carbon fiber help

[dragcavy]

hoping someone can help. can anyone tell me how they go about wraping a blower hat in carbon fiber. does it require several pieces or just one. I have plenty of setting solutions to conform the decal but unsure if 1 piece is the way to go. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Romell R]

Your gonna want to cut sevral pieces for a blower hat and the style of the hat will determine how many pieces you will actually need.

[jmpsebring]

Two ways I've used. One; precut all the parts using masking tape to cover various areas, trimming.. then removing the tape for a pattern.

Two: apply sections by section and let it conform. After it's pretty much settles, come in with a new blade and trim carefully freehand around the part. Sometimes it works, but it's stressfull! BTW, often even if I make a pattern, I have to trim a little once it conforms, but before it completely dries. I might need some water and a brush to get under a decal section to lift it back off the part, after minor trimming.

Good news is that carbon fiber looks good even when it changes direction. most important thing is to cut nice even straight edges and curves. It can overlap a little. Try to keep lines on one side to the other the same. For a hat, I'd paint it gloss black, do the under front strip first, let dry, do the two sides then finally the top area with a symetrical pre-trimmed piece to slightly overlap the side pieces. Got that????

[eviltwincustoms]

Jack pretty much laid it out for you, my other suggestion would be to use Reference Photos. This way you can actually see the different patterns in the Blower Hat. Most companies will not lay the carbon in one direction, by going in different directions it strengthens the overall part once built up in 1:1.