Carbon pasting: necessary materials and tools, pasting technology

2025 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-22 21:14

The phrase "carbon wrapping" most often means pasting with a vinyl self-adhesive film that imitates the texture of carbon fiber. The main advantages of using a carbon-look film compared to classic painting are less time and material costs (there is no need to pre-prime the surface, and there is no need to wait until the primer and paint dry), the possibility of self-pasting a car with carbon, a minimum set of tools. There are two types of pasting: "dry" and "wet". The following will describe the carbon fiber wrapping of car parts using the “dry” method.

Required tools

When working, you will need: the carbon film itself with air outlet channels, a hair dryer (better than a construction one, but you can also use a regular one for drying hair), scissors, a stationery knife, a clean soft cloth, it is also desirable to have a squeegee and a primer for vinyl film. The thicker the film, the better it hides the unevenness of the pasted surface, but a very thick film is worse glued in places of underturn, the thickness of 200 microns is considered optimal.

Preparationsurfaces

The durability of the film coating largely depends on the quality of this stage. First of all, it is necessary to get rid of chips, cracks, dents, as well as pockets of corrosion on the coating, for this you can use automotive putty. After drying, the places covered with putty must be cleaned with sandpaper with a grit of at least 300. Then it is necessary to thoroughly wash the pasted surface from dirt and degrease with gasoline or solvent.

Cut off a piece of film of the desired size, this size is the sum of the area of \u200b\u200bthe part and the margin for tucking from all sides. It is better to take a larger stock - up to 8-10 centimeters for large parts. It is important that the drawing lines on adjacent parts are directed in the same direction.

Carbon wrapping starts with straight sections. Twisting is done last. The film heated by a hair dryer can be stretched, and due to this, uneven surfaces are pasted over. The air from under the pasted film is expelled with a squeegee or cloth from the center to the edges. If there is a primer, then the edges of the pasted part are smeared with it to enhance adhesion in the places of the turn. Pasting a car with carbon fiber is carried out according to the principle: one part - one piece of film. Do not overheat and do not stretch the film too much, otherwise you will break the structure of its surface, such a defect will be clearly visible. After wrapping for several weeks, it is better not to wash the car and do not drive at high speed so that the film shrinks and "remembers" the shape of the car.

If the airafter pasting, it still remained under the film, then it is necessary to press this place with a damp cloth, and then warm it up with a hairdryer, when heated, the film shrinks and the defect, most likely, will not be noticeable. Pasting the interior with carbon fiber is made according to the same principle, only the dimensions of the parts are usually smaller and they have a more complex shape.

If you follow these simple tips, car wrapping with carbon fiber will be an easy task for you, and the result will please you and your friends.