Dry Spots on Fabric After Infusion


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whitecel
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Hello,
  I have been infusing my parts lately and each time I pulled the part, I have dry areas on the surface.  Seems like the fabric is not fully wetting out.  

Or is it due to the super 77 adhesive I'm using to hold the carbon fiber in place?  I mist it a few passes on the carbon fiber and press it into the mold.
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Are you sure it's actually dry? Or is it just matte?  Can you take a photo closer up, so we can see the fabric better? The polyester one does look a bit dry, but the epoxy ones all look ok. 
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You'll probably just find that the laminating resin just isn't a low enough viscosity, infusion resins are typically less than 500 at 20-25deg and some less than 300, typical laminating resins are between 500 and 1000 so it may just be too high viscocity
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