Glad you found it helpful! let me know what you make

What's the idea?

Thank you!

Metal all the way! 🤘🤘

@@HensenCars sounds like a guy strangling his cat

Thanks 🤘🤘🤘

Thank you! Appreciate it

Thanks!

Hey, thanks for watching! I did wax the glass 5-6 times with a paste release wax (you can see the wax in my mould making video tutorial) And then went on with polyester resin. I’m not sure how adhesive epoxy resin would be on glass so might be worth a coat of PVA or chemical release agent such as Easylease. Thanks

Thanks! Just a test piece for this one. I Think if I was using it on the car somewhere I would go the epoxy carbon route I took in my other videos. Thanks for watching

Thanks! I bought all my carbon supplies from Easycomposites.co.uk

I’m sure you could, but would be very very heavy!

And how much resin - I hope I can get some answers. This stuff looks amazing!

@@fasttommysHi Tom, Thanks for watching and your kind comments! I used exactly the same size as the panel would have been for laying it normally so probably as you say they're around 10-12 inches square. To guess at weight if you're purchasing pre-chopped (Like I wish I did halfway through chopping!) then we know that a 12 inch square (0.3m x 0.3m = 0.09Sqm) of 380gsm took 34.2 grams of chopped Carbon. as for resin it depends on if you're using polyester or epoxy but I go by just wet enough, but not too wet kind of feel. I think polyester resin is normally 2.5 times the mat weight. Hope this helps

Amazing. I really can’t thank you enough! I have some opportunities to make parts for high end cars and the process of chopped carbon looks like something I can work with using my current skills and molds. When I start to make parts I’ll be sure to send some pictures your way - or hell maybe I’ll even start making my videos to help other get started. Thank you thank you thank you!

Tom Kimmell no problems! Looking forward to seeing some parts! Don’t forget to send me pics and hit me up on Instagram 🤘

Yep. Clear polyester gel and then standard polyester resin for the rest. 🙂

Am sure gold leaf would be fine and look really cool too! I don't think it would separate

We've experimented with gold leaf. It looks great for a little while but the clear gelcoat discolored after sun exposure. Please share if you found a solution for this.

Esra Palma just kinda sprinkled a bit on and mixed a bit with the chopped carbon. I don’t think I’ll try it again!

@@HensenCars wasn't a bad idea just needs to be more even and a lot less. Lol

Esra Palma I may try again with less and chunkier flake or leaf.

All comes down to money! For simple cosmetic pieces where weight/strength is not an issue then fibreglass mat is fine. For anything needed for carbons weight saving or strength then a full carbon layup would be better, as well as using epoxy rather than polyester resin. Thanks for watching!

I’d say it’s probably just as strong in this example compared to the epoxy samples I made but it’s a very heavy, thick layup. For strength to weight ratio the epoxy is unbeatable.

Yep! Didn't quite turn out as expected though. It was Flake King metalflake

@@HensenCars there's another KZfaq channel that shows off custom forged carbon steering wheels. They have a more artistic look to them though. Now I know how they do it. Metal flake and possibly resin tints as well. Anyway, thanks for your reply. Nice video too!

Hi, I've been doing fibreglass on and off for 10 years and 18 months doing it on my own in my workshop. Thanks

How do you mean?

@@HensenCars i have the carbon on my parts with dust and becouse i sended them now i dont know what to use to clean them

@@goldensounds2074 just soap and water. You can treat it just like regular bodywork, wash, polish and wax. Hope this helps 👍

@@HensenCars okej i didint roll the forged carbon on my parts becouse i didnt want to push the carbon off my parts. Now i have bublles is it bc of that ? or is it bc i didint dry the parts 100% before aplying the carbon do you know about that something ?

@@goldensounds2074 yeah, sound like there wasn’t enough resin or pressure from rolling to get rid of the bubbles. Try going over it with a purpose made skinning resin if you can to level it out.

Yes he did 😊

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The fuck you talking about?

I'm speechless!