carbon wet-out consistancy issues.


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jono
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hi all, i'm having issues with the final part not wetting out enough consistently. I am using the same mould, same layers, same resin and temperature conditions. absolutely no leaks in the bag and obviously the same vac pump. it visually appears to infuse at the same rate every time but only 1/3rd of the time it's actually fully wetting out the weave. it seems to be luck of the draw for me? i'm using a low viscosity resin, pulling a vacuum for at least 40 mins before infusing. i've tried clamping off the vac line and resin line like the easy composites tutorial, i've also tried allowing the resin to almost empty the pottle and only clamping the resin line and allowing excess to reach the catchpot and letting it cure wit vaccuum pump going. also moving around the resin feed/vac lines. i honestly have no idea what the cause is. would appreciate any help here.

this is what my parts come out like 2/3 of the time.




yet sometimes my parts come out perfect like this (same exact mould)-ignore the traces of clay on it-




any idea what could be doing this? i'm doing a fully dry layup, no glue or gel coat (its a brake duct) should i perhaps consider brushing/spraying a fine layer of resin down and allowing it to almost fully cure to a late stage of tack and then layup/infuse? 
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my technique,

1) use degassed resin. (pulling bubbles through en entire length of infusion doesn't make logical sense, especially once you clamp off and there are still bubbles but not as much resin velocity/flow toward the vac side.)
2) warm things up
3) lowest visc resin possible for desired physicals
4) infuse at a pace that doesn't cause bubbles/air inclusions in the mesh media. Even if you have totally bubble free resin in your pot but infuse at a rapid rate you will trap bubbles in the mesh...,  also you can't expect the stack of reinforcement to wet out at the same rate as the rate of flow laterally across the part. (risk dry spots)
5) include air pathways for parts of the mold that infuse more slowly or are tricky areas (this is where the MTI hose shines from my theoretical understanding of it. it provides uniform vacuum pull from all directions even when certain areas have fully wet out and reached the periphery. 
6) don't lay the infusion mesh all the way to the periphery. leave a couple inches for it to infuse just though the reinforcement, this also helps with the scavenging of bubbles that might need to move through the part still. 
7) the cross section area of your resin inlet hose given resin viscosity will be very restrictive even at full open if you are infusing a very broad part. might need a couple inlets or a larger diameter.  remember it is the atmosphere sitting on top of your resin pot that is pushing the resin through up the hose and through the part.
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