Originally posted by tommydude96
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Carbon Fiber and Fiberglass are constucted the same way, only the mat material is different.
A Sheet of woven flexable material is impregnated with a resin and allowed to dry in a specific shape. Generally additional layers of resin/mat material are added until the piece is up to the specs one wants.
In othe words... the simplistic way of looking at the creation of your can is... someone took carbon fiber sheet, wiped resin on it, wrapped it around a round form, added more resin and more carbon fiber sheet to thicken it... then allowed that to cure.
Repairs to make it match the rest of the can is possible but would require some skill in working with the resin and carbon fiber. The most likely result is... you just mix up a little resin, and use it to seal the hole. Then as mentioned prior... turn the can so that the repair is hidden.
Search Youtube for vids of people making carbon fiber parts... it will make much more sense seeing them do it.
Krey
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