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[familyman]

Hey does anyone know where one would purchase roughly 2 square metres of carbon fibre?

 Doing (read: trying and probably failing) a bit of an art project but buggered if I know where to get raw sheets and resins etc.

Any help would be awesome.

[smurff]

any local high end boat builders may be able to help you.

-smurff

[familyman]

Do you of any? I only lived here 6 years and don't get out enough to learn that kinda stuff. Hell I still don't know the name of the street I work on!

[smurff]

hahaha, im in auckland, so i dont know of anyone local to you

-smurff

[JoKer]

Location:
    Christchurch

for those trying to help...

[Koom]

Theres a few in the yellow pages. Fabrum's is one that I can remember off the top of my head. Also the main fibre/resin supply place is Nuplex Industries I think? There's a guy locally that build's kayak's aswell who had a supply of kevlar as well as carbon for a while too from memory.

[familyman]

Oh yeah. Sorry. Shoulda put that little bit of info in

[smurff]

Location:
    Christchurch

for those trying to help...

lol, yea, i noticed which section it was in and looked at his profile

thats why i said boat builder and not the few i know of in auckland lol

-smurff

[familyman]

Sweet thanks. One more thing: do you need to heat up fibre mat to stretch into crevasses? Little crevasses that is.
I have bitten off way too much with this project

[smurff]

think that will depend on the sheets you get, if its multiply etc. the people you get it off can recommend u ideas

-smurff

[liquid_ice]

Try nuplex in Christchurch, I get a lot of fiberglass stuff off them including hardeners and such

I see they have carbon fibre there as well in raw form

[Old Blue]

If it is just for an art project, be sure to ask places (especially the boat builders) if they have any expired stock to get rid of.

Pre-preg carbon fiber has a limited shelf life, especially if it is not kept in a freezer.  Since many companies won't want to use the expired carbon in their products, and would otherwise have to throw it away, they might cut you a good deal on it. 

[familyman]

Ace. Cheers guys. Gotta make the cast first so maybe another week.

[UH-1H]

we use it a bit in the airforce can ask and see what wev got in the bay, its pretty expensive stuff lol, especially when
your talking square metres

[familyman]

Ace. Just need enough to cover *cough* a chest sized area.