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Old 01-14-2007, 03:56 PM   #4 (permalink)
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CF is no doubt a stronger material then FRP when put together right. The real process will required the CF to be baked in a vacuum oven at high temperature to bond the CF together and yield a stronger CF product called Dry Carbon. But most of the Cf products on the market today does not goes thru the same process since it would cost more, and most fabricator does have a large vacuum oven . So the cheaper process of fabrication would be using clear reisin to bond the CF together (the same stuff that you would see on the top of the tables at hooters!), and it would be the reisin integrity that would hold the whole thing together instead of CF itself. And that is really weak and will deform over time, especially; in the sun. So, FRP is a better product in this sense unless you are opt for the Dry Carbon
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