Originally Posted by
TornadoCAN99
Hi,
I will be doing my 1st frame build with a kit from BambooBikeStudio. This uses carbon tow wrapped lugs. The kit supplies a vinyl stretch tape for wrapping/compressing the epoxy saturated carbon prior to curing.
In my years of boat ownership I've done some composite repairs and have used a heat shrinkable mylar tape for the layup compression. This worked out ok in those cases. Has anyone used it on a bike frame build? Angles/curves are more complex than what I've done before.
Thanks.
Mike.
Black electrical tape worked great for me. Buy a few extra rolls.
I have a blog post about it here:
http://www.cameronbrown.ca/blog/2013...-wrapin-it-up/