You bought some carbon fibre from me some time ago on ebay. As you are probably aware ebay take quite a slice of value of anything sold and I would rather you were able to pay less for the carbon fibre than make ebay richer. 

It was always my intention to build up a modest clientele to pass on my surplus carbon fibre to, without involving ebay and as such I am writing to you directly to let you know what I have available so you can get your tow at the best possible rates.

I have also been writing some articles about carbon fibre and about some of the interesting ways people have been using it that I will be sending out over the next few months to give people ideas about how to make super light carbon reinforcement, cheap and easy ways of controlling resin content and generally how to get aerospace results without a million pound budget.  I have attached an introduction to carbon fibre, which I hope will contain some information you will find interesting. Sadly I am still too busy to be setting up a website for it all but I am still committed to enabling people like yourself access good quality materials in small quantities. 

Obviously I recognise that although you have bought some carbon from me, you don’t necessarily want to have loads of emails from me. This is a personal email, so there is not an automatic link to unsubscribe, but you can drop me a quick response to say you are feeling harassed by being contacted and I won’t contact you again.

As always I am making materials available that I use myself. I currently have 4 types of reinforcement fibre available and I have summarised these in a table below. 

Manufacturer	Fibre name	Type	Fibre size	Tensile strength (MPa)	Modulus (GPa)
Zoltec	Panex 33	High Strength carbon	48K	3800	228
Hexel	IM7	Intermediate modulus carbon	12K	5670	276
Hexel	IM9	Intermediate modulus carbon	12K	6140	304
Tejin Industries	Twaron 2200	High modulus para aramid	6K	3176	108

 In a nutshell the Zoltec fibre, is a high strength fibre being offered at a low cost in 100g spools. It has 10X the cross sectional area of IM9 so you get a lot of carbon for your money. It has physical characteristics in-line with 99% of all carbon produced. You can split the tow to make thinner bundles as it is not twisted/ 

The IM7 and IM9 are speciality fibres that are considerably stronger than high strength fibres and also considerably stiffer too. As a balance of strength and stiffness, these fibres are some of the highest performing fibres available. IM7 is an aerospace quality fibre and spreads well to make very light coverings (35gsm unidirectional) as it has a very light size. IM9 is made to an industrial standard but was until relatively recently one of the strongest commercially available fibres. 

Twaron 2200 is a fibre that is very similar to Kevlar 149, which was developed to make the new generation ballistics vest. A very light weight fibre, with excellent abrasion, shock, electrical and heat resistance. One of the handy things about para aramids is that they are lighter, stronger and less prone to fatigue than glass fibres but completely transparent to radio waves and microwaves, unlike carbon, which opaque to these signals. If you want abrasion resistance or strength in areas near your radio receiver aerial, this could well be the material you want. Specification sheets are available for any of the fibres. 

Prices are as follows: 

Zoltec Panex 33 100g spool

£8.00

 

Hexel IM9 12K
20M	£4.90
50M	£9.00
100M	£17.00
320m	£35

 

Hexel IM712K
20M	£4.90
50M	£9.00
100M	£17.00
380m	£35

 

Twaron 2200 100M

£6.50

 Add-ons

I have called these ‘add-ons’ as they are zero profit items for me. If you buy any of the above fibres you can add these items.  It will be £2.70 to post these items because they are bulky. I am not keen to sell them as items on their own.

Micro-fibres (cotton) (50g)	£3.50
Micro-light filler  (10g)	£3.50
Laminating resin (130g net) choice of hardener speeds	£5.50
Peel ply (Per Metre Square)	£3.00

 Cotton micro-fibres are generally used with epoxy resin to make a structural bonding paste (bog) especially for bonding wood using epoxy fillet joints but it can be added to other resins to make a structural material. 

Microlight filler is a very low density additive to make a super light filling paste that is easy to sand. It would also be useful for low weight low strength items.

Epoxy laminating resin. This is a 130g pack of resin that has 4 hardener speeds from extra fast to extra slow. A great general purpose ambient cure resin, which is less toxic than WEST or SP resins. I made this available primarily for the rolls of £35 intermediate modulus fibre and 100g spools of Panex 33. 

Postage is always at cost. Tow up to 100M is £0.85 anything over that and less than 750g in weight is £2.70. The Zoltec Panex 33 100g spools are £2.70 but you could get other materials sent as well. All my stuff is sent first class and usually on the same day. You will always get an email to confirm dispatch. 

Payment by paypal or direct bank transfer. 

If you place an order by 18^th August you will get an additional 10M spool of IM9 free of charge.

 As always I am available to answer carbon fibre related questions via email and will send pictures of products or data sheets as required.

 Kind regards
Jon Evans