Black fiber glass vs carbon fiber Options

[Stu37363]

has anyone used this black fiberglass as a cosmetic replacement for carbon fiber?

My roommates quad has some damaged panels and we were considering just putting a layer of this down to repair them and make them look better.

http://www.fibreglast.com/product/Black_Fi...berglass_Fabric

Here is an image, fiberglass on left, carbon fiber on right.



On a side note, neither of us have much experience doing this, is it possible to make the fiberglass more flexible by adjusting the mix of resin to hardener, or using a special resin?

Thanks

[MaskedMan]

They are not both carbon fiber parts, they just look like it, which is the purpose black fiberglass. It's made out of different materials. The black fiberglass is made to resemble carbon fiber, but without the strength.

Anyways, with that said, if you're not making a structural piece, then black fiberglass will be fine. It will be almost the same as working with regular fiberglass except you have to be more careful in order to make the final product look good. If you're just doing it for the look, and don't have much experience working with this stuff, then I recommend you just use regular fiberglass to repair your panels first. Then you can add on some of that 3M adhesive Carbon fiber vinyl on top of the fiberglass. I'm thinking that will be the most inexpensive and easiest way to go about the repair.

There are different resins you can use, but the flexibility of the fiberglass has more to do with the cloth's thickness.