Carbon fiber

[JeffK5]

Originally Posted by Jonesy

Jeff, I was going to try my hand at making a couple custom pieces for my streetbike. A side cover, caliper cover, etc.. I hate polishing chrome so thought about making some CF covers just for aesthetic purposes. For your composites to you use vacuum bags, or do you just pop the parts into an oven/autoclave?

We use vacuum bags and low temp furnaces ... I guess the bags promote 100% bonding and the temp run cures it for maximum strength?

I think there clear coatings to offer UV protection for natural look carbon fiber?