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Few issues stand out to me there, the Strechlon being one of them. However, there's sort of a perfect storm of not entirely suitable materials going on that is likely the bigger issue.
For one, 600cps resin is not ideal. That is a hand laminating viscosity resin, which is thin enough to potentially work ok with infusion - but the other materials will expand on that issue as well.
4x8 is just about too big an area to successfully infuse with a 600cps resin. It is probably doable, but it is very much on the max of what I would attempt - especially when using biaxial reinforcement, and Divinycell. Is the Divinycell drilled and scored for infusion, or just standard foam core? If it is just standard, this won't work. You need perforations roughly every 2" to let the resin flow through to the surface. Then, biaxials are naturally a bit tougher to infuse. They compact very tightly together, not providing many channels of flow for resin. They can be infused fine, if your resin is low enough viscosity to penetrate. 2 layers is not a big issue, you would probably get good wet out with the 600cps resin if your area was smaller and the core was suitable for infusion.
Strechlon is also not really suitable for infusion. On flat sheets, this is mainly due to the effect Rich mentioned earlier where the Strechlon can actually stretch into and seal off the flow channels created by the flow media, exasperating your flow issues.
As for your sealing issues, the Strechlon wont be helping here either. Not only is it quite prone to porosity and punctures, but it doesn't stick well to the sealant tape, so you may well have a perfect bag that is still leaking through the perimeter between the bag and the tape. Your sealant tape may also be an issue - I suspect that if it isn't genuine Airtech AT200Y, then it will be an equivalent to. This stuff is not great, as it is quite firm and relatively low tack, which again exasperates the issues of sealing to the bagging film or even the tool.
My first two suggestions to try would be a regular bagging film rather than a high elongation film, as well as a proper infusion resin. And if your core isn't infusion ready, either perforate it yourself or buy it drilled and scored. Those would be the primary suspects. After that, I would try a different sealant tape too. Your stuff will likely work ok, but it is much less forgiving, which can cause these situations where you tear your hair out looking for a leak that just won't present itself.
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