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Re: Help me
By:John Monfoe
Date: 2/1/2001, 4:19 am
In Response To: Help me (Christopher Paterson)

: I am doing a project on canoeing materials i am studying polyester resin
: could you give me any info it would really help thanks

I once used polyester resin to glass the plywood covering of my boat and it worked ok. What was unique about the PR I was using was the first specialized coat set up with a tacky tape like surface. Then you layed you glass on it and it held it in place while you put on a second and different PR coat that set the first coat up and it all became hard. I really liked it. I wish there was an epoxy product like that. This was a Sears product, many years ago. The conventional wisdom is epoxy will stick to polyester but polyester won't stick well to epoxy.

John

Messages In This Thread

Help me
Christopher Paterson -- 1/31/2001, 6:46 am
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George Cushing -- 2/1/2001, 8:08 pm
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John Monfoe -- 2/1/2001, 4:19 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/31/2001, 5:59 pm
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chris l walter -- 1/31/2001, 10:12 am
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Erez -- 1/31/2001, 9:28 am
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Jim Eisenmenger -- 1/31/2001, 7:09 am