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Carbon Fiber Skinning: materials question

I plan to take a deep-dive into the world of Carbon Fiber Skinning, have a f/g hood and duck-tail which I would like to carbon-fiber-skin.
Professor You-Tube is guiding the way.. (as with so many projects !)
There is a company makes a UV resistant resin ( right? ) which would be good for a final coat ( no? ) Others say automotive clear-coat for final finish. Personally, I like the idea of a polished-resin final coat. Can anyone reading this provide a list of supplies needed and where to find everything state-side, such as the black undercoat coat, final polish and a light carbon cloth? (I know where to buy sandpaper !) Would West System resin work for this? Since I have a hood and a trunk to do, the kits from England are too small, and shipping them is, anyway, cost prohibitive. The British seem to have this project under control. Here in the U.S. like the look of a company like Rock West Composites but theres not enough information on their very sexy web-site to get me launched into this project, which materials to buy. Pretty RWC won't exactly condone skinning... they are more technical, but could supply the cloth, I suppose..
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