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Serialk
| | Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 02:30 am: | 
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Spidey- If you want to do it right then use these products.
The Carbon Overlay Process is tedious and time consuming. Each step took me 2-3 hours and once complete need to wait 24 hours before doing the next step in this process.
Use the 105 with the 205 and some black epoxy tint. apply on clean bare tank. Wait 3-5 hours till its tacky. then lay the carbon on carefully. once its on. its staying there. No redoos. let it dry 24 hours. make sure the weave is consistent and splice in the middle up front.
once that is done you need to seal the top of the carbon weave so dust or dirt does not go in the weave. apply 105 and 207 together and coat carbon with a light coat.
24 hours. light sand. clean surface. apply next coat of epoxy. 24 hours sand and use a pin, compressed air and spray bottle of water to get the sand dust out of the pinholes. took me almost 4 hours picking out the dust after I wet sanded the tank. epoxy. 24 hours wet sand. inspect for pin holes and wet sand until it is smooth and no dimples or runs. if not smooth then apply another layer of epoxy and wet sand. each time you do a layer of epoxy make sure no hairs from the brush get stuck on the tank or air bubbles or runs. This epoxy is self leveling to an extent. repeat the epoxy and wet sand process until dimples are gone or not severe
Then clear coat. build up the clear and then wet sand.
Then apply whatever paint job or pin striping you want.
Each coat is 2 pumps epoxy 2 pumps hardener.
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Spiderman
| | Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 10:06 am: |
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nice, sounds 'simple' enough just a bit time consuming.
Was looking to do my spare tank in yellow weave and leave the rest of the bike the stock yellow
thanks again |
Phelan
| | Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 10:20 am: |
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Makes me glad my bike is an S2, which has a tank cover. I've been researching a lot in direct injection carbon fiber molding; I plan to someday make my own molds and carbon fiber body panels  . |
Serialk
| | Posted on Friday, August 01, 2014 - 11:21 pm: |
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Lesson learned.... do not park in direct sunlight for a day with a tank full of fuel... carbon ripped in 2 spots up near the fuel cap. Tank expanded too much with the humidity/heat and fuel vapors... its not major. But its noticeable and Its repairable. Time to epoxy/sand/epoxy/sand/clear...So disappointed... |
S1owner
| | Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2014 - 08:54 am: |
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Extremely sorry that happened all that labor!
I was wondering about that exact scenerio and the expansion. I guess the lesson I take for anyone doing this is make it a cover so it has room to expand underneath. |
Spiderman
| | Posted on Monday, August 04, 2014 - 08:33 am: |
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have any close ups of the crack? |
