chilly81
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- Arrma RC's
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So I needed to replace my Granite body and had good luck durability wise with the drywall+shoe goo approach.
But I'm not too confident about how it works if you want to custom paint a clear body.
So I though it would be dope if I could use carbon fiber fabric instead of drywall tape. It does look pretty sweet at first test. My guess is that after some driving it will peel away from the lexan and look crappy, or possibly the shoe goo (actually using 'goop') will yellow. But it looks pretty dope to start, so I'm going to give it a shot. \
Carbon fiber cloth is 10x more of a pain in the butt to work with than fiberglass tape, so this is 100% purely for aesthetics! And it's definitely not perfect - very hard to get it bubble free. And don't bother if you aren't using a clear shell - it's no more durable than the fiberglass tape.
But here's me trying it tonight... will update with progress and durability.
But I'm not too confident about how it works if you want to custom paint a clear body.
So I though it would be dope if I could use carbon fiber fabric instead of drywall tape. It does look pretty sweet at first test. My guess is that after some driving it will peel away from the lexan and look crappy, or possibly the shoe goo (actually using 'goop') will yellow. But it looks pretty dope to start, so I'm going to give it a shot. \
Carbon fiber cloth is 10x more of a pain in the butt to work with than fiberglass tape, so this is 100% purely for aesthetics! And it's definitely not perfect - very hard to get it bubble free. And don't bother if you aren't using a clear shell - it's no more durable than the fiberglass tape.
But here's me trying it tonight... will update with progress and durability.