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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Dravis - 9/6/2017 8:10:51 AM
To me it looks like you are simply not making sure to get the corner areas of your layup wetted through enough
When  doing wet-lay I always wet out each layer one at a time using PLENTY of resin and a stiff brush .
in wet-lay you can not calculate the amount of resin as 50-50 you will be lucky to get 55 resin and 45 fibre by weight ratio
The breather cloth will get rid of most of the excess resin, but compared to infusion you will still have a more resin rich part


I weighed each layer one at a time and with an abundance of resin, I mainly worry about the curved regions where it has the greatest signs of defects.
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