3m 1080 carbon fibre post heat

[Martin Pearson]

according to the installation guide 60 deg for carbon & brushed, 100 deg for gloss.
have you made sure it is squeegeed properly, some parts can be difficult to do properly I have found. Carbon is a very good conductor of heat, I normally wind the heat gun down a bit so it warms a bit slower.

[Jon Simms]

Thanks for the help yes paid extra care to get every inch firmly squeegeed down think it was a combination of fibreglass being conductive of heat also. It was like a quick flash of the heat gun took it up to 50 degrees then a couple of quick passes anymore it sizzled more than bubbled . It’s all on and post heated to 60 so thanks for the reassurance. I searched online for the data sheet but couldn’t find one for carbon just the gloss . Cheers again

[Robert Lambie]

Just be careful, if that has been fitted outside on a relatively cool/cold day then the adhesive on the 1080 isn’t as receptive to absorb the glass beads of the 3M control tac system. there for the media can still remain partly elevated causing it to blister when heated. not saying that’s what happened, just mentioning it. it does sound odd though that it instantly goes to that temp.
when you take a reading of the heat, do you heat and point your laser or turn the heat gun away then take the surface heat reading? its important to do this otherwise all you are doing is taking the temp reading of the heat as it comes out the gun.

[Jon Simms]

Hi Rob all done as your training that shot is from the decal install . Heat then temp with gun away. it was the spoiler that was the problem it turns out it was hollow fibreglass so maybe it was just very quick to heat . I had to test a bit on my car and found that 65-70 was the max but then with the spoiler flashing upto heat so quickly felt a little doubt creep in. I’ve checked it since and all seems fine but just wanted reassurance of post heat temp. Cheers

[Jon Simms]

Also the William smith doc that came with it said 100 degrees which also raised concern.