rtbiscuit Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Good job rich, i have dabbled with this and will never do it again...its a pain in the ass. R lol i know where your coming from, i came down this morning and looked at at think, god i've made a horrible mess of this, its going to cost me a fortune to replace it all , but i spent an hour with a stanley blade and got rid of the excess, and the bits that had lifted and it looked better, and now i've dropped on 2 more coats of top coat resin its looking pretty good. have used a hair drier (don't tell the wife) to get rid of any air bubbles and its looking pretty good. as far as i can tell the weave is all dead straight and has wrapped nicely on the B pillars so should look pretty spot on. having 3 coats on top has made a difference, was going to leave it at too as i had mixed all the solution up, but i bunged it and the paint brush in the freezer and got it out 4 hours later and was able to put 1 last coat on. was pretty chuffed with that maneuver just got to have a go polishing tomorrow, far more confident now it has 3 coats on, as i shouldn't touch Carbon at all. but i don't think i want to try it again. was contemplating doing the arm rests with the switches next, but i'll wait and see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Bell and lemsip was aimed at Tarmac. I think doggie will be fine as long as you never dunked your biscuit..................... I would have to be at my mums with the bell... she looks after me If I rang a bell at my house all i'd get is a big ol Slap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Bell and lemsip was aimed at Tarmac. I think doggie will be fine as long as you never dunked your biscuit..................... I would have to be at my mums with the bell... she looks after me If I rang a bell at my house all i'd get is a big ol Slap is your partner and mine related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 have fitted the rear strut which is fine, but i'm using the laquer technique on the sides, one thing i was wondering is how long to leave the laquer to dry before fitting. each coat is touch dry within 15 mine, but i'm leaving 35 min between coats, it says not to go over it with any rubbing compounds for at least 2 weeks, but says nothing about overall drying time. my guess is to leave fitting till tomorrow for them, any one got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 longer the better by the sounds of things mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 well i came back out and the things were hard as stone, i couldn't even push a thumb print into them so it must react differently to spraying on paint. so i thought what the hell lets fit these babies back on. so the finished acticles, they are by no means perfect, and as i made them i know where the flaws are, but they look a damn sight better than before. the sides have probably come out the best, and possibly the easier to do , if i did it again i know how id do it, i wouldn't try and adhere underneath and just trim it when it had dried. its wrapped round quite well, and the overall look isn't bad. there are some gaps as the cover meets the original trim, and that was due to the laying, i couldn't get it into the lip and stay there while i taped the rest down. if i did it again, i'd only CF down to the lip and then cut off the excess once it had dried with a knife. But considering this is the closest people are likely to get, its not too bad apologies to those purists, but i couldn't resisit sticking the nismo logo on the sides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 ah thats ace rich well done, much improvements i like it lots! likeing the fact you smoothed out the dots like you said you would. again a big well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Quads Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Good first effort. Few tips.. Trim the carbon when its 'green' this is probably after around an hour or so once the resin has really started to go off. Nice sharp stanley and it will be a 5 minute job. Get the old wet and dry and out smooth out the resin and then re-resin it, then polish it... OR Drop the panel off at your local bodyshop and ask them to give it a coat of lacquer and it will come up a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 Good first effort. Few tips.. Trim the carbon when its 'green' this is probably after around an hour or so once the resin has really started to go off. Nice sharp stanley and it will be a 5 minute job. Get the old wet and dry and out smooth out the resin and then re-resin it, then polish it... OR Drop the panel off at your local bodyshop and ask them to give it a coat of lacquer and it will come up a treat. cheers for the tips, but i don't think i'd do it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Good first effort. Few tips.. Trim the carbon when its 'green' this is probably after around an hour or so once the resin has really started to go off. Nice sharp stanley and it will be a 5 minute job. Get the old wet and dry and out smooth out the resin and then re-resin it, then polish it... OR Drop the panel off at your local bodyshop and ask them to give it a coat of lacquer and it will come up a treat. cheers for the tips, but i don't think i'd do it again Looks better than my attempt at it My attempt, you can see its a bit flatter on the lhs & was quite noticeable when it was on the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 getting the resin on evenly is a pig, and then when you wet and dry back, not going through to the CF is a nightmare, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350zPaul Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I see you play badminton aswell then. Carlton racquet by the looks of it . Well done with the CF wrapping aswell, looks good . Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Is the vacuum bag procedure totally different then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Great effort Rich.. Looks spot on, wish I had the balls and patience to try this Well done matey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 Is the vacuum bag procedure totally different then? didn't vac bag this, but i have one at work, issue is the resin top coat in the vac bag. wouldn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 Great effort Rich.. Looks spot on, wish I had the balls and patience to try this Well done matey cheers tarmac, not so much balls more stupidity and boredom, thought what the hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Would baking it in the oven helped at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Would baking it in the oven helped at all? i used a hair drier to pop bubbles etc. yes an oven would have helped, but mines not big enough and my life wouldn't be worth living if i did it. i've actually got very few, the biggest help would have been an extra pair of hands, that would have made the job a hell of a lot easier at the middle section of laying the fibre and taping down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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