Here we go, day two.
So now the parts have all been wrapped and are ready to be coated with resin.
After mixing up my resin, which is a 2:1 ratio of resin to harder, I give the pieces a coat.
The carbon fiber really soaks up the resin and you can hardly tell that there is anything on the parts. I let the resin tack up between coats. Meaning I let the resin get sticky, not wet, but not totally dry. Also, when adding the resin, sometimes air bubbles will show up. To pop the air bubbles, I use a hair dryer set to hot and slowly go over the pieces. The hot air naturally pops the bubbles.
After a second coat:
After a third coat:
And a fourth:
Finally after five coats, the resin beginning to really cover the fiber evenly. It is still not complete, as you can see some waviness, but it is 12am now and I am going to call it a night. Tomorrow I will add another coat or more. After that I will let the resin cure until next weekend, when I will then smooth it and finally clear coat it.
I hope this is inspiring to some of you. By the way, I began doing tonight's work at about 9pm and as I said earlier, I wrapped up at 12am. Last weekend I spent about two hours prepping the parts and applying the fiber to them. So in all now five hours of work and I would estimate about $40-$45 in materials.