Vacuum bag goes loose after resin infusion


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Hi guys,
I’m new to resin infusion, I finally made a sealed mould and did a drop test before infusing.
I did a 3h drop test in which it held vacuum pressure.
The ambient temp was between 25-30 degrees Celsius.

The resin was de gassed
I started infusion by slowly loosening the hose clamp on the resin side while the pump was running.
Once I got full wetout, I clamped the vacuum side, and about 30s later I clamped the resin side.

everything looked fine for 2 minutes, then I started noticing the bubbles within the flow media, these bubbles started forming in different areas of the part.

Then I noticed some areas of the bag were very loose, e.g the area where the vac hose connects to the bag.

I’m not sure what’s causing this but it’s the second time it’s happened to me!

Would appreciate some help Smile

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Warren (Staff) - 6/18/2019 2:36:02 PM
As said, sometimes when infusing, the bag loosens slightly and it can be enough to unseal a small puncture, or cause the bag to move over something sharp and puncture.  The bubbles give it away quite clearly.

Sometimes if its one tiny leak you will see a "Christmas tree" like pattern of bubbles as the air tracks across and you can follow it back to the leak and plug it with some gum tape. 

I would make extra special care to ensure your working table is 100% perfectly clean with no possible sharp points and also the sides and back of your moulds.  Even the tiniest poking out strand of GRP can pop the bag. 

Thanks for your reply, ive been doing some reading, and im planning to double bag the next time i have a leak. 
however, im not sure if im on the right track. does double bagging involve putting a second layer of bag ontop of what i normally have? does that mean there needs to be 2x vac pipes and 1x resin inlet pipe?

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