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Hanaldo - 1/15/2018 2:10:27 AM

So this is a front splitter I made for a Porsche recently



I made the top skin of the mould as per normal, flipped it over and then set up barriers to make the overlap section of the mould.






When that was cured, I removed it without demoulding the top skin



And then the bottom section is laid up as per normal



Now in this case, I wasn't actually trying to keep the leading edge smooth, I just wanted a recessed overlap section for a better bond. So I placed the sheet wax on the overlap section of the mould itself, but for a rear wing I would place the sheet wax on the bottom skin mould.








When finished, you're left with this:








In this case, when I bonded the two skins together, I smoothed off the join using the adhesive that squeezed out of the gap, so it was only visible as a solid black line but was very smooth.