Carbonfiber Skinning or Wrapping Tutorial - Ironman & Spiderman Mask
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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In this extended video tutorial I'll explain you how you can skin any part you found around you with carbonfiber - carbon fiber (fibre).
By skinning parts you will add carbonfiber on top of your original part. By doing so you will add weight, but you will also add stiffness to your part. You can compare skinning parts with carbonfiber with flattening parts before paint with bondo. You add layer after layer and sand inbetween to get a high gloss finish at the end. In this tutorial all materials used are from easy composites. You can find their website down below, as well as direct links to the products you will need. They also did a skinning tutorial you can find on following link: • How to cover parts in ...
Step by step I'll go through the following in this video:
- Chose your part
- Sand and Clean your parts
- Add a basecoat
- Wrap or skin your part with dry carbonfiber
- Vacuumbag
- Add epoxy resin and sand
- Clearcoat
- Finish and final look
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Products used and link to the product
Carbon Fibre 2/2 Twill 3k 199g 1m Wide
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Carbon Fibre 2/2 Twill 12k 450g 1m Wide
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Carbon Fibre 2/2 Twill 3k 210g 1m Wide Red (SIMILAR TO WHAT I'VE USED)
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EL2 Epoxy Laminating Resin 500g FAST
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Carbon Skinning Basecoat 500g Pack
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Translucent Tinting Pigments for Clear Casting Resin - 10 Colours
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19mm + 32mm Cutting Discs with Arbor
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Composites Vacuum Pump
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Through-Bag Connector
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Elastifilm Vacuum Bagging Film
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Vacuum Bagging Gum Sealant Tape (High Temp) 15m
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You can also find a starters kit for skinning!
Carbon Fibre Skinning Starter Kit - 2/2 Twill Carbon
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Thanks for putting your mistakes on here! It's very humble and helps us out a lot. Sometimes how NOT to do it is just as important as How to do it! Great video!
Thanks Matthieu. Highly appreciate you leaving fails and errors in the video. Very well executed.
Tip: using solidworks you can download .stl files of masks and so on and use "flatten" option to flatten the surface of the mask from 3D to 2D with the option of release cuts built-in to prevent warping. Print on paper for a template to cut the carbon fiber.
sharon f im new with solidworks.. is there any tutorial on use the " flatten " feature ?
Thanks man, exactly what I was looking for.
I started playing with CF Skinning recently and wanted to see someone vacuum bagging the thing. Really helpful, gonna save me some time and few pennies!
Tot de bus met ontvetter bijn 2:53 had ik niet door dat ik naar een Nederlandssprekende vlogger keek. Je hebt me geïnspireerd. Ik ga proberen of ik het dak van mijn Land Rover kan namaken. Thx!
To minimize bubbles... make sure you're putting on extremely thin layers at a time. Also use a hair dryer or heat gun with the resin is still wet to eliminate the bubbles.
Thomas Christopher White thanks for the tips!
Thomas Christopher White when? while it's in the vacuum bag or what?
U WUT M8? No no no.. if you have a vacuum bag or using a mold and vacuum bag method, you only need to let the air bubbles drain out with the excess resin since that process is already air tight. Using a hair drier or heat gun to eliminate bubbles only applies if your doing brushing on layers of matting and resin.
sweet thanks!
It's good to see the learning curve. Usually people edit that out! Thanks for the vid!
A personal recommendation for the masks is to get some clay, oil based preferably since water base dries quickly over time, and fill the insides of the mask. So once you start vacuuming the mask doesn't lose its form and you get a better result since it rests on the clay.
great idea, thanks for the input!
And just to clarify the glossy texture as seen in the end is after washing/degreasing the mask yes?
+GaiaChrono the mask is right after clearcoat
If you are just going for the look just us g.p. Resin with a heavy clear gelcoat sprayed over it after sanding. Use wax solution thin with styrene and maybe a touch of speed patch. Wetsand 320 6-800 buff. It can be done in and hour or so from start to finish
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This is great! The iron-man mask is perfect! Your vids make me want to learn more and more about carbon fibre. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with your fans =)
Thanks for the support once again Peter ;)
Thank you for sharing this with all of us here on UA-cam.
i really enjoyed watching the whole video 😄🙌 i learned a lot! Thank you!!
Yeah I liked it! That's amazing. Do you know if this material is flammable? I am a welder, and I would like to apply this process to my welding hood for me and my brother.
Or perhaps do exactly when you did but put welding dark lenses for the eyeholes.
Another amazing video! You dont stop impressing me Matthieu
Thanks oTunis!
I appreciate your tutorial. I learned a lot. The explanations and the links to the products used was instrumental in my further understanding of this process. Thank you.
love your videos I bet one of your vids will go viral and you'll be great
That red texalium looks good in the end shots!
Now put LED's in the Iron Man's eyes and it looks AWESOME! Great Work!
Not iron man, carbon man:D
Dudu tsssss!!!
Nils bmxer not spider man but fiber man
Not carbon man but resin man
Mk stealth carbonfiber
Carbon man would just be man man because carbon is what ppl are made of
thank you from Russia, man, found some new for me!
I really like the iron man one! great work man!
On your epoxy. Put it in a vacuum chamber and pull out (vacuum) out the bubbles before applying it.
Great video! Very good explanation of the entire process
Glad to hear about Legacy props in this 😁
Just came across this video..and i really liked it.Awesome tutorial..and loved the result :)
Thank you ,from Norway :)
+fuckinlowdowndrummer Thanks a lot!
i was just watching how to make custom motorcylcle helmets, but this is awesome and gave me some great ideas
Noah Hibbard Nice to hear I've inspired you ;) good luck with your projects!
thank you for taking your time to describe in detail on how to. you helped a lot with my questions and how to's.
+Kurt Avila great to hear that! you're welcome
Have you try spraying aceton after you apply your laminating coat? It surely helps to flatten your resin surface so you don't have to make too much layer... Also no need to do several sand work, all you need is a single sand work before clear coating...
Anyway, love the fail part, it helps a lot 🙏🙏🙏
True, tried it before but try to avoid it to prevent contamination... Rather use heat to remove air and flatten the surface
@@MatthieuLibeert agree
Thank you. I appreciate you showing the errors as much as the success :). It helps us all so much.
Great post.
Great job! I have a question, I want to make a blade using carbon fiber, for knives, katana etc. Not for cutting, just props. Can you give some ideas on how to make it, like do i need to use a mold or not
Great job
Thanks 😊
Met een mal moet het ook goed kunnen. Je eindresultaat is wel echt mooi
Thumbs up for the great effort to get it right =] Good job
thanks for the positive comment ;-)
Great video and better work.
Very inspiring. This motivates me to create some carbon fiber parts. I've seen some people use many layers of carbon fiber sheeting...is that necessary?
TougeSpecV Sorry for the late reply, you can do it with just one layer but if its thin layer you risk to have some see-through
Use some polish ( 3m fast cut...) you will get your effect after first layor and it will shine mush better
First Attempt in Learning; I really like that!
Making things, composites especially, is always an exercise in learning from mistakes. Thanks for including the parts that you got experience(*) from but more so thanks for another great video.
(*) Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted :)
Thanks Paul, like said in the video and in your comment, things dont always go like planned and my vision is that its important to admit problems... where you learn from ;)
i love your videos
i like before watching everytime
Awesome video! I appreciate the effort it takes to make these tutorial videos for us.
One question, if you are lazy is it possible to achieve similar results with Carbon Fibre Vinyl Wrap? Will it still be durable? Thanks heaps.
Great video... Thank you for taking the time to post this. Awesome work.
When you are sending the surface after applying epoxy - use Scotch Bright! It will work way better with highs and lows.
I do follow you on this one, the problem is that it is to "flexible" with sanding paper you are removing the highs only so you are left with the lows...If you follow what I mean, when you then add resin again the high and lows will be totally flat to a high gloss :) with Scotch Bright you are just sanding "waves" less lows less highs... Not saying my way is the best, sure there are other ways, its just a way I feel safe with and know it will work out great for me :)
Matthieu Libeert Thats understood. I just mean that if you cant sand the lows - there may be some problems with the adhesive between the layers. May be i`m not right. Will try your way as well ;)
Here is what i made last time. b-a.d-cd.net/563140cs-960.jpg
Nicely done!
Excellent tutorial! Thanks for sharing! Question...could you have cut the eye and mouth holes out before applying epoxy/hardener? Any disadvantages to doing that way?...Thx! keep up the awesome jobs!
Excellent tutorial really enjoyed it thank you
Great video. Try using a heat gun to give you a better finish, this might help.
Great tutorial! I may have to try this with my own Iron man suit I'm building
+Jason Craft When are you going to finish that suit?
+Uros Mitrovic I know....it's been a long time since I last posted anything about my progress. Every day life really slowed progress down since then. Just got done making molds of everything and now doing final cleanup of those parts. Next I'll be either painting or figuring out the strapping/joints for everything. I'll have to post another video soon.
Great job ,do you plan to do some electronic inside suit (neon eyes...)?
+Uros Mitrovic That was the plan. Opening faceshield and all. I want to see if I can figure out voice activation for opening and closing the face shield, but that may be over my head.
Great video man!
thanks a lot!
Awesome, can't wait to try this.
Hell yeah man thats really cool
Thanks for your clear tutorial 👍
Thx for the detailed instructions! Great vid!
to get a very good result you should to get a fiberglass or silicone mold, then put the carbonfiber layer into and it will be ok,
thanks for your comment and its totally true, I just made that video and this project to illustrate the process of skinning parts :-)
ok, that technique may works like an alternative and it´s good too, I don´t have idea to use carbon fiber aulthough i ever used fiberglass, thanks for share your experience, regards from Ecuador
+Alexis Jaramillo no problem! good luck!
That's amazing work
Thank you! Cheers!
This is amazing! Good job!
Do you use respirators or similar equipment when cutting carbon fiber? If not, I advise you to. CFs are dangerous to our lungs. We could possibly inhale small pieces when cutting.
Would have been nice to see someone wearing it. Maybe with future content you can make that happen.
Carbon fiber is useful but it's over use is annoying
Te felicito, es un gran video. Leonardo. Colombia.
it would be cool to see structural properties before and after application.
Excellent videos, I'm just starting out and use easy compersites as well but see many different ways of doing it. Your being one. You final coat of resin did you sand after yup to 1200 them polish or do you spray laquer?
If you were to make a mold with the original mask it seems like it would cut out a lot of time. I've seen it done on other videos and the mold parts come out as perfect copies with no sanding needed plus using a mold you could gell coat it to add strength. Just a suggestion, I know there maybe other reasons you don't use molds.
thanks for your comment, like you might see on my channel I'm mostly using moulds, this was just for "educational" purpose that I've showed how carbon fiber skinning is working and what results you can expect from it :) but your remark is totally correct
Where did you get your red cf material? I have bought many meters of it from easy composites but when I hold it up to the light I see lots of weave separation lines which leave a really bad finish.. even the product photo online shows gap lines, yours however didn't I so think you must have ordered it somewhere else?
Thank you for sharing your flaws, that way i don't have to encounter the same problem in the future. Liked and subscribed!
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glad you liked the video! thanks
Really good video. I was just wondering if you learn these skills by yourself or you attend to some course on this field ? I am thinking about making a few things from carbon at home, but I still need to buy a few stuff to get started (vacuum pump, resins etc.).
I've learned everything by myself the hard way: A lot of failing and learning :D just buy yourself the stuff (If you have some spare money, can be an expensive hoby :D ) But it's so worth it! Best of luck
Awesome work.
Thanks for the video. Did you vacuum bag with one of those cloth storage bags? Did you get a decent vacuum?
Any plans to show a forged carbon fiber video!? That would be sweet! I want a forged carbon fiber desk
Not on short term yet, sorry
Nice gedaan man respect!! ik zou graag delen van mijn dashboard willen doen die nu een houten look hebben. is de base coat ook in nederland te koop?
Great vid mate
Is this a special carbon fibre or you heat it up before hand as it seems really soft ...
***** no regular carbonfiber :)
Now that's a cool mask ,
Very helpful videos. Keep it up.
Love the video bro
Next time try to lacquer the part with normal car lacquer in a spray can . Works very very well and its much faster.
Good work tho
Cool work
it's looks great the red Carbonfiber Ilike it
Amazing Nice vid I would love to see some more keep it up you earned yourself a subscriber :)
Thank you watching from Philippines. what brand of vacuum machine and how much is the price. Thanks again
nice work, i like these. at the end, what did you set in the eye sockets? can you see through it?
Excellent tutorial Matthieu ....... many thanks for sharing.
Did you spray the final coat of resin on, or were you able to sand out all the bubbles to get that mirror like finish ?
Also, do you think or have you tried skinning ABS plastic, does it adhere to abs OK ?
Thanks
TURK
Probably abs isnt the best, most plastics will kind of be releasing, so a good sanding at the beginning is the most important, last coat was sprayed and left like that
Nice job!
Very helpful. Thank you.
Nice work. Also, from where did you get the colored CF ?
Vert good job !!
I would love to try this on my motorcycle helmet :) would look sick
does this make the mask more shock resistant?
Have you thought about rc boat hulls
What song is that playing around the 3:40 mark? Very nice video btw.
Wouldn't it be better to make molds out of the original masks?
do ever use heat, like with a blowtorch to burst the airbubbles ? i seen i done on expoy countertop and so on. since heat expands air it makes the bubble burst.
I think everyone should make their own mask just in case they ever get super powers 😂
Do you have to put the resin? Or can you just leave it how it is
I like your ironman mask and spiderman
Have you figured out a way to vacuum bag the first layer of resin onto the carbon fiber? Did you try it using a different bag material or another process?
superbe travail bravo
If I'm not mistaken a heat gun will help to get rid of air bubbles
Bedankt voor je werk, thanks!
Have you try, or use "Basalt Fibers"?
I like to use and wonder to find some experiences.
Thanks for your work I appreciate.
From Holland!
Lcct Designer Hey, Ik heb wat basalt liggen maar nog niet veel mee getest door de teleurstellende resultaten tot nu, maar zal er nog eens wat tijd voor vrij maken :)
Hey! I was wondering if doing something like this (and adding a little extra padding) would make one of those good for paintball?? It seems like it would add a lot of strength and thickness to the mask and it might offer some protection.
Thanks sir. Any chance you can show us how to make the vacuum thing.
hey ill give you some advice... use lke 2400grit wet sandpaper it'll look better
this is amazing!!!
Some people don't need to use a vaccum bag but others, like you, do. When do you need to use a bag?
like you say its a matter of personal preferences...i like to use it to get everything firmly against the part and have more detail
Thank you. There are a few dings and dents near the top of my motorcycle aluminum gas tank. It is a flat surface with a few curves. I would like to apply a layer of carbon fiber over the surface to cover up these blemishes purely cosmetic reason, not structural. Is this feasible at all for a first time project or is it much more difficult than it seems?
+FIFTYmil sounds possible, you cant do much wrong its a matter of how much time you put in it...bit succes or not will be up to you :-P try am easier part first maybe to get confident