs to keep the part in place in the bike itself? How do you attach the part now and is there a way to create new tabs,

This is awesome stuff.......I have zero composite experience but would a heavy duty plastic bag and a vacuum help keep the plies from lifting?

no joke this looks like a trap house for carbon fiber manufacturing lol

Thanks. Really great

Nice vid, thanks very much !

Awesome tutorial.

Cool vid. Learned alot. Have you made anything longer than 90inches?

Best using a layer of tissue (or you may call it veil) continuous fibre mat, directly on the back of your tooling/gel coat, followed by 225gm csm before your woven layers. Very rare to get the gel coat separating and you can use one less layer of woven mat.

You can also use a paint roll to get out the air from the fiber instead of your finger or the brush ,works better just saying 😁

Brilliant!

Thank you for this.

Any idea how to make micro things with pointy/sharp tips with carbon fiber, like a sewing needle?

Appreciate your effort! Inspiring now on a project and your video got the juices flowing! Im searching for suppliers as we speak! Ill check out what you have below.

Very informative Thanks for the tutorial

Excellent video

I just suffered through 30 seconds of a meaningless ad to give money to a complete stranger, this vid better be good Edit: I am glad I gave a random person money it was worth it :)

Great can you put a list of what I need to get please thanks

youre a legend mate

Good job. Great video

You've really put together an excellent instructional video on this process. Thank you very much. Do you think that starting your layup with a lighter cloth would help with the tight areas? I've been meaning to do a plug and a mold for a couple of micro edf projects for some time but I'm still working on getting my cnc mill, 3d printing and my 3d modeling up to spec before getting into the actual tooling. Thanks again!

Hi Thanks for the very instructional video.

Gotta love DLG's.

Would using a fiberglass cloth of a lighter weight (i.e. more flexible) for the first layer help in the tight corners? Seems like it would.

You provided great technique, we appreciate your honest assessment of your mistakes. Your work area looks very nice, I hope that is not your kitchen. You should protect your counter tops from all of those chemicals and fiberglass!

very nice and original. thanks

THANK YOU

First!!! Hope you are enjoying your time with the fam. Super cool to see you doing this stuff!

Would vacuum sealing the mold while you were layering the fiberglass face helped prevent the bubble?

Is there anyway you could do a video on making a CF tube

I have virtual composite part, need to design mold tool for the composite part. What would be the gap between tooling surface and mold surface? And flange dimension? Mold tool height from table?

I’m a nurse but I love learning. Always loved the carbon fiber design very masculine but any who, super cool detailing!

Great video thanks! Is it possible to make a mold out of chopped GF and resin? Won't it be structurally the same? If strength is not a huge factor (I don't think it is for a mold?). Is it not easier to spread chopped GF than put multiple layers of CF? Or maybe chopped GF is more expensive?

Anyone know how you get the features (like screw mount holes) on the back side of the part?

I love this... Thank you

no vacuum bag...or resin rollers?

That's cool and all but what about the features on the back of the part that allow you to connect to what the original part connected to?

Good vid, my opinion is that the flange should be clean as well, I believe it should be as clean as the part. If u ever decide to use bagging tape, or overhang of glass fibers it can lay minimal on the flange. When your laying bagging tape u want a smooth surface prep, u don’t want to have to work the tape into too many crevices or uneven pavement. For overhanging of glass fibers onto the flange, again u want that smooth as well for ease of release once cured. If it’s too ruff or patchy or uneven your going to gouge the flange which needs to stay smooth for the future possibility of vacuum bag, or again bagging tape, My opinion, everything needs to stay smooth&clean. Oh and it’s never a bad thing to make a big flange, at least 2-3 inches. If the flange isn’t large now you’ll have to worry about mixing the bagging tape too close to fiber&consumables, do it once you’ll never worry again!

You're missing a coupling layer between the tooling coat and the first layer of glass laminate. I tend to wet out the tacky tooling coat with a mix of resin and cotton flocks (renders the resin also a thixotropic depending how much cotton you add), the resin still being quire runny so that is also a first wet layer for the next layer of glass. Then the steps that cause air bubbles can be filled by taking some of the coupling coat mixture and adding more cotton flocks and some micro ballons. This will make it into a putty that you can fillet into the edges to smooth out the curve of the surface. Since it's all still wet the first layer of glass (I tend to start with a thinner cloth 80-100 g/m2) will follow the contours perfectly and will allow for subsequent layers to conform as well.

Help with this are you using fiberglass on top of carbon fiber and what about shrink wrapping it

Subscribed thanks for the Video I want to do this to the entire body of a somewhat sand rail and needed this info BTW if I am just Altering and existing body could I do this without the mold kinda free forming it?