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Re: Off Topic: Polyester resin
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/24/2011, 4:03 am
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: Polyester resin (Bill Hamm)

: Hi Paul,

: You can get the MSDS sheets for almost anything online, have been
: available for years. Just have to have the manufacturer's name
: and usually product number, it's usually on the container, for
: most industries it's required info.

: Bill H.

Btw, polyester is funny stuff, you really want it fresh (relatively) and have a place that's outside of your house to work with it, it stinks really bad and lingers for days after it's used. It's also pretty cheap. If you want it, do a web search for the companies that carry it (usually big industrial oil companies, like BASF) and find an industrial supplier that will sell it to you, usually the dealers are listed on the web. A gallon jug should be pretty cheap an make sure you buy the catalyst, it can't be shipped except by freight (truck), UPS will not take it. The stuff you can find locally is usually very old and isn't what you want. It should be nearly water thin, if it's thick like epoxy it's junk.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: Polyester resin
jwuts -- 1/23/2011, 9:12 pm
Re: Off Topic: Polyester resin
Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2011, 12:22 am
Re: Off Topic: Polyester resin
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/24/2011, 3:39 am
Re: Off Topic: Polyester resin
Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2011, 3:45 am
Re: Off Topic: Polyester resin
Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2011, 4:03 am
Re: Off Topic: Polyester resin
Will N to Go -- 1/24/2011, 9:07 am
Re: Off Topic: Polyester resin
Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2011, 9:15 am