Carbon Fibre

[cjscouse]

What happens to carbon fibre if left in water

[Old_Geezer]

It gets wet.

[Clanad]

One of my maintenance sources says "...Carbon Fiber is also Hydroscopic (absorbs water), therefore if you get a chip in your paint/gel coat get it fixed ASAP, as this also can have detrimental affects to the strength of your frame. Water absorption can cause a corrosion cell to form on those bikes that are glued together to aluminum lugs, or have aluminum lugs as strengthening members under the carbon fiber..."

[Sparkles62]

Nothing I hope, I have carbon fibre in my leg from my knee to my toes, operation to replace a muscle after an accident years ago.
Its still there, hasn't dissolved or anything......yet. X

[heathfield]

'Hygroscopic', Clanad. (One of the things drummed into me at school was that hydroscopic = a device for viewing things below water surface). Didn't like hearing about carbon fibre absorbing water. Almost 50% of Boeing's 'Dreamliner' airframe is made from the stuff! Ooer!

[jomifl]

It depends on what kind of resin the carbon fibres are bonded with. If carbon fibres themselves are left in water I can't see how anything will happen to them.