The CF is probably not going to be as good looking as it could be. Now that it's hardened the high spots on the weave on this particular mat are quite pronounced, so a lot of resin would be needed to encapsulate that. Here though I'm going to have to waste resin on an experiment or sand it down and that will breach the weave, if I can keep some fibres in the weave being sanded then it stands a chance of being OK. This resin is also not ideal for this, not clear enough.
So with those two in mind I think I'll revert to another way if I use CF on the final models, laying up thin sheets of CF off plate glass under pressure, this can then be epoxied to the hull as a sheet. Same result, better finish and far less weight/waste.
I glassed the underside of this model this evening. I had a few minor eureka moments, so whilst it's still a bit of a struggle there's hope
