Anybody ever done business with fibermax composites in Greece? I see they have a carbon called “stabilized carbon” to keep the weaves from distorting. They ship all over the world. I was just curious if anybody here had ever done business with them or knew of another source for “stabilized Carbon” fabric.
Thanks, Ro
If you purchase carbon fiber from a reliable source, take your time unrolling it, sray a tiny amount of spray adhesive on the back and then lay some 1 oz e-glass over it, you will have no problems keeping the weave straight.
Thanks 2taljohn but I already do that. The fibers aren’t as nice as they can be as is with prepreg. There is always slight distorsion and my customer won’t settle for that.
I have not dealt with them, but try to get a sample. I would imagine that they have a binder in, or on one side of the fabric. This also means when doing complex curves, the fabric will not shear and drape as well. But at least the weave stays together 
That’s a good point riff42. I have a hard time believing that fabric that won’t distort, will conform well to shapes. Ro Yale, can you post pics of your parts? Just to get a better idea of what were dealing with.
I have some stabalized twill weave at home, haven’t used it yet. I got it from HP-textiles in germany. Probably will do a layup with a simple shape in january.
What I do to keep/get the fibres straigt with wet layup, I work with baking paper. I precut templates, wet the fibres out on baking paper, cut it with help from the template, and transfer it on to the mould surface. pull of the baking paper with caution. That way you can work with straight fibres and neat cutting lines. To get it straigt I usually pull the 90 degree fibres with flat hands, then the 0 degree, sometimes a few times.
Are you able to cut the Kevlar wet with out any problems with weave distortion? Or is it easier to cut wet?
Don’t worry about Fibermax, I buy a lot of stuff from them. If you need any help I can talk with them 
aramid is easier to cut wet, because the fibres are kept in place more by the resin. you can cut it without distorting the weave, but you’ll need very sharp tools. prepreg aramid is a lot easier to cut 