I can’t find any sites that SELL pre-preg CF.
I wnt to experiment with it (of course, can I really keep pre-preg in my home freezer, and cure it in my home oven?)
It’s hard to find prepreg sold in small quantity due to its characteristics. I might know a place that sells them by the yard though. I’ll let you know. I also have an order for a roll of vinyl ester prepreg coming in pretty soon. You can store it at room temp for 6 months or freeze it for 12 months and it cures at 200F in 12 minutes. Good stuff.
Evan
ROOM TEMP? GIMME!
Though, I bet it’s 10x more than straight fabric knowing my luck 
I just think it is a perfect thing. Heck, I’d just unroll it, and chop into 12" sq pieces, and stack in my freezer.
Vinyl ester though…thought that was the stuff you shouldn’t use for CF?
Oh yeah, i don’t really know what kind of CF pre-preg there is.
I saw a stack of it in a pic once…and thought that would be perfect.
If it is anything I want, then I would need some 2x2twill, maybe 5oz, and some 10oz 8HS weave for strength.
But yeah…my concerns are…I only have a normal home fridge/freezer, and limited space…so I would cut it in pieces and store that way.
That’s polyester you’re talking about. Vinyl ester is a blend of epoxy. Good stuff.
yeah, saw that after I posted that msg.
I’m game for that for sure.
if the price is right of course.
We’re looking at about $40-$50 per yard give or take.
I’m guessing that is reasonable? Since the epoxy is already there…
I guess so. It’s hard to say since no one else really sells them by the yard, you’d have to purchase the entire roll.
Ok, I’m in touch with TMI (or something like that) and trying to get some prices as well.
It seems to go very slowly :-/
If you can get it through him, go ahead. Not sure if he’s using the same thing I’m using. Just get a lot of info so you know what you’re working with.
Oh, I always get tons of info before I do something crazy like spend a few 100$ for carbon fiber!!!
I did at least 2 months of almost every day research on CF before I even started.
Maybe I can get a deal for you to sell? It would bea nice thing for a retail vendor to sell it!
Not really interested in selling prepreg by the yard. I’d have to overnight ship it in a dry ice container which kills the deal. That and if you don’t have the proper equipment and know how, you wouldn’t have any use for prepreg anyway. There’re more con’s then there are pro’s right now so maybe later on down the road when the technology improves. Maybe.
True. But if there are room temp storage technologies coming out, I think that will be a great thing. The ones I am looking at can hold 6 months at 40deg F, which I think is great.
Ah well, we shall see.
While I’m here. Fiberglass or Kevlar. Which is a good protectant to shatter resistance, and maybe adds some flexibility when bent?
Definately kevlar… don’t even think fiberglass when you need something to perform
Evan is getting some pre-preg now