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Old 01-16-13 | 06:00 PM
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cameronbrown
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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/
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