pre preg , resin not covering whole part "help please"


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http://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/884d3aee-f900-4704-a553-1b67.jpgHello to all, I'm still at a very early learning stage with composites , but would grateful of some professional advice or guidance to help me along the way.
I am useing 1 layer of easy preg for what is seeming to be a very awkward part to get Wright . As the description says for use of the easy preg is to oven cure for ten hours at 100c ' I have followed this instructions but 5 parts later I am still getting generally the same outcome of the parts. I have been looking on the forum for information of people with the same problems . What keeps popping up is a lot of people are talking about ramping up and down in the curing process. 
So this is what I did I cured the part for 6 hours instead of ten , I started at 30c 1hr/50c1hr/75c1hr/60c1hr/ and you wouldn't believe it from the pictures but it actually came out better. As I am at loss now of what to do next please could anyone "Or everyone...lol help .....http://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/695f3b8e-f833-41cf-a457-caad.jpghttp://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/6dab0147-a91c-4bc6-b23a-5315.jpg
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I'm possibly not the best person to comment as I haven't personally used pre-preg before, but from what I understand, your ramp rate could still be an issue. Ideally you want to ramp temperature up at 1-2 degrees per minute. What oven are you using, just a household one? They won't have the precise temperature control really needed for pre-preg, they are designed to heat up quite quickly. Otherwise, are you leaving your vacuum pump connected for the duration of the cure? Or are you disconnecting it? You may find if you are disconnecting it that you either have a small leak in your bag or you are getting outgassing of solvents that are reducing your vacuum and affecting the finish. 
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Hi my friend thankyou for your reply which is very welcome ,
What you're saying about the conventional oven is making sense ' I'm looking into how quick the oven heats up and to see if I can control it more accurately. 
I have no problems with full vacume and the bag is holding full vacume all the way through the process. 
I have come up  with an idea of trying to digitally  to control  with a pid temperature controler to get it more accurate .
Because as you say it seems about ramping the temperature slower and steadily " I thank you very much for your advice which very valued and will post back on the site of how it goes. 
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Hi my friend thanks for your reply it is very welcome , I'm going to try and control the ramping via a pid temperature controler' when ive figured out to use it...lol but as for your other advice about the vacume and degassing solvents" I do fortunetly have full vacume all through the cure process but I'm not sure what u mean about the solvents,  anymore info would be appreciated. ...
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