I knocked out the carbon inlay on my Voracity this weekend. The battery trays, motor mount, and electronics tray were already installed, so there was a lot of template cutting and probably not the ideal project for my first time. I learned a lot, like to do it somewhere warmer than my 55* garage so the resin isn't so thick and that you can never have enough masking tape on the outside of the hull. What a mess.
I started with this how-to on the KBB forum. I used a 2x2 twill cloth and resin that I bought from eBay. I cutout templates from paper, taped it to the carbon cloth, and cut them out with a sharp set of scissors. The inlays wrap up the side the the hull, over the seam, and up onto the bottom side of the deck.The tape did a pretty good job of keeping the fibers from fraying at the ends. I sanded the hull with 100 grit sandpaper, vacuumed it out, then wiped it down again. Maneuvering the carbon pieces into the hull after I coated the fiberglass with resin was a lot of work, I would imagine exponentially more than if I was using a single, large piece on an empty hull. Now I just need it to dry and then reinstall all of the electronics and hardware.
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I started with this how-to on the KBB forum. I used a 2x2 twill cloth and resin that I bought from eBay. I cutout templates from paper, taped it to the carbon cloth, and cut them out with a sharp set of scissors. The inlays wrap up the side the the hull, over the seam, and up onto the bottom side of the deck.The tape did a pretty good job of keeping the fibers from fraying at the ends. I sanded the hull with 100 grit sandpaper, vacuumed it out, then wiped it down again. Maneuvering the carbon pieces into the hull after I coated the fiberglass with resin was a lot of work, I would imagine exponentially more than if I was using a single, large piece on an empty hull. Now I just need it to dry and then reinstall all of the electronics and hardware.
2017-02-11 21.49.42.jpg2017-02-11 22.28.19.jpg2017-02-11 22.28.23.jpg2017-02-11 23.07.39.jpg2017-02-12 14.31.23.jpg
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