just spray the entire roof with laquer..it works as a release...spray it..then lay it...then just popit off after it drys

 

is there an actual release besides laquer? if you are going to make a your own, make sure you have it remotly smooth before u lay the glass. Once the glass is layed, make sure all the surface is to the part, then just start putting the epoxy or resin on it.

crx2fast: did the plastic melt to the fiberglass?

 

i don't think my friend will appriciate me laquering his roof so i will just put a few coats of wax on it instead, then lay the fiberglass down, maybe two layers and then once it cures i will cut it out and then use enough of the carbon kevlar to cover the top once or twice to give it a nicer look.

 

nope.. you peal it right off like tape.

 

thats good to know that you can just put the fiberglass w/ resin on plastic and it won't melt! looks like i am going to be doin some experiments also.

 

their is a company that makes fiberglass release for making molds
here this could help http://www.mrfiberglass.com/release_agents.html

 

guess i shoudl bump it back up since i am done with the CF sunroof. it tunred out like ---- but i can say i made it and people will defanitley belaeve me, lol. i will post pics later.

 

hey at least you attempt it...but working with carbon fiber off hand is hard and if you dont lay it right you can tell..that why most thing are made with some sort of vaccume but a sun roof shouldnt have been hard...as long as you had a piece that was bigger than the sunroof...if not you can see all the patches ....post pics

 

i started with a piece bigger then the sunroof buut i had done some fiberglass layers before hand while waiting on it to arrive in the mail. the under side somehow got wrinkled, but it was pretty steardy. i tried to lay the CF by its self so it wouldn't take that shape and it came out "alright". there are streaks through the epoxy and when i layed it down on the base and resined it it kinda took the shape of the ripples, so now it isn't too flat. actually its pretty wavey. i will post pics when i get off work tomorrow if i have time to snap some or the complete project.

 

ya the best thing icould think of would be glassing the sunroof then flipping it upside down the sanding and laying a good coat of body filler then block sand it untill its smooth....then after that i would lay the carbon fiber then trim it up and it should look good