Repairing Carbon Fibre - Carbon Damage & Repair

that wont tell you if there is damage beneath the surface though. which is why i've tried to stress that its probably ok but you cant know for sure without paying for a professional repair.

I use a company called unlimiTEDcolors.nl, based in NL who work wonders with carbon and all other repairs, I saw a dogma that looked like it had been ripped in half by no mortal man, they do repair work for the Colnago Benelux distributors
a good carbon repair firm should be able to x ray it and see full extent of damage

that wont tell you if there is damage beneath the surface though. which is why i've tried to stress that its probably ok but you cant know for sure without paying for a professional repair.

Why would there be damage below the surface though? It was from a chain skipping, which would cause surface damage before it causes any further damage. I don't see how it could bypass the surface and damage the carbon beneath, but having said all that, I'm not expert so I could be wrong

well, it didn't bypass the surface did it? it put big scars in the paint.

But your probably right i doubt its damaged underneath given the cause of the damage in this instance, i was just being a pessimist and trying to encourage others to err on the side of caution.

Your best bet for those plastic woops I dropped an alan key now there's a HOLE IN MY FRAME situations ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesalexnolan/8830341064/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesalexnolan/8830342768/in/photostream/

as you can see..there is a slight problem...

its in-between a crack and a dent, just under/just on the breaking surface

I love this rim/wheel and if anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated

James

If you value your life, throw it away and get a new rims.

Give it to me :)

^ Does not value his life.

True

indraripper
its all yours if you really want it haha i can email you some more pictures .. i think i don't have any more use for it unfortunately :(

I am no expert, or even as much as an amateur on carbon, but isn't that delamination of the outer surface and likely fine?

thats one fucked rim

I boycott carbon on my rides,
but I've bumped into roadies threads about repairing damaged frames.
There is at least one company who still manufacture and repair its own wheels:
Corima,
Maybe you can send them a picture and ask for advice.

Give this lot a shout- http://www.carboncyclerepairs.co.uk/index.html

cheers Dammit first place i tried before posting on here and straight away they said to me after i mentioned it was a rim "any damage to the breaking surface and we can't do anything"

and Midi i'll email them now! cheers!

I've also created a facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/carbonfiberrepare

You might want to spell repair correctly on the facebook page.

Good shout!

I'm going to attempt to repair some carbon. Got a disc with a 3" split in it. I got some carbon and resin and I'm just going to lay up a few layers over the top. It's not really structural as disc wheels are so incredibly strong and robust so I'm not too worried about screwing up. I will post some pictures and report on how I got on. Never done anything like this before so should be interesting.

A few questions:

Should I prime the surface beforehand? If so, how?

What material can I use as a barrier between the setting carbon/epoxy and whatever I use to apply pressure to prevent the epoxy sticking?

Rough up the surface before hand and get it very clean. Don't use white spirit. I'd use peel ply tape if I were you but you could just use perforated electrical tape, inside out.

PS. If you PM me your address, I'll send you a bit of peel ply tape. I've got tons of it, and you'll only need a couple of metres max.

Wonder if this SLR C64 saddle rail can be fixed?

Yuh.

With the same stuff, that you've fixed your dropouts?