I’ve finished the fuse box cover ( apart from the sides, which I can’t be bothered with). It’s not too bad with only a few, very slight, fish eye marks in the surface. The tow in the middle sometimes looks very good, flashing black and gold and sometimes a naff Gray. Just depends on how the light catches it and reflects it off to you. The twill CF looks very good in the herring bone style, again flashing black and gold as the light catches it. The next job will probably use a 2” CF tape instead of the tow.
The badge/sticker seems to float in the resin rather than just be stuck on, with the patten of the tow visible behind it. which was the object of the exercise.
Was it worth the time, effort and cost? No. It never was going to be, it was just a job to gain the experience of working with vacuum bagging CF and finding what to do or not do ready for the next job.
Pic 1). Just a general view of the cover. The line across it is just a reflection of something or other.
Pic 2). Another general view. The sticker is almost in the middle.
Pic 3). A close up of the sticker. The picture does not do it justice.