Problems. Defects in specified regions


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Hello friends, 
I made two pieces of carbon fiber by the hand lay up process + Vac bagging and I'm having problems with areas as per the picture. Defects such as air bubbles and dry regions.
I am not using Gel coat because I will use clear coat when finalizing and I do not use tacky spray because it is a cosmetic piece.

I'm using material / resin ratio in 50:50 and vacuum at -28 in.
Where can I be going wrong?

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I suspect your vac level is too high for a traditional wet lay vac bag.  Assuming that area had plenty of resin to start with, the bag would be likely pulled tight over such a corner, more so than elsewhere, and thus excess vacuum would squeeze out too much resin giving the dry patches you have,


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Warren (Staff) - 9/1/2017 3:28:17 PM
I suspect your vac level is too high for a traditional wet lay vac bag.  Assuming that area had plenty of resin to start with, the bag would be likely pulled tight over such a corner, more so than elsewhere, and thus excess vacuum would squeeze out too much resin giving the dry patches you have,


Thanks for the answer Warren, 
Do you have any idea how to eliminate this problem?
I had already realized that my vacuum was too strong for this process that I thought of inserting the vacuum and then turning off the vacuum pump to remove resin.
If you have solutions to help me, I'll be grateful.

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