Laminating carbon fiber is no different than fiberglass or other reinforcements.
Carbon fibre wood laminate.
Cut each piece so the ends meet with no overlap.
The amazing thing with peel ply is you can pour resin on top of it and roll or squeegee to saturate the carbon fiber more if needed.
Flatten the carbon to the deck and use the roller to get the air bubbles out of the material.
In our belite ultralight aircraft we occasionally make and use a carbon fiber plywood laminate.
Try to keep it as straight as possible lengthwise to the deck.
Lay the carbon fiber cloth onto the wetted deck.
You will want more that 1 layer and you will want to try to offset the weave on each layer for more strength.
If it is a part intended for its appearance and free of gel coat use a high quality polyester or epoxy resin.
The hi tech material is wasteful to produce and difficult to recycle.
As for applying the carbon fiber and resin.
Creating a one off part can be quite expensive to design mold and produce in carbon fiber.
It is identical in form to our ground breaking m50 carbon fiber layup stocks with the warmth and beauty of wood.
But carbon fibre has a dirty secret.
For pure shootability it is a hard stock to beat at any price.
With everything pre cut you can start layering the resin and carbon.
It is capable of holding a lot of load when suspended across a frame for instance a seat bottom.
Pick your resin carefully.
More and more carbon fiber is being used not only as a structural but a cosmetic element in todays high end cars.
If you want to learn more about epoxy products excellent for use in laminating with carbon fiber check out cpd 4222a and view the technical data bulletin here.
Carbon fiber laminating aka skinning is a great cost alternative to add carbon fiber elements to your vehicle.
An extra set of hands is helpful with this.
Excess waste for landfill.
To become the strong light composite material industries love.
First wrap the shaft with the fiber and cut it to size.
Practice learning how to laminate carbon fiber with fiberglass which is a fraction of the cost.