Carbon wet vacuum layup on wood


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Hy guys. 
I work on a project that requires wraping wooden tapered ellipsoid object in 2 layers of carbon fiber. Carbon is added for stiffness and visual appearence so nice layup is must.

Carbon goes from bottom of part and goes on sides, it doesnt go all the way around.

I have to use wet layup method combined with vacuum so my plan is to:
1. Cover wood with black tinted epoxy
2. Wait for tacky stage and add first layer
3. Add resin to saturate fabric
4. Wait for tacky stage to add other layer
5. Add resin to saturate fabric
6. Place peel ply and breather and use around 20% vacuum to remove excess resin

My questions are:
1. Will 20% vacuum remove excess resin since most of resin reached tacky or beyond tacky stage?
2. Is there anything to change in the process to ensure good bond and appearance?
3. Process is like skinning with carbon only using 2 layers instead of one and using vacuum to remove excess resin. Should I do like plan above or should I do 1 layer, wait it to cure, key whole surface and repeat process for 2nd layer?

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I try to avoid using peel ply on things I want to refinish. The texture it applies is quite deep, and can be like trying to recover the appearance from 40 grit scratches. It can still be visible even if you bury it in 20 layers of resin. 

I would do the same process using either a shrink wrap, or just a non-perforated release film. You will still squeeze resin out if you apply tension while wrapping, but you won't get the textured finish so it's often a pretty simple and quick job of sanding out the ridges from the edges of the film with a 180 grit paper, and then a single coat of resin can be enough to get a great finish.
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