Dry areas appearing when using GC50


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MarkMK
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Hi all
A couple of recently infused parts have demoulded with small dry areas of crazing on the part surface. I'd sprayed GC50 into the mould first, left overnight and infused the next morning.In both cases full vac was achieved and drop-tested for 30 mins before infusion
All other aspects of the process were adhered to carefully. If there was anything amiss I'd have expected to see any blemishes to appear below the outer gelcoat surface so was puzzled by the surface imperfections
Could it perhaps mean that I need to apply the gelcoat a little more thickly, as I'm usually concious of not spraying too much and creating sags or uneveness that might affect the appearance of the cured fabric. 
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Mark
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This also happened to me when I closed the entrance of the resin and after too much time the vacuum line, because the vacuum has sucked too much resin..so usually I wait the resin arrives in outlet pipe (vacuum tube) and so I close the line of the resin and after a very little time the vacuum line, to prevent the resin to be sucked from the gaps of the tube or of the spiral.
You can try, or describe better how you did your work, no problems for the spray glue if you don't use too much
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I can understand it had I been shutting off the resin feed prior to the vacuum line, as you explained, but I have been allowing the resin to continue flowing for a while after closing the vacuum which I hoped would help guard against possible dry areas. 
Thanks anyway Smile
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