Stand Up Paddleboard infusion


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I was just having a gander at your charming resin infusion starter kit, and was wondering if it would fit my needs. I've only ever done wet hand layups in the past, so jumping straight into resin infusion vacuum bagging is a pretty big step for me. 

I watched the very helpful video tutorial on infusion which answered a lot of questions, but it's a little different from what I want to do, which is this:
Coat a 3.5m Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP, think really big surfboard) in carbon fibre. It's a hollow wooden affair, entirely sealed in sanding sealer as to be non-porous. 

Firstly, is it even possible to coat an object on all sides with a vacuum infusion? Should I try to do the top and bottom separately, or can I do it all in one go? What sort of resin should I use? How would I place the infusion feed spiral? 
Sorry for the barrage of questions, if anybody has answers, I would really appreciate some guidance.

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Oh, I see. I definitely wouldn't want to fill the board with resin. Although, with the sanding sealer liberally applied, I'm fairly certain it's airtight. I've had it in the water already, and it didn't absorb anything anyway. As far as deforming goes, I've attached a picture of what it looks like on the inside (has a plywood skin on the deck now). I can stand on it if that's any indication. 

I've never pulled a mould off of anything before, your suggestion sounds awfully complicated to my feeble mind. If you'd really recommend steering clear infusion, I suppose I can always go back to hand layup.
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Seeing the picture, if you were to wrap it and vac you would probably end up with an undulating surface between the spars/ribs

If you want to lean out the resin once you've done the wet lay, you could carefully drape peelply over (assuming epoxy - not tried it with polyester) and pat down with a sponge or similar then let it cure, it will suck some of the resin out or you could wrap the lot and vacuum bag but only pull a partial vacuum just to help consolidate the laminate
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