Method for preparing a fiber-reinforced article having a 3D printed surface layer

The invention relates to a method for preparing a fiber-reinforced article, having attached to at least part of its surface a layer of a material that is not fiber-reinforced, comprising the steps of 1) preparing a shell via an additive manufacturing technique, the shell - being of a material that is not fiber-reinforced; and - having a surface that corresponds in negative relief to a surface of the article formed in step 3); thereafter 2) applying - long and/or continuous reinforcement fibers; and - a curable resin to the surface of the shell that is in negative relief, to form a mixture of curable resin and long and/or continuous reinforcement fibers on the surface of the shell, so that the surface of the mixture contacting the shell adopts the shape of the surface of the shell that is in negative relief; thereafter 3) curing the curable resin to form the fiber-reinforced article having attached to at least part of its surface a layer of a material that is not fiber-reinforced.