I am needing to buy a yard of red hybrid cf/kevlar.
I was looking at the photo sample on solarcomposites and it doesn’t look so nice. the carbon looks brown instead of black:confused:
Anyone know where to get a nice looking linear yard of red carbon/kevlar? 2x2 twill.
He’s not all that great with the color pics on his site. Might be worth asking him directly. I bought some sleeving and it’s natural colour is sorta brown. He’ll custom dye materials for you IIRC.
I’ve dyed my own using this dye from woodcraft.
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=1718
The boat in the photo below was painted by adding the dye to PPG clear but I’ve also added it to the epoxy.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Joe.Knesek/2007Boats/photo#5136132987601300050
Ask them to send you out a sampler, I got one a while ago and all the kev/carbon hybrids had great colors!
I took some pics too, with and without flash.
Jon at SollerComposites is a cool guy. He helps the little guy out, whereas many companies just shrug us small guys off without even an email… ahem ahem…UsComposites and Airtech. oops did i say their name? maybe if you/I call those two companies they would respond and sell to us, but email or web orders… fOgettaboutit.
I bought one yard of SollerC today. That sample pic the red hybrid has a nice black tint to it… hope mine comes that way. I’m not big on the idea of me trying to dye cloth… i’ll leave that to the pro’s. But it’s a novel idea anyhow.
So far my favorite online suppliers are FiberglassSite, FiberglassSupply, SollerComposites, and PolymerProducts in no particular order.
I recieved my order from SollerComposites - red hybrid. This cloth looks OUTSTANDING. The red has a slight metallic look to it. Very nice.
beauty isn’t it… but it won’t look anywhere near that once wet out…:rolleyes: too bad hey? It looks great though…