Is there anyway to prevent the weave distorting? My first attempt I found that laying the cloth cause the weave to distort, wether this was because it was snagging on sticky resin in the mould or from coating the weave with a brush I'm not sure.

There must be a way though to keep the fibres together a little better, I find it quite a fragile material to work with. Could I take 2 layers of cloth and stick them together with resin so it's a bit more durable?

Basically I have some area's where the weave distorted, I'll try get some images up.

Thanks, this seems like a good idea!

Can I do this and then stick a 2nd layer to it?

I'm doing hand layup using a brush to apply the resin, I guess I risk not getting the resin to penetrate both layers of I stick 2 together?

You dont have to do it to the second layer, as its not cosmetic.
If you mean to save time, yea, it might work if youre vac bagging