Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > Fixing Carbon

[TopiToo]

Hello

I have managed to burn a hole through my rear hugger

ask a stupid question is there a fix?

other than buy another off fleebay


regards

TopiToo

[gary-g]

I understand that QB carbon are the experts, although i've never used them personally.
http://www.qbcarbon.com/

[Rick]

I did the same thing ages ago, I used this stuff called I think LIQUID METAL, its like a putty that you squeeze til it gets soft and warm them apply it in the hoe and it becomes HARD, I mean really hard, then I painted it, depending onthe size of the hole you cant see the difference.
I had mine on my bike for 2 years before I sold th bike.

[rcgbob44]

Don`t be a miser, just put a new on.

[TopiToo]

Originally Posted by Rick

I used this stuff called I think LIQUID METAL,

Hello Rick

Nelly was raving about this liquid metal, might have to look into it.

thankyou.

Hello rcgbob44

"Don`t be a miser, just put a new on."

well it is nearly Christmas, lets see what Santa brings

TopiToo

[RickyX]

It can be repaired using wet-layup or prepreg carbon cloth.
It may not match exactly however it will fill the 'ole - It depends how cosmetic you want the repair.

RX

[rcgbob44]

Topi

I`ve used liquid metal before and its very good indeed, in fact when its hard you can drill & tap it just like the real thing but I would not have thought it would be suitable for fixing a flexible surface such as you want to.

The wet lay or even fibre glass would be a better bet.

[lancisto]

Same happened to my hugger on my old 748, I used carbon fibre sheets and fibreglass resin. Came out pretty good, you could hardly see the repair.

[Jasper]

Speak to Ian at QB,he charged me £25 to repair a great crack in mine.Was a superb repair.Ask Phil H,he bought it.