Originally Posted by
TornadoCAN99
Nice work there!
I'm 4 days into my build. Carbon wrapping completed. Sanding & filing now.
I still haven't decided on a finish. I like the look of your finish. Can you specify what you used and how you prep'd the bamboo outer surface?Had been considering a standard marine spar polyU...but worried it will flake off the bamboo surface due to poor adhesion.
Details on my progress here:
http://www.pbase.com/d30/bamboobike&page=1
Not bad for a solo effort. You'll probably want to sand and touch up with extra carbon rather than just filling voids with Epoxy. That is if you have any carbon left over.
You need to at least knock the shine off the skin of the bamboo if you want to have anything stick to it.
A nice natural finish is Lee Valley 'Varnish Oil" with wax on top of it. Requires maintenance but you don't have to worry about chipping or flaking.
You really should at least put a good UV resistant Poly or spar varnish on the carbon/epoxy. The 205 and 206 hardener based mixes go "muddy' very quickly in sunlight and that means your lugs are breaking down.