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?

Thanks in advance!

  
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AlpineCoupe - 10/23/2019 8:25:57 PM
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?

Thanks in advance!

  

Bondo has extremely bad release properties. I would use pva as a release agent, even tho i hate pva usually...

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