Carbon fiber can be laid up in polyester resin but it doesn't make sense to not match capabilities between the resin and the reinforcement. A glass fiber/polye

Carbon fiber can be laid up in polyester resin but it doesn't make sense to not match capabilities between the resin and the reinforcement. A glass fiber/polyester panel will be no worse than a carbon fiber/polyester panel. So if you choose polyester you'd be a fool to use a reinforcement more expensive than glass fiber. So as a practical matter, the decision to use carbon fiber reinforcement implies the use of epoxy resin.