Intrest in a Carbon Fiber control panel?
#101
Rotary Freak
Thread Starter
well a few forum members were over at my house last night and saw a few of these panels done in Red and Blue 2x2 Carbon/Kevlar weave I got. So I might as well be the one that confirms that yes there will be a few of these available. I have to sand them more before they are ready but I will post a few pics of them. The CF/Kevlar weave is not fun at all to work with because it does not want to lay flat. But we got this stuff to lay down and it looks kick ***. Red came out great but the blue is ridiculously hot.
#103
Rotary Freak
Thread Starter
well here is a few pics of the 2x2 CF/Kevlar weave in blue and red. First off I have to say it worked out to be the oposite of what I thought it would be. After we layed it up the blue looked great and the red was ok. After 3 coats of clear most of the color was knocked out of the blue and came out great with the red (go figure). Blue color comes out in the direct light and really comes out in the sunlight. Red looks good in the light and great in the sunlight. But at the end of the day I will no be doing anything with this material because when you look at the picture of both the blue and red matched up against one of our black 4x4 twills it reminded me why we only use the best 4x4 on the market because the other 2x2's and CF/Kevlar weaves just are not as good IMHO. Also I had a real problem getting the frays to lay down on the edges and I bet you could get this to mold around corners either. So I think us working with color'd CF is not going to happen. I am sticking with 4x4 8.9oz twill from now on.