carbon fiber inlay

[kfxguy]

I used a paint brush to initially spread the resin. Then I used a small foam roller to even it all out. Soaked up excess resin. The cheapest place I found was home dept. It looks like a mini paint roller. You normally use it for touch up and tight spot painting. Here's how it looks now.

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Now im waiting on my battery trays to cure.

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[kfxguy]

Now you test fit both pieces. Make sure they fit correctly.

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Once you made sure they fit, tape up the boat on the outside. Youll see why in a minute. Now put your first layer in. Center it and put it in position. Carefully lift one side and spray some spray adhesive on the cloth and boat floor. Carefully lay it back down being careful to smooth it out and don't put any wrinkles in. Do the same on the other side. Don't worry, your resin will melt away this glue and you wont see it.

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Then same thing for second layer.

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Looks good so far. Now its time for your epoxy resin. I made a support piece for my stuffing tube. I recommend have some kind of support here.

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[kfxguy]

I don't proclaim to be an expert at this, but im willing to share what I did. A lot of people wont do that. So here's what I did:

My miss geico internals started to detach after a flip yesterday. Battery trays completely detached. So I decided to rip it all out and do it over. This thread is just on the inlay. If interest is shown, ill post up the rest of what I did for motor mounting, servo mount, and battery trays.

Here's the before:
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Here's after ripping it all out:
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So first thing you make a template. I made mine out of poster board. This is to get the size and shape you need then transfer to the carbon fiber so you don't waste any.

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Then I tape out the shape on the carbon. When I cut it out I left about an 1/8" around the edge of the cf cloth. That keeps the fibers from coming undone and saves you a major headache. Trust me. The tape is only on one side and faces down when you put it in.

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I did the first layer in fiberglass to cut down on cf usage. I wanted two layers but cf cloth is not cheap. Fiberglass is. Lol. I doubt im giving up a bunch of strength. Better than one layer of carbon, right?

See the hole? No need to cut it, the fibers will move around. Use a screwdriver to do it.

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