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Re: Info from Gougeon
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 5/21/1999, 8:48 am
In Response To: Re: Info from Gougeon (Ross Leidy)

> Greg, just out of curiosity, are you switching because you are unhappy
> with the Interlux product, or are you just doing a comparison? I haven't
> had any trouble with 207 (that couldn't be attributable to user error),
> but I sometimes wish it were a bit less viscous. From what I've heard, the
> MAS family offers something quite runny.

> Just FYI, the 207 hardender has a golden/yellow color, so you immediately
> start building up the color that's similar to what the varnish provides.
> I've never used any other product, so I don't know if this is common or
> not. Anybody want to comment on the color of any of the other popular
> epoxy/hardener combos?

I have been very happy with MAS. It is low viscosity so it wets out the cloth and penetrates the wood well. It is slightly yellow to amber in color (the hardener has the color which darkens with age before mixing). Colorwise, it is probably not much different from West. I have a container of System 3 Clear Coat haning around which is at least 4 years old and it is still perfectly clear, however, I am not as happy with System 3 for other reasons. I have one boat which is seriously clouded which I made with System 3. I have had no problems with MAS clouding.

Messages In This Thread

Info from Gougeon
Ross Leidy -- 5/19/1999, 12:08 pm
Re: Info from Gougeon
Greg Steeves -- 5/20/1999, 12:18 am
Re: Info from Gougeon
Ross Leidy -- 5/20/1999, 9:25 am
Re: Info from Gougeon
Greg Steeves -- 5/20/1999, 5:02 pm
Re: Info from Gougeon
Ross Leidy -- 5/20/1999, 9:15 pm
Re: Info from Gougeon
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/21/1999, 8:48 am
Re: Info from Gougeon
Dan Lindberg -- 5/22/1999, 11:25 pm
Re: Info from Gougeon
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/24/1999, 10:07 am
Re: Info from Gougeon
Greg Steeves -- 5/20/1999, 11:03 pm
Re: Info from Gougeon
AL BRATTON -- 5/20/1999, 10:28 pm