custom carboned phoenix gold stuff

stuartyp · Post by **stuartyp** » Thu May 20, 2010 1:25 pm

Hello just thought i would post some pictures
my 900.7

my dd5

and fuse and earth distro blocks

jbob0124 · Post by **jbob0124** » Thu May 20, 2010 1:28 pm

Is that just an overlay or is that actual carbon fiber?

str3atwarrior · Post by **str3atwarrior** » Thu May 20, 2010 1:29 pm

Looks nice!

Post by **Eric D** » Thu May 20, 2010 1:39 pm

Other than the stickers on that it looks really impressive. Some guys here are working on silk screening, and if they get it going, you can probably rip those stickers off and get some paint on there instead.

Damo95 · Post by **Damo95** » Thu May 20, 2010 2:13 pm

they look the goods..

but i thought the DD5 was a tantrum series, not titanium?

twisted · Post by **twisted** » Thu May 20, 2010 3:05 pm

damn!

that CF looks sexy! did you do that yourself?

jbob0124 · Post by **jbob0124** » Thu May 20, 2010 3:08 pm

Looks like its just a skin, but Im not 100% sure, regardless it looks nice.

One of these days, I plan on doing the same to my zpa's. Stuartyp care to share how you did it?

Post by **ttocs** » Thu May 20, 2010 3:41 pm

I thought I had the only CF DD5............

Looks good, really good.

stuartyp · Post by **stuartyp** » Fri May 21, 2010 6:04 am

The carbon on these amps is the real stuff a friend done the for me. He lay the carbon over the case and then resined it. He then set about cutting all the holes out of it and then laqoured it. This is not the carbon sticker stuff you get it's the real deal it took a while to do but I think he done a top job. I'm not to keen on the stickers myself I am looking in to getting stenicls done and then paint the Phoenix gold logo on to the amps. I have the 900.7 a 1000.2 the dd5 and fuse and earth blocks all done so they make a complete system done in the custom carbon. Thanks for looking and giving your feeback

dBincognito · Post by **dBincognito** » Fri May 21, 2010 6:09 am

stuartyp wrote:The carbon on these amps is the real stuff a friend done the for me. He lay the carbon over the case and then resined it. He then set about cutting all the holes out of it and then laqoured it. This is not the carbon sticker stuff you get it's the real deal it took a while to do but I think he done a top job. I'm not to keen on the stickers myself I am looking in to getting stenicls done and then paint the Phoenix gold logo on to the amps. I have the 900.7 a 1000.2 the dd5 and fuse and earth blocks all done so they make a complete system done in the custom carbon. Thanks for looking and giving your feeback

This is not real CF, you can't put real CF on this stuff.......it would have to be fired at such a temperature that it would melt those items. This is vinyl overlay. Real CF has to be fired inside of a mold to get the shape desired.

I think the fan grills need to be done, they look all sanded.

Max2k7 · Post by **Max2k7** » Fri May 21, 2010 6:21 am

the fuse blocks look class!

could you maybe get someone to airbrush the logos on

Post by **stipud** » Fri May 21, 2010 6:48 am

Stunning. Nice work

Post by **Eric D** » Fri May 21, 2010 6:53 am

Real carbon fiber does not have to be "fired", it can be baked at lower temps to activate integrated resin, or it can be put on dry and coated with resin which will cure at room temps. It depends on where it is going and what it is doing.

I have no doubt these items were covered with a 1-ply layer of dry carbon fiber cloth, then coated with resin which saturated the cloth and bonded with the steel below.

stuartyp · Post by **stuartyp** » Fri May 21, 2010 7:46 am

Thanks eric thats how they were done it was led over the amp case and resin put on it and left to dry

paintguy · Post by **paintguy** » Fri May 21, 2010 10:58 am

stuartyp wrote:. He then set about cutting all the holes out of it and then laqoured it. This is not the carbon sticker stuff you get it's the real deal it took a while to do but I think he done a top job.

I can tell it's not the sticker stuff.

I tried doing some sample parts for someone in that stuff, and whilst it looks reasonably good, as soon as you lacquer/clearcoat over it the effect is totally lost.

I'm trying to get hold of an old contact of mine that would be able to sort borderless stickers out. He runs a graphics company in Sheffield (my home town) and with any luck ought to be able to scan an original amp and produce some solvent friendly stickers that I can clear over for that truly original look

stuartyp · Post by **stuartyp** » Fri May 21, 2010 11:30 am

paintguy
mate if you do get hold of him please let me know as i would love to get them done

stuartyp · Post by **stuartyp** » Fri May 21, 2010 11:32 am

paintguy
mate did you flatten it down first then lacqur it thats how he does it

paintguy · Post by **paintguy** » Fri May 21, 2010 11:39 am

stuartyp wrote:paintguy
mate did you flatten it down first then lacqur it thats how he does it

No. As I say it was just that carbon effect stick on stuff, which is completely different to what you have. It's just a vinyl with a surface that's ribbed in different directions to give the appearance of a carbon weave. As soon as you clear it you fill in these ribs, killing the effect.

Can't beat the real thing

stuartyp · Post by **stuartyp** » Fri May 21, 2010 1:18 pm

paintguy
oh sorry mate thought you ment the real stuff.I agree you cant beat it

Post by **ttocs** » Fri May 21, 2010 8:50 pm

I think I could cut most of that out with my vinyl cutter with the exception of the really small "demazes distrobution center" and you could use it as a mask for paint. The top one should be no problem, just the bottom part of the lower one.

stuartyp · Post by **stuartyp** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:25 pm

ttocs mate that would be fantastic do you think you could do the same for a 900.7 and a 1000.2

stuartyp · Post by **stuartyp** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:28 pm

Damo95
the dd5 is tantrum but i wanted it to blend in with the other stuff so when the stickers were done i got it changed

brenzbmr@sb · Post by **brenzbmr@sb** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:48 pm

that looks like real carbon to me.

nice job man i like that.

HoseHead · Post by **HoseHead** » Sat May 22, 2010 2:09 am

I like it too...

HH

paintguy · Post by **paintguy** » Sat May 22, 2010 4:17 am

ttocs wrote:I think I could cut most of that out with my vinyl cutter with the exception of the really small "demazes distrobution center" and you could use it as a mask for paint. The top one should be no problem, just the bottom part of the lower one.

That's an even better idea than mine. A spray mask/stencil would allow me to airbrush in the lettering, making it look even more like the original screen printing