Brake cooling duct fabrication question


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Hello all, Im new to the forum and new to making composite parts. I have made a couple of splitter vents for a race car of mine and now am working on brake cooling ducts for the front air dam. 

My question is how to lay up the carbon fiber to ensure a reasonable release from the mold. It currently looks like this:




I was thinking I could lay it up (after sanding and smoothing of course), as is, vacuum bag it, and essentially make it as one piece. But as I read a couple of other posts on this forum I started to second guess myself. Any suggestions from the collective?

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AlpineCoupe - 11/4/2019 2:19:45 AM
Just wanted to say that I moved forward with primer and clear coat on this mold. Going to do some finish sanding and then seal the mold in some way. Thinking I might go with partall wax and PVA just took be sure I don't get any lock up. Can anyone confirm this to be a reasonable idea? If not, no offense taken I'd rather do it the right way! 


I usually just use a paste wax (formula five) for the plug and as i had good luck with partall in the past I'm sure this would work. However, as it is a brake duct and you probably don't have big requirements in the surface quality you could use some PVA on top of that. Belt and suspenders type approach.
I hate PVA and think it is too fiddly tho

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             Thank you, that's very helpful!
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             Thanks! That's a good suggestion!
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